Coping Strategies Furthering Post-Traumatic Growth in Multiple Sclerosis: A Longitudinal Study

Gil-González, Irene; Martín-Rodríguez, Agustín; Conrad, Rupert; Pérez-San-Gregorio, María Ángeles

doi:10.3390/ijerph191912679

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“…For example, people dealing with stress via avoidance were found to be more likely to manifest anxiety, depression, or symptoms of an eating disorder, while people who respond to stress with problem-solving are at lower risk of these outcomes [ 24 ]. Patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and using positive reframing, emotional support, instrumental support, religion, planning, and self-distraction were found to be more likely to exhibit post-traumatic growth [ 25 ]. There are several classifications of coping strategies that are based on the action direction towards/from a stressful stimulus or emotion use.…”

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Coping of Chronically-Ill Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison between Four Groups

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Pawłowski

Jaworski

et al. 2023

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In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to healthcare reorganization limiting access to diagnostic or therapeutic procedures for chronically-ill patients. In this article, we describe the psychological consequences and coping strategies of several groups of chronically-ill patients. During the cross-sectional survey conducted in 2020, we enrolled 398 patients with four different chronic conditions (psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, and patients who have undergone a kidney transplant or received dialysis). The study sample was examined regarding the experienced stress levels (Perceived Stress Scale) and coping strategies (Brief-COPE). All four groups of patients most commonly declared using problem-focused coping strategies and least commonly reported the use of avoidant coping. Higher levels of perceived stress strongly correlated with self-blaming. The participants who declared previous psychiatric treatment or psychotherapy were more likely to use self-blaming, behavioral disengagement, substance use, and avoidant coping, while previous psychotherapy additionally correlated with emotion-focused coping. Group comparison identifies patients with a chronic neurological disease, such as multiple sclerosis, at higher risk of a less beneficial coping profile than kidney transplant recipients. Further focus on education and early interventions in at-risk individuals is needed, and widely targeted mental health programs are indicated in order to improve the mental health of patients suffering from chronic diseases.

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Coping of Chronically-Ill Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison between Four Groups

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Pawłowski

Jaworski

et al. 2023

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Posttraumatic growth modulates the response to negative emotions related to COVID‐19: An event‐related potentials study

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Xie,

Gao

et al. 2024

Stress and Health

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There is increasing interest in identifying how posttraumatic growth (PTG) impacts emotional processing following traumatic events (e.g., the COVID‐19 pandemic). Previous research suggests that high PTG levels may lead to enduring changes in positive emotional processing. Despite this fact, little is known regarding brain activation and responses to stressful emotional stimuli. The present study utilised event‐related potentials (ERPs) to investigate whether individual differences in emotional responses toward neutral and negative emotional stimuli related to COVID‐19 are related to self‐reported PTG levels. A total of 77 participants were analysed: 21 in the high PTG group and 56 in the control group. The amplitude of the N2 was smaller in the high PTG group compared to the control group under both negative and neutral conditions. When viewing the negative emotion pictures (vs. neutral pictures), the N2 amplitude significantly decreased for the high PTG group in the right occipital and frontal‐parietal areas, whereas no significant change was observed among the control group. In the time window Late Positive Potential (LPP) 600–1000 ms, emotional stimuli and the group interaction were significant. Viewing negative pictures (vs. neutral pictures) decreased the LPP 600–1000 ms amplitudes for the control group, mainly originating from the brain's frontal regions. However, there were no such significant differences for the PTG group. Due to the limited sample size and cultural differences, the applicability of these results to other regions or countries needs to be verified. The presented findings suggest that the impact of PTG during emotional response is reflected in both bottom‐up (evidenced by the early ERP components) and top‐down (evidenced by the later ERP components) processes. Individuals with high PTG may use a meditation‐related emotional regulation strategy of acceptance at the basic stage and non‐judgement at a later stage.

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Factors Influencing Farmers’ Use of Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping Strategies

Holmstrom

Lim

Zhang

2023

Journal of Agromedicine

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Coping Strategies Furthering Post-Traumatic Growth in Multiple Sclerosis: A Longitudinal Study

Cited by 3 publications

References 40 publications

Coping of Chronically-Ill Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison between Four Groups

Coping of Chronically-Ill Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison between Four Groups

Posttraumatic growth modulates the response to negative emotions related to COVID‐19: An event‐related potentials study

Factors Influencing Farmers’ Use of Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping Strategies

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