title: Coping and cognition in schizophrenia and depression.
abstract: We examined the stable relations between coping style and cognitive function in schizophrenic and depressed patients and in patient and normal controls on two test occasions. The results show that a poor self-report of coping style is independent of psychiatric diagnosis, but there are associations with both subjective and objective cognitive malaise. Poor cognitive task performance is associated with a dependent coping style, perhaps pointing to a "giving-up" attitude. Subjective cognitive dysfunction and high levels of mental effort during task performance are associated with an avoidant coping style and with worrying, which suggest failing compensatory cognitive strategies as a causal mechanism of this coping dimension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: van den Bosch
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Rombouts
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012803:Sick Role