title: [Coping style and cognitive attitude in patients with multiple sclerosis].
abstract: Recent literature revealed the importance of subjective coping strategies in chronic diseases. Due to the unpredictable course of the disease, multiple sclerosis patients have to integrate the illness into their psychosocial context. The present study examines the connection between coping styles, cognitive attitudes ("locus of control") and course in 20 outpatients with multiple sclerosis. Favourable coping strategies correlated with internal locus of control. Unfavourable coping behaviour on the other hand was correlated with external cognitive attitudes and a worse outcome. Moreover, depressive coping styles and psychopathological depression dominate with a worse course of the disease. Thus coping and cognitive attitudes have to be evaluated in order to strengthen personal resources in dealing with multiple sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinik Bochum, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lasar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotterba
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012803:Sick Role
vernacular_title: Bewältigungsstile und kognitive Einstellungen bei Patienten mit Multipler Sklerose.