Resilience and stress coping techniques in patients with ischemic heart disease

Abstract

With the aim of identifying relations between resilience and stress coping techniques in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), based on examination of 24 CAD patients (study group) and 22 conditionally healthy people (control group) with the average age of 59.83 ± 13.36 in the study group and 49.75 ± 9.21 in the control group. Sample groups being studied are comparable by gender structure. A questionnaire on proactive adaptive coping behavior by E.S. Starchenkova and resilience test by Salvatore Maddy was used. It was found that CAD patients are prone to personality disorders and high-severity distress. Personality traits in CAD patients indicate weak tolerance to problematic situations due to passivity and dependency on external factors. The mindsets observed in CAD patients lead to lower stability of personality against any frustration-inducing situation, stronger sense of inferiority and fear of difficulties, as well as social maladjustment.