Background. In the context of a causal relationship between stress and migraine, coping strategies are aimed at managing stressful\nlife events and reducing the distressing emotions connected to them. Methods. Sixty-one consecutive patients with migraine\nwithout aura (MwoA) and sixty-one healthy controls (HCs) completed three self-report questionnaires assessing a broad range\nof coping (cognitive and behavioural) strategies: the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE), the Coping\nInventory for Stressful Situation (CISS), and the Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI). Moreover, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), a\nscale measuring self-perception of stress, global cognitive functioning, depressive symptoms, apathy, state, and trait anxiety, was\nadministered to all participants. Results. No significant difference was found on the scales and subscales of PCI and CISS as well\nas in the PSS between MwoA patients and HCs....................
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