TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond illness perception
T2 - the effects of psychological flexibility when coping with a chronic medical condition
AU - Zukerman, Gil
AU - Maor, Maya
AU - Reichard, Tamar
AU - Ben-Itzhak, Shulamit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Several factors have been suggested to affect well-being among patients with a Chronic Medical Condition (CMC). Using self-report questionnaires, the effects of Illness Cognitions (IC) and Psychological Flexibility (PF) on well-being (Subjective Happiness) was explored in two groups of patients at a large medical center in Tel Aviv, Israel. This included 79 patients with psoriasis and 71 patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), the former representing moderate, and the latter severe, chronic medical conditions. Significant correlations between IC and PF, and well-being, were observed. In regression analyses, helplessness (an IC factor) and perceiving oneself as flexible (a PF factor) significantly contributed to well-being. Perceiving oneself as open and innovative (another PF factor) was associated with higher levels of well-being only among those with ESRD. This suggests that well-being is associated with both a specific cognitive inference regarding one’s medical condition (IC) and a general attitude about change (PF). Additionally, it appears that the association between PF and well-being changes across different CMCs, possibly depending on the CMC severity. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.
AB - Several factors have been suggested to affect well-being among patients with a Chronic Medical Condition (CMC). Using self-report questionnaires, the effects of Illness Cognitions (IC) and Psychological Flexibility (PF) on well-being (Subjective Happiness) was explored in two groups of patients at a large medical center in Tel Aviv, Israel. This included 79 patients with psoriasis and 71 patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), the former representing moderate, and the latter severe, chronic medical conditions. Significant correlations between IC and PF, and well-being, were observed. In regression analyses, helplessness (an IC factor) and perceiving oneself as flexible (a PF factor) significantly contributed to well-being. Perceiving oneself as open and innovative (another PF factor) was associated with higher levels of well-being only among those with ESRD. This suggests that well-being is associated with both a specific cognitive inference regarding one’s medical condition (IC) and a general attitude about change (PF). Additionally, it appears that the association between PF and well-being changes across different CMCs, possibly depending on the CMC severity. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.
KW - Psychological adaptation
KW - chronic disease
KW - chronic kidney failure
KW - illness cognition
KW - psoriasis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129423933&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13548506.2022.2067344
DO - 10.1080/13548506.2022.2067344
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AN - SCOPUS:85129423933
SN - 1354-8506
VL - 28
SP - 1795
EP - 1802
JO - Psychology, Health and Medicine
JF - Psychology, Health and Medicine
IS - 7
ER -