Does Problem Focused Coping Buffer the Effects of Trait Anxiety on Depressive Symptoms of Chronic Urticaria Patients?

2018-01-01
Bozo Özen, Özlem
GÜNEŞ, SEREN
Çenesiz, Gaye Zeynep
Baysan, Abdullah
The present study examined the moderating role of problem-focused coping in trait anxietydepressive symptoms' relationship in patients with chronic urticaria (CU). Eighty-eight CU patients, who applied to an outpatient clinic of Clinical Immunology and Allergic Diseases, filled out a questionnaire set including State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Ways of Coping Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory. The results suggested that CU patients high on trait anxiety reported more depressive symptoms, and the ones using more problem-focused coping (PFC) strategies reported less depressive symptoms. Also, PFC strategies moderated trait anxiety-depressive symptoms relation. Accordingly, PFC strategies did not lead to any significant difference in CU patients who were low on trait anxiety in terms of the level of depressive symptoms. However, CU patients with high trait anxiety experienced significantly less depressive symptoms if they used more PFC strategies. The findings were discussed in the light of the relevant literature.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Citation Formats
Ö. Bozo Özen, S. GÜNEŞ, G. Z. Çenesiz, and A. Baysan, “Does Problem Focused Coping Buffer the Effects of Trait Anxiety on Depressive Symptoms of Chronic Urticaria Patients?,” JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY, pp. 64–78, 2018, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37739.