The relationship between cognitive perception of self‐concept and coping styles in heart failure patients

AIM: To determine the relationship between self‐concept and coping styles in patients with heart failure in an Iranian population. DESIGN: This study had a correlational design. METHODS: In this study, 100 HF patients hospitalized in the CCU and cardiac ward of Vali‐Asr Hospital of Birjand, Iran were selected by convenience sampling method. Two validated and reliable questionnaires including Cognitive Perception of Self‐Concept and the Coping Styles questionnaires were completed by each patient. RESULTS: There were significant associations between emotion‐oriented and threat to self‐concept in total and physical sensation and self‐consistency dimensions. Also, a significant association was observed between avoidance‐oriented and threat to self‐concept in total and body sensation dimension (p < .05). There was no significant association between the problem‐oriented component and the threat to self‐concept in total and none of its dimensions. The challenge to self‐concept and its dimensions were not significantly related to any component of coping styles.