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标题：A picture paints a thousand words: Heart drawings reflect acute distress and illness perception and predict posttraumatic stress symptoms after acute myocardial infarction
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作者：Mary Princip ; Miriam Koemeda ; Rebecca E Meister 等
期刊名称：Health Psychology Open
印刷版ISSN：2055-1029
电子版ISSN：2055-1029
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：1-10
DOI：10.1177/2055102915592091
摘要：The aim of this study was to examine whether heart drawings of patients with acute myocardial infarction reflect acute distress symptoms and negative illness beliefs and predict posttraumatic stress symptoms 3months post-myocardial infarction. In total, 84 patients aged over 18years drew pictures of their heart. The larger the area drawn as damaged, the greater were the levels of acute distress (r=0.36; p<0.05), negative illness perceptions (r=0.42, p<0.05), and posttraumatic stress symptoms (r=0.54, p<0.01). Pain drawings may offer a tool to identify maladaptive cognitions and thus patients at risk of posttraumatic stress disorder.
关键词：drawings; illness perceptions; myocardial infarction; psychological stress; traumatic stress