%0 Journal Article %T Medication-related Self-management Behaviors among Arthritis Patients: Does Attentional Coping Style Matter? %A Delesha M. Carpenter %A Joanne M. Jordan %A Lorie L. Geryk %A Paul K. J. Han %A Robert F. DeVellis %A Susan J. Blalock %J Archive of "The Open Rheumatology Journal". %D 2016 %R 10.2174/1874312901610010060 %X The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the attentional coping styles (monitoring and blunting) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) patients and: (a) receipt of medication information; (b) receipt of conflicting medication information; (c) ambiguity aversion; (d) medication-related discussions with doctors and spouse/partners; and (e) medication adherence %K Arthritis %K Attentional coping style %K Medication adherence %K Self-management behavior %K Stress-coping theory %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080870/