Coping strategies in CF families.

Thirty couples, parents of CF children were tested by means of the following methods: The Personal and Illness Orientation Questionnaire, The Social Support Scale, The Coping Health Inventory for Parents (McCubbin et al.). The results show that the most important matters to both parents are: confidence in mutual assistance, optimistic outlook at the health prospects of the child, active participation in the development of the child's independence. Some personal-dependent (e.i. gender-dependent) differences in the coping strategies were observed.