Gender differences in variables associated with psychosocial adjustment to a burn injury.
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.
Brown
B
B
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Roberts
J
J
Browne
G
G
Byrne
C
C
Love
B
B
Streiner
D
D
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