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Children's preoperative coping: replication and extension.

L L LaMontagne

    Nursing Research
    |May 1, 1987
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    Area of Science:

    • Pediatric Psychology
    • Medical Psychology
    • Child Psychology

    Background:

    • Coping strategies in children undergoing surgery are influenced by personal and situational factors.
    • Lazarus' (1966) cognitive appraisal theory provides a framework for understanding stress and coping.
    • Previous research indicates locus of control and information influence coping behaviors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To examine how children's locus of control beliefs, age, and preoperative information affect their coping strategies during surgery.
    • To investigate the relationship between personal and situational factors and children's coping modes.
    • To build upon existing research on children's surgical coping.

    Main Methods:

    • Interviewed 42 children preoperatively to assess their coping strategies.
    • Classified coping into avoidance modes, active modes, or a combination.
    • Analyzed the influence of locus of control, age, and preoperative information on coping.

    Main Results:

    • All three independent variables (locus of control, age, preoperative information) were significantly related to children's coping strategies.
    • Replicated previous findings linking locus of control to coping behaviors.
    • Confirmed the association between parent-doctor information and specific coping behaviors.

    Conclusions:

    • Children's coping with surgery is multifactorial, influenced by internal beliefs and external information.
    • Locus of control, age, and the amount of information received are key determinants of how children cope.
    • Interventions can be tailored based on these factors to support children's adaptation to surgery.

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