Coping strategies, social support, and mindfulness improve the psychological well-being of Jordanian burn survivors: A descriptive correlational study

•The burn survivors have a severe level of psychological distress.•Escape avoidance is highest coping strategy and accepting responsibility is the lowest.•Social support and mindfulness were associated with less psychological distress.•Confrontive coping was a significant predictor of the psychologi...

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Published in:Burns 2022-02, Vol.48 (1), p.236-243
Main Author: Al-Ghabeesh, Suhair Hussni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Burns
Burns - psychology
Burns - therapy
Coping behavior
Humans
Mindfulness
Psychological distress
Social environment
Social Support
Survivors - psychology
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Summary:•The burn survivors have a severe level of psychological distress.•Escape avoidance is highest coping strategy and accepting responsibility is the lowest.•Social support and mindfulness were associated with less psychological distress.•Confrontive coping was a significant predictor of the psychological well-being. Burn injury survivors usually experience multiple psychosocial problems, which occur commonly in low and middle-income countries. However, the previous literature provides limited information about the unique roles of coping strategies, social support, and mindfulness in improving the psychological well-being of burn survivors. Therefore, this study identified the role of coping strategies, social support, and mindfulness in improving the psychological well-being of burn survivors. A descriptive correlational study on 224 burn survivors at a large government hospital in Amman, Jordan, was conducted. Participants completed questionnaires about socio-demographic and clinical data, anxiety and depression, social support, mindfulness, and coping. Standard multiple regression was performed to identify the unique role of the main study variables in improving the psychological well-being of burn survivors. Participants were found to have a severe level of psychological distress. Escape avoidance coping had the highest mean score among all other coping strategies, while acceptance of responsibility had the lowest mean score. Regression analysis showed that confrontive coping (β = −0.224, p=p
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2021.04.012