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ArticleIndian journal of psychological medicine2023

Coping Strategies Adopted by Motor Vehicle Accident Survivors from a Hilly State of North India.

Deeksha Arora, Xavier C Belsiyal, Vikram Singh Rawat

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Article in Indian journal of psychological medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Deeksha AroraDept. of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Xavier C BelsiyalDept. of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-1134
Vikram Singh RawatDept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

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Background: Dealing with trauma has always been challenging for people from all walks of life. Moreover, traumas like Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA) are sudden and can be life-threatening, which further raises the concern and thus requires healthy adaptation. Considering the lack of data on the coping strategies of accident survivors in India, this study was undertaken to assess the coping strategies adopted by MVA survivors. Methods: Cross-sectional survey was conducted at tertiary care institution in Uttarakhand (India) during 2019-2020. A total of 250 MVA survivors were selected through total enumerative sampling and assessed for posttraumatic stress disorder (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL)-5), depression (Zung self-rating depression scale), and coping strategies (Brief COPE questionnaire). Results: The mean score was highest for emotion-focused coping mechanism (32.84 Conclusions: A commonly adopted coping strategy among MVA survivors is emotion-focused coping mechanism. Religion and emotional support are most prevalent because of family dynamics prevalent in countries like India.

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adaptivecollisionCopingdepressionmotor vehicle accident survivorsposttraumatic stress disorder

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PMCPMC9896113

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