title: Multidimensional investigation of the structure of coping among people with amputations.
abstract: In this study, the responses of 61 people with amputations to a measure of coping strategies were submitted to multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Interpretations of the three-dimensional solution, aided by the emergence of five coping clusters, suggested that respondents' perceptions of their coping with amputation-related stress were best explained by the following three dimensions: 1) active/confrontive versus passive/avoidance coping; 2) pessimistic/fatalistic versus optimistic/positivistic coping: and 3) social/emotional versus cognitive coping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special and Counseling Education, Portland State University, OR 97207, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Livneh
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Antonak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000674:Amputees / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012803:Sick Role; D012944:Social Support