Perceptual style and behavioral pattern of individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders. |
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Authors: | C Cheng W Hui S Lam |
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Affiliation: | Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon. soccheng@ust.hk |
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Abstract: | The present research examined the perceptual style and coping pattern characterizing individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders. A matched case-control design was adopted to compare differences among the target group of individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders (n = 40), a pain control group of individuals with rheumatism (n = 40), and the community control group of healthy individuals (n = 40). Perceptual style was measured by both monitoring and blunting responses to hypothetical stressful situations, and coping pattern was measured by the use of coping strategies in real-life stressful events. Results revealed that participants with functional gastrointestinal disorders differed from their healthy and rheumatic counterparts in having higher monitoring and lower blunting scores and using action-oriented coping strategies regardless of the controllability of stressful situations. |
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