The influence of coping styles and perceived control on emotional distress in persons at risk for a hereditary heart disease

The influence of coping styles and perceived control on emotional distress in persons at risk for a hereditary heart disease

This prospective study investigates the influence of two coping styles (monitoring and blunting) and perceived control (health locus of control and mastery) on emotional distress in persons at risk of a hereditary cardiac disease. Emotional distress in people at risk for a hereditary cardiac disease...

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Published in:American journal of medical genetics. Part A Vol. 143A; no. 17; pp. 1997 - 2005
Main Authors: Hoedemaekers, Elly, Jaspers, Jan P.C., Van Tintelen, J. Peter
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01-09-2007
Wiley-Liss
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
coping
General aspects. Genetic counseling
genetic testing
Heart Diseases - genetics
Heart Diseases - psychology
hereditary cardiac disease
Humans
Medical genetics
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
perceived control
psychological distress
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk
Stress, Psychological
Time Factors
Cardiovascular disease
Risk
Emotion emotionality
perceived control
Hereditary
Genetic counseling
hereditary cardiac disease
Psychological distress
Heart disease
genetic testing
Risk factor
Perception
Coping
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Summary:This prospective study investigates the influence of two coping styles (monitoring and blunting) and perceived control (health locus of control and mastery) on emotional distress in persons at risk of a hereditary cardiac disease. Emotional distress in people at risk for a hereditary cardiac disease does not differ from the normal population, neither before nor after disclosure of the DNA‐or clinical test results. Less monitoring reflects less emotional distress before the results of the DNA‐test or clinical investigations are known, while a stronger feeling of mastery reflects less emotional distress both before and after the results of the tests are known. These results indicate that the negative effect of monitoring is temporary. Mastery is a more powerful predictor than health locus of control in this situation. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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How to cite this article: Hoedemaekers E, Jaspers JPC, Van Tintelen JP. 2007. The influence of coping styles and perceived control on emotional distress in persons at risk for a hereditary heart disease. Am J Med Genet Part A 143A:1997-2005.
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How to cite this article: Hoedemaekers E, Jaspers JPC, Van Tintelen JP. 2007. The influence of coping styles and perceived control on emotional distress in persons at risk for a hereditary heart disease. Am J Med Genet Part A 143A:1997–2005.
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ISSN:1552-4825
1552-4833
DOI:10.1002/ajmg.a.31871