title: Gender differences in variables associated with psychosocial adjustment to a burn injury.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether variables associated with psychosocial adjustment to a burn injury vary by gender. Male and female burned subjects (N = 260) were compared on their functional disability, disfigurement, coping responses, social resources, and psychosocial adjustment to a burn injury. Both men and women had adjusted psychosocially to their burn injury. Less functional disability (r = .57, p less than .001) for men and greater problem-solving (r = .57, p less than .001) for women were the most important variables in explaining psychosocial adjustment to a burn injury. In the future, researchers need to be cognizant of gender differences and consider men and women as separate populations.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Streiner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011340:Problem Solving; D011998:Recreation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support