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    title: influence of attachment style on coping and adaptation in adults on hemodialysis
  name:
    name part: Delagarza, Samantha Martha
    name part: 1970-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2000
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: x, 189 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: Applying a theoretical framework to the study of coping and adaptation to hemodialysis is warranted given the variability in success that individuals encounter in adapting to life on dialysis (Sensky, 1993). Attachment theory posits that interpersonal experiences with caregivers during times of distress create templates through which children, and later adults, come to learn how to regulate arousal (Kobak & Sceery, 1988). Consequently, this study tested hypotheses that attachment indices influence dialysis patients' perceptions of their environments, appraisals of distress, and choices of subsequent coping strategies. Hemodialysis patients were recruited from 4 different dialysis clinics in rural and urban areas of south, central Texas. A sample of 101 patients responded to questionnaires while undergoing dialysis during one of their weekly treatments. Analyses revealed that insecure attachment indices were positively predictive of overall stress, poor attitudes toward being on dialysis, poor relationships with family, and negative psychological adjustment to dialysis. In contrast, secure attachment indices were positively related to hopefulness, perceived health competence, and perceived social support. In the realm of coping, insecure attachment was associated with trying to wish away the stressor, and criticizing or lecturing oneself. Secure attachment was related to attempting to find the positive in difficult situations, refusing to get too serious about the problem, talking to others, expressing negative feelings about the stressor, and making and following a plan of action. Interestingly, both secure and insecure attachment were related to the strategy of suppression of feelings. Generally, coping strategies related to insecure attachment styles were associated with poor adaptation. In addition to theoretical constructs, the impact of demographic factors was also explored. Women appeared to have more psychological resources with which to deal with the stresso…
  note: by Samantha Martha Delagarza.
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major Subject: Psychology".
  note: Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A&M University 2000.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-144).
  subject:
    topic: Major psychology
  identifier: 99-80140 UMI
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    record creation date: 010510
    record change date: 20190325101310.0
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