French adaptation of the Ways of Coping Checklist.

A short form (42 items) of the Ways of Coping Checklist was administered to 468 French men and women. A factor analysis of the responses yielded three factors, accounting for about 35% of the total variance, and named Problem-focused Coping, Emotion-focused Coping, and Social Support seeking. The first two dimensions are close to those generally described in the literature.

[Symptoms and life of patients with chronic bronchitis. Preliminary results].

Improvement in the bronchial obstruction is the aim of treatment for patients with chronic bronchitis. In this work, we attempted to identify subjective psychosocial and neurophysiological factors which are essential for understanding the quality of life in these patients. The study included 77 male patients under 80 years of age who were diagnosed as having chronic bronchitis by their family physician.

Psychological adjustment to hospitalization: factorial structure, antecedents, and outcome.

Using various methods of observation, the psychological status of 211 patients of both sexes was assessed after the surgery or treatment justifying their hospitalization. Intercorrelations of scores on 40 variables obtained to describe the state of the patients were submitted to a principal components analysis. The latter yielded a factor of maladjustment to hospitalization associated with various psychosociological antecedents of the patients and a short-term unfavorable development of their physical health.

[The measurement of "coping". French translation and validation of the Vitaliano's scale (Vitaliano et al. 1985)].

Coping is currently defined as "the various cognitive or behavioral efforts intended to master or tolerate the internal or external demands which threaten or go beyond the resources of a subject "(Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). The general objective of this work was to present the french version of a coping scale (Vitaliano et al., 1985) for the assessment of the different types of coping strategies which one can use when confronting an adversive event.