Stability of physical self: Examining the role of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Published in: Revue européenne de psychologie appliquée Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 35 - 40
• Main Authors: Ninot, G, Delignières, D, Varray, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lisse Elsevier SAS 01.01.2010; Paris Centre de psychologie appliquée; Swets & Zeitlinger; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma; Chronic respiratory disease; Depression; Dynamics; Dynamique; Dépression; Estime de soi; Human health and pathology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Internal Medicine; Life Sciences; Medical sciences; Mood disorders; Physical self; Pneumology; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Pulmonology and respiratory tract; Self-esteem; Soi physique; Variability; Variabilité; Estime de soi; Dépression; Bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive; Dynamics; Variability; Variabilité; Soi physique; Chronic respiratory disease; Depression; Self-esteem; Physical self; Dynamique; Mood disorder; Human; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Bronchus disease; Evolution; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Self esteem; Self
• ISSN: 1162-9088; 1878-3457
• DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2009.07.001

Abstract This observational study compared global self-esteem and physical self scores and their stability over a three-week period in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy adults, through the analysis of day-to-day time series. Two groups were formed: a COPD group of 27 patients with stable and moderate COPD, and a control group of 31 “healthy” adults. The results showed lower mean scores over the study period for global self-esteem, physical self-worth, and each of the physical self subdomains in COPD patients as compared with the “healthy” group. Moreover, the results showed less stability in global self-esteem, physical self-worth, and the physical self subdomains over the same period in these patients. Our principal findings support the assertion of Kernis and colleagues that unstable global self-esteem and physical self reflects a certain vulnerability to endogenous and exogenous events.