Sex and Functional Impairment Differences in Coping for Congenital Heart Disease Survivors: A 3-Year Follow-up Study on Psychosocial Functioning

Coping responses to CHD-related stressors are important for long-term psychosocial and physical functioning. Individuals employed different coping strategies according to sex and functional status. CHD survivors with functional limitations, already facing greater disease-burden, may further elevate their risk for poor outcomes through increased use of voluntary disengagement coping over time.