Identifying the Links between Chronic Illness and Depression: Cognitive-Behavioral Mediators.

Autor/inn/en	Turk, Dennis C.; und weitere
Titel	Identifying the Links between Chronic Illness and Depression: Cognitive-Behavioral Mediators.
Quelle	(1984), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Depression (Psychology); Diseases; Life Satisfaction; Locus of Control; Patients; Social Support Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Disease; Krankheit; Lebensvollendung; Patient; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung
Abstract	All chronic illnesses represent assaults on multiple areas of functioning, not just the body. To examine the association between painful chronic illnesses and depression from a cognitive-behavioral perspective, 100 patients of the Pain Management Program at the West Haven, Connecticut Veterans Administration Hospital (78% males) completed a battery of tests. The tests assessed depression, pain severity, life interference attributed to pain, perceived self-control, and social support. An analysis of the results showed that pain was a significant predictor of perceived interference, support, and self-control. In turn, perceived self-control and interference were significant predictors of depression. Pain was not a significant direct predictor of depression. The coefficient of determination indicated that 68% of the variance in depression was accounted for by the cognitive-behavioral model. The results suggest that all of the structural relations predicted by the cognitive-behavioral model of pain and depression were confirmed, with the exception of the relationship between support and self-control, which was found to be nonsignificant. (BL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC