Illness Representations as Predictors of Avoidance Behaviour, Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Ονοματεπώνυμο Συγγραφέα/ων: Danai Lazarou
Ιδιότητα: Msc
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Τίτλος της Εργασίας: Illness Representations as Predictors of Avoidance Behaviour, Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Keywords: ΙBS, illness representations, depression, anxiety, avoidance behaviour

Abstract: The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder whose
hallmark is abdominal pain or discomfort associated with a change in the consistency or
frequency of stools. Frequent experience of anxiety or depressive symptoms in individuals
with IBS (Si, Wang, Chen, Sun et al., 2004) may cause concern about somatic symptoms
leading to avoidant behaviours. The present study uses the Self-Regulation Model as a
framework to explore the illness cognitions of IBS sufferers (Leventhal, Meyer, & Nerenz,
1980). This study explores whether specific representation components such as Consequences,
Personal Control, predict avoidant coping, whether these representation components predict
depression and anxiety and finally whether avoidant coping mediates the relationship between
illness representations and psychological morbidity. The findings of the current study indicate
that illness representations of IBS sufferers can have significant implications for
psychological outcome, while avoidant coping partially mediated this link. Therapeutic
interventions based on illness representations and adaptive coping behaviours may prove to
be important elements for enhancing clinical outcomes and well-being among IBS patients

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