SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.9 issue2Coping Style, Dispositional Optimism, Depression, Body Image, BMI, and Risk of EAT on Predictions of Quality of Life Related to HealthRosenberg' Self-Esteem Scale: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Middle-School Student in Cartagena, Colombia author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

Related links

  • On index processCited by Google
  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO
  • On index processSimilars in Google

Share


Psychologia. Avances de la Disciplina

On-line version ISSN 1900-2386

Abstract

ARIAS, Alejandro  and  TORO, Ronald. Cognitive Personality and Differential Coping in Anxiety and Depression. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.2, pp.49-59. ISSN 1900-2386.

The aim was to identify the differences between autonomic and sociotropic coping strategies in people with anxiety or depressive symptoms. According to Clark, Beck and Alford (1999) differential coping hypothesis states that there are differential maladaptive coping strategies between sociotropy and autonomy (congruence personality-symptom-coping) in anxiety or depression. The sample was composed of 590 participants aged 18 to 50, of all socioeconomic levels, marital status and educational levels. The results obtained by descriptive-correlational analysis and comparisons revealed significant differences (p = .01) in anxiety for coping sociotropic (search for professional support), coping and depression for autonomic strategies (problems solving). These coping strategies support the evidence of its mediating role in each symptomatic group and cognitive vulnerability hypothesis. In turn, the results obtained by this research support the tripartite model (negative-positive affect) as continuous between anxiety and depression.

Keywords : Coping; sociotropy; autonomy; depression; anxiety.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )