Interactional styles of out‐patients with poor adjustment to chronic illness receiving problem‐solving counselling

A sample of subjects with poor to fair adjustment to chronic illness is described according to three interactional styles distinguished by patterns of beliefs about the self in relation to others along an axis of purpose, dependency and self‐concept. Further, the question of whether differences in style are related to quantitative measures of adjustment, purpose in life, and health and social service consumption is addressed. A randomized …