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TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-efficacy as an appraisal that moderates the coping-emotion relationship
T2 - associations among people with rheumatoid arthritis
AU - Lowe, Rob
AU - Cockshott, Zoe Jane
AU - Greenwood, Rosemary
AU - Kirwan, John
AU - Celia, Almeida
AU - Richards, Pamela
AU - Kirwan, John
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - The way a coping strategy is expressed might depend on the nature of underlying efficacy expectations. For example, a cognitive coping strategy may have different content depending on efficacy beliefs underpinning the strategy's formulation and application. As such, self-efficacy (SE), as an appraisal, may moderate relationships between coping and outcomes: coping effects may differ depending on SE. This process was examined in 127 rheumatoid arthritis patients attending routine patient education/self-management programmes. Participants completed questionnaire measures of SE, coping, anxiety and depression at baseline and at 8 weeks follow-up. Regression analyses focused on coping and SE change variables, and their concurrent association with measures of change in anxiety and depression. Results highlighted contributions to these emotional variables from interactions between coping and SE. The nature of associations between coping and emotional outcomes was found to differ according to efficacy appraisals. This may have implications for clinical practice in that the adaptive significance of adjustment efforts may differ according to underlying SE.
AB - The way a coping strategy is expressed might depend on the nature of underlying efficacy expectations. For example, a cognitive coping strategy may have different content depending on efficacy beliefs underpinning the strategy's formulation and application. As such, self-efficacy (SE), as an appraisal, may moderate relationships between coping and outcomes: coping effects may differ depending on SE. This process was examined in 127 rheumatoid arthritis patients attending routine patient education/self-management programmes. Participants completed questionnaire measures of SE, coping, anxiety and depression at baseline and at 8 weeks follow-up. Regression analyses focused on coping and SE change variables, and their concurrent association with measures of change in anxiety and depression. Results highlighted contributions to these emotional variables from interactions between coping and SE. The nature of associations between coping and emotional outcomes was found to differ according to efficacy appraisals. This may have implications for clinical practice in that the adaptive significance of adjustment efforts may differ according to underlying SE.
KW - Self-efficacy
KW - appraisal
KW - coping
KW - anxiety
KW - depression
KW - rheumatoid arthritis
U2 - 10.1080/14768320601139160
DO - 10.1080/14768320601139160
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 155
EP - 174
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
SN - 0887-0446
IS - 2
ER -