This research sought to better understand how older female spouses cope with a partnerââ?¬â?¢s coronary artery bypass graft surgery\r\nand to explore copingââ?¬â?¢s relationships with life-change stress, cognitive appraisal, resilience, social support, and aspects of spouseââ?¬â?¢s\r\nsurgery. A sample of 96 women, aged from 55 to 81 years, completed surveys after their partnerââ?¬â?¢s surgery. Folkman and Lazarusââ?¬â?¢\r\nways of coping (WCQ) scales yielded two factors in this sampleââ?¬â?reactive coping and adaptive coping. Reactive coping, including\r\nmore emotion-focused ways of coping from the WCQ, was associated only with more time spent anticipating spousesââ?¬â?¢ surgeries.\r\nWomen described the greatest use of ways of coping labeled adaptive, which in turn had significant relationships with greater\r\nresilience, social support, and positive appraisal of the surgical experience. Stepwise multiple regression found greater resilience,\r\nmore frequent religious participation, and fewer children to be distinct predictors of adaptive coping. Nursing staff are encouraged\r\nto accept and normalize reactive coping, while facilitating adaptive coping with surgical stresses.
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