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Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities
Background: It is well-documented that active coping strategies can lead to better positive adjustment and psycho-social outcomes among individuals with disabilities and illnesses. However, little information exists related to exploring how coping is related to health benefits such as personal growt...
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7723005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33312936 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2020.59 |
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author | Kim, Junhyoung Han, Areum Piatt, Jennifer Ann Kim, Jaehyun |
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description | Background: It is well-documented that active coping strategies can lead to better positive adjustment and psycho-social outcomes among individuals with disabilities and illnesses. However, little information exists related to exploring how coping is related to health benefits such as personal growth and life satisfaction in an international context. Thus, this study examined how the use of coping strategies is associated with personal growth and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities in non-Western settings. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we employed a nonprobability methodology, purposivesampling, to recruit 351 participants who adults over the age of 18 living with a physicaldisability and currently enrolled in the Korean Disability Association. A hierarchical linearregression analysis was conducted to determine which types of coping strategies predictedpersonal growth and life satisfaction, while controlling for the effects of the demographicvariables (i.e., gender and age). Results: With regard to personal growth, problem-solving coping strategy (β = 0.663, P < 0.001,95% CI [0.51, 0.70]) was the strongest predictor, followed by avoidance coping strategy(β = -0.263, P < 0.001, 95% CI [-0.37, -0.20]). As for life satisfaction, problem-solving copingstrategy (β = 0.268, P < 0.001, 95% CI [0.18, 0.70]) was the strongest predictor, followed bysocial support seeking coping strategy (β = 0.264, P < 0.001, 95% CI [-0.19, 0.10]). Conclusion: Our study suggests that problem-focused and social support coping strategies playimportant roles in improving the personal growth and life satisfaction among Korean individualswith physical disabilities. This study provides implications for health professionals seeking waysto facilitate the personal growth and enhance the life satisfaction of individuals with physicaldisabilities. |
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spelling | pubmed-77230052020-12-10 Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities Kim, Junhyoung Han, Areum Piatt, Jennifer Ann Kim, Jaehyun Health Promot Perspect Original Article Background: It is well-documented that active coping strategies can lead to better positive adjustment and psycho-social outcomes among individuals with disabilities and illnesses. However, little information exists related to exploring how coping is related to health benefits such as personal growth and life satisfaction in an international context. Thus, this study examined how the use of coping strategies is associated with personal growth and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities in non-Western settings. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we employed a nonprobability methodology, purposivesampling, to recruit 351 participants who adults over the age of 18 living with a physicaldisability and currently enrolled in the Korean Disability Association. A hierarchical linearregression analysis was conducted to determine which types of coping strategies predictedpersonal growth and life satisfaction, while controlling for the effects of the demographicvariables (i.e., gender and age). Results: With regard to personal growth, problem-solving coping strategy (β = 0.663, P < 0.001,95% CI [0.51, 0.70]) was the strongest predictor, followed by avoidance coping strategy(β = -0.263, P < 0.001, 95% CI [-0.37, -0.20]). As for life satisfaction, problem-solving copingstrategy (β = 0.268, P < 0.001, 95% CI [0.18, 0.70]) was the strongest predictor, followed bysocial support seeking coping strategy (β = 0.264, P < 0.001, 95% CI [-0.19, 0.10]). Conclusion: Our study suggests that problem-focused and social support coping strategies playimportant roles in improving the personal growth and life satisfaction among Korean individualswith physical disabilities. This study provides implications for health professionals seeking waysto facilitate the personal growth and enhance the life satisfaction of individuals with physicaldisabilities. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2020-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7723005/ /pubmed/33312936 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2020.59 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kim, Junhyoung Han, Areum Piatt, Jennifer Ann Kim, Jaehyun Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities |
title | Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities |
title_full | Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities |
title_fullStr | Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities |
title_short | Investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities |
title_sort | investigating relationships among coping, personal growth, and life satisfaction among individuals with physical disabilities |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7723005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33312936 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2020.59 |
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