01585nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001000118653002300128653002200151653003100173100003100204700003300235700002100268700003300289245008100322300001200403490000600415520090600421022001401327020001401341       2002                            d  c07/2002bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aCrohn10aUlcerative Colitis10aCoping strategies10aAdaptation and Personality1 aMiguel Ángel Díaz Sibaja1 aMaría Isabel Comeche Moreno1 aBlanca Mas Hesse1 aMiguel Ángel Vallejo Pareja00aCoping and adaptation strategies in patients with inflammatory bower disease  a211-2240 v83 aThe aims of this study were to evaluate stress coping strategies that Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients use frequently, to analyze the influence of these strategies in the process of general adaptation and to explore the patient personality characteristics associated with the general adaptation. The sample was of 40 patients. They filled-in a demographic questionnaire, the Adults Adaptation Questionnaire of Bell, the Coping Strategies Questionnaire of Lazarus and Folkman and the California Psychological Inventory of Gough. Results reflect that a high percentage of patients show a bad or non-satisfactory general adaptation. Additionally, avoidance is the coping strategy that better predicts bad adaptation. Finally, a patients personality profile has been obtained, although we cannot determine if these characteristics are previous to the disease or they occur as a consequence of this one.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437