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Emotion regulation in patients with rheumatic diseases: validity and responsiveness of the Emotional Approach Coping Scale
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 09/10/09

Zangi HA et al. – The Emotional Approach Coping Scale (EAC) is an acceptable and valid instrument for measuring emotional processing and expression in patients with rheumatic diseases. The EAC scales were responsive to change in an intervention designed to promote emotion regulation. .

Methods

Cross-sectional study
220 patients with different rheumatic diseases
Comparisons with the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire (BACQ) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-20)
Responsiveness tested in a longitudinal pretest-posttest study of two different coping interventions

Results