Psychological strategies to deal with illness in patient with multiple sclerosis: a phenomenological study
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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
Objective
This study aimed to investigate quality psychological strategies which were applied by MS patients.Method
A phenomenological approach was adopted using a qualitative method and 15 participants were chosen none randomly on the basis of their availability. Deep interviews were carried out with fifteen MS patients and detailed information obtained from these interviews was analyzed using the Colizzi and the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis methods.Result
Result of the present study indicated that two major categories in applied psychological strategies can be identified. Each of which was consist of several sub-categories. These were labeled as follows: 1. Defense mechanisms; pathologic, neurotic, immature and mature. 2. Coping strategies; problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping and coping based on spirituality and religion. Conclusion
Use denial as a most common defense mechanism with the neurotic and immature defense mechanism lead to reduce the level of individual ability in dealing with disease. Although each of the three categories of coping strategies was used but often the participants use the emotion-focused coping. In most common case, using of denial as a defense mechanism was viewed in relation with seeking social support and avoidance escape as a coping strategy. Adaptive coping and religion/ spirituality strategies was used in patients with higher levels of self-integrity.Keywords:
Language:
Persian
Published:
Journal of Health Psychology, Volume:6 Issue: 24, 2018
Pages:
7 to 30
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