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- The study aimed to explore how perceived usefulness to others relates to coping strategies in adults with knee osteoarthritis, as well as the influence of personality traits.
- A group of 199 participants (average age 70.3) provided data on their personality, coping methods, and overall health using established psychological measures.
- Findings indicated that better subjective health was linked to perceived usefulness, with those feeling more useful employing active coping strategies, while passive coping was tied to higher neuroticism and functional disability.
Article Abstract
Objective: To investigate associations of perceived usefulness to other people with active versus passive coping strategies among adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Additional aims explored contributions of personality variables to this dynamic.
Method: 199 persons (70.3 years ± 10.4) with knee OA reported personality, coping, and psychosocial data using the Big Five Inventory, subscales from the Social Provisions Scale, and the Coping With Illness measure. Regression analyses identified predictors of perceived usefulness and its independent and interactive associations with active versus passive coping and personality variables.
Results: Better subjective health predicted perceived usefulness. Older adults with higher reported perceived usefulness employed more active than passive pain coping strategies. Passive coping was associated with neuroticism and greater functional disability.
Discussion: Usefulness predicted active OA pain coping, suggesting that it may promote well-being among persons with chronic pain. Further study investigating perceived usefulness in promoting positive health behaviors is needed.
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