Incremental validity of acceptance over coping in predicting adjustment to endometriosis.

ABSTRACT: Psychological acceptance has emerged as an important construct to explain low psychological distress in different clinical samples. However, the incremental validity of psychological acceptance to explain adjustment to medical conditions over other related and well-established constructs, such as coping, is relatively unclear. This study explored whether psychological acceptance significantly contributes to explain adjustment above and beyond coping in females with endometriosis. A total of 169 females (M _age = 34.95 years; SD _age = 6.07 years) with endometriosis and pain symptoms completed the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, the Brief-COPE, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Psychological Wellbeing Scale, and the Endome

SUBMITTER: Bernini O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9335002 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature