title: Do coping strategies mediate the association between Type D personality and quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis?
abstract: The aim of this study is to explore whether different coping strategies are able to mediate the association between Type D personality and quality of life. We collected information from 156 consecutive patients (response rate: 72.9%; 75.0% women; median age: 40 ± 3 years). Patients completed the Type D Scale-14, the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale and the Short-Form Health Survey for measuring physical and mental quality of life. The mediating effect of coping was analysed using correlations, linear regressions and the Sobel z-test. In the mental quality of life, all three studied coping strategies mediated the association between Type D personality and quality of life.
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Pavol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mikula
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Iveta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagyova
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krokavcova
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vitkova
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Jarmila
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szilasiova
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gdovinova
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Johan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Groothoff
authors.affiliation: 1 Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.|2 University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jitse P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: van Dijk
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D064415:Type D Personality
keywords: Type D; chronic disease; coping; mental component of quality of life; multiple sclerosis; physical component of quality of life