Methods. An integrated research design, based on Lazarus and Folkman’s transaction
coping theory, was used. The research employed convenience sampling with four
instruments: the Revised Ways of Coping Checklist, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory,
Short Form 36-Health Survey, and a demographic questionnaire, sent to 50 men and
50 women who were recruited from a medical centre in Taiwan. Additionally,
qualitative data from interviews with three men and three women, who had completed
the instruments, were analysed.