Leake and Colleagues (1999) Randomly Assigned Patients with Kidney Disease

Multiple Choice

Leake and colleagues (1999) randomly assigned patients with kidney disease to a group where they described their difficulties in coping with the illness, a group where people described the strategies they used to cope effectively with their disease, or to a control group where people saw a videotape on coping with dialysis. Results showed that with respect to relieving physical symptoms and depression ______.

A) neither experimental group was effective
B) both experimental groups were effective, and equally so
C) the "strategy" group was the most effective
D) the "difficulties" group was most effective