Perfectionism, Type D personality, and illness-related coping styles in cardiac rehabilitation patients

This study investigated the associations among trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, Type D personality, and illness-specific coping styles in 100 cardiac rehabilitation patients. Participants completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation...

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Published inJournal of health psychology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 417 - 426
Main Authors Shanmugasegaram, Shamila, Flett, Gordon L, Madan, Mina, Oh, Paul, Marzolini, Susan, Reitav, Jaan, Hewitt, Paul L, Sturman, Edward D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2014
Sage Publications
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological - classification
Adaptation, Psychological - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular diseases
Coping
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heart Diseases - psychology
Heart Diseases - rehabilitation
Humans
Illness and personality
Illness, stress and coping
Maladaptive behaviour
Male
Perfectionism
Personality
Personality - classification
Personality - physiology
Personality Assessment
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Selfpresentation
Type D Personality
Type D personality
cardiac illness
coping
perfectionism
Human
Treatment
Reeducation
Self presentation
Cardiovascular disease
Personality
Coping
Perfectionism
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Summary:This study investigated the associations among trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, Type D personality, and illness-specific coping styles in 100 cardiac rehabilitation patients. Participants completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale, the Type D Scale-14, and the Coping with Health Injuries and Problems Scale. Correlational analyses established that emotional preoccupation coping was associated with trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, and Type D personality. Perfectionism was linked with both facets of the Type D construct (negative emotionality and social inhibition). Our results suggest that perfectionistic Type D patients have maladaptive coping with potential negative implications for their cardiac rehabilitation outcomes.
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ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105312471571