Leake and Colleagues (1999) Randomly Assigned Patients with Kidney Disease

question 10

Multiple Choice

Leake and colleagues (1999) randomly assigned patients with kidney disease to a group where they described their difficulties in coping with the illness, a group where people described the strategies they used to cope effectively with their disease, or to a control group where people saw a videotape on coping with dialysis. Results showed that with respect to relieving physical symptoms and depression ______.

• A) neither experimental group was effective
• B) both experimental groups were effective, and equally so
• C) the "strategy" group was the most effective
• D) the "difficulties" group was most effective

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Definitions:

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