Psychological adaptation of patients with autoimmune liver diseases
The features of psychological adjustment of persons with autoimmune liver disease before liver transplantation. Of those patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) were 24 people with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) 25. It was found that the leading type of attitude to the disease of patients with AIH - ergopathic, a sensitive and alarming, PBC - ergopathic and sensitive. Leading psychological mechanisms of patients with PBC and AIH - «Reaction formation» and «Denial». Coping strategies of stress-overcoming behavior of patients with AIH - «Distancing», «Search for social support» and «Acceptance of responsibility», PBC - «Search for social support» and «Self-checking». Severe personal characteristic of AIH and PBC - «Cooperation». A correlation between the adaptive types of attitude to illness and personal characteristics «Extraversion» and «Emotional stability». There is also a negative correlation between the adaptive types of responses and coping strategies «Escape - avoidance» and «Confrontation», the negative correlation between the «distancing», «Self control» and maladaptive type. Positive correlation also found between the adaptive type and psychological mechanism «Denial». The negative correlation between the maladaptive type of attitudes and psychological mechanisms - «Crowding out», «Regression», «Compensation», «Projection» and «Replace».