The third major ®nding from Kennedy et al.17 was
the prediction of psychological adjustment. Regression
models were used to predict psychological outcome
over the testing period. These analyses found coping
strategies such as behavioural disengagement, accep-
tance (negative coecient), alcohol and drug use
ideation accounted for a signi®cant proportion of the
variation in depression and anxiety across all assess-
ment periods. Coping strategies at 6 weeks were also
found to predict 67% of the variance in depression
and anxiety at 1 year.