Complex Coping Patterns and Their Role in Adaptation and Neuroimmunomodulation: Theory, Methodology, and Research
: This paper describes the evolution of a model of adaptative coping, as well as an example of the converse, a maladaptive coping pattern, type C. It was hypothesized that the more closely a coping process resembles the inverted U‐shaped function that characterizes homeostasis for most biological sy...
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Published in | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 917; no. 1; pp. 446 - 455 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.01.2000
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Summary: | : This paper describes the evolution of a model of adaptative coping, as well as an example of the converse, a maladaptive coping pattern, type C. It was hypothesized that the more closely a coping process resembles the inverted U‐shaped function that characterizes homeostasis for most biological systems, the more likely it is to be adaptive, and to be associated with more positive health outcomes. Maladaptive learned coping patterns, such as type C coping, represent deviations from homeostasis in that they fail to recognize, respond appropriately to, and/or resolve stressors, thus keeping the physiological stress response chronically engaged, with subsequent long‐term damage to implicated biological systems. This interpretation of how maladaptive coping patterns such as type C can influence health outcomes is consistent with findings from the author's 20‐year program of research on the type C pattern, its assessment, and its association with poorer health indicators and outcomes in cancer (malignant melanoma) and HIV/AIDS. |
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ISSN: | 0077-8923 1749-6632 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05409.x |