title: Perfectionism, Type D personality, and illness-related coping styles in cardiac rehabilitation patients.
abstract: This study investigated the associations among trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, Type D personality, and illness-specific coping styles in 100 cardiac rehabilitation patients. Participants completed the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale, the Type D Scale-14, and the Coping with Health Injuries and Problems Scale. Correlational analyses established that emotional preoccupation coping was associated with trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, and Type D personality. Perfectionism was linked with both facets of the Type D construct (negative emotionality and social inhibition). Our results suggest that perfectionistic Type D patients have maladaptive coping with potential negative implications for their cardiac rehabilitation outcomes.
authors.affiliation: York University, Canada.
authors.forename: Shamila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanmugasegaram
authors.forename: Gordon L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Flett
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marzolini
authors.forename: Jaan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reitav
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.forename: Edward D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Sturman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D010552:Personality Assessment; D064415:Type D Personality
keywords: Type D personality; cardiac illness; coping; perfectionism