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- Persson, Lars-Olof, 1951, et al.
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A structure of self-conceptions and illness conceptions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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Ingår i: Journal of psychosomatic research. - 0022-3999. ; 40:5, s. 535-49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2 independent samples of RA patients, a large pool of self-reported illness experiences were statistically examined for content and structure of common types of self-conceptions and illness conceptions related to living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Multivariate analyses revealed 7 primary factors in both samples. Three constituted a positive continuum (fighting spirit, acceptance, revaluation), and 3 a negative (deprivation of life values, protest, reserved). The 7th factor (denial) was weaker and conceptually intermediate. The obtained factors contained many items similar to those in other established psychological instruments used in research on RA, but showed stronger relations to subjective well-being (mood) than any one of these. Disease indicators correlated only weakly with RA self-conceptions (RASC) and mood. The RASC factors appear to more broadly reflect different facets of positive and negative ways of individual experience of living with RA than other published instruments. They were tentatively interpreted as RA-specific expressions of dispositions towards positive and negative affect, respectively.
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- Persson, Lars-Olof, 1951, et al.
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Kroniskt handikapp och välbefinnande
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Ingår i: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - 0037-833X. ; 66, s. 150-154
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- Persson, Lars-Olof, 1951, et al.
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Psychological factors in chronic rheumatic diseases--a review. The case of rheumatoid arthritis, current research and some problems.
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Ingår i: Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. - 0300-9742. ; 28:3, s. 137-44
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An overview of studies relating psychological factors to perceived well-being among Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients is presented. Most attention has been devoted to the perception of control, coping and the effects of cognitive distortions. The introduction of these constructs have advanced the understanding of psychological distress among RA patients, although they explain only a smaller part. One reason could be that they give an oversimplified picture of adjustment processes in chronic and disabling diseases. This may partly be because their development are based either on studies of depression in a psychiatric sense or on how healthy subjects manage stressful events in daily life. The results therefore have limited relevance for adjustment to a life-long, chronic illness like RA. Recent research has also suggested that personality dispositions, especially neuroticism, play a substantial role in all types of subjective experiences. Finally, some issues for future research are discussed.
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