초록
Objectives: Interpersonal stress is a major cause and aggravating factor of Hwabyung.
The purpose of this study was to compare communication type and stress coping style between the Hwabyung pa-tients group and non-Hwabyung patients group.

Methods: The total number of study participants was 101. Based on the Hwabyung symptom scale,
the study participants were divided into Hwabyung patients group (30 patients) and non-Hwabyung pa-tients group (43 patients; control group),
and the others were excluded from the study .
All included patients were administered the Virginia Satir's communication type questionnaire and stress coping scale based on Folkman & Lazarus's theory.
The independent t-test was used to determine the stat-istical significance between the features of communication types and stress coping styles in each group.
In addition, Spearman correlation analysis was used to identify the relationship between com-munication types and stress coping styles.

Results and Conclusions:
1. Communication types differed significantly between the Hwabyung pa-tients group and non-Hwabyung patients group.
2. Hwabyung patients scored significantly higher in each dysfunctional communication type than functional communication type.
Scores of placating stance and super-reasonable stance, which were subtypes of dysfunctional communication type, were high in the Hwabyung patients group.
The non-Hwabyung patients group scored the highest in Congruent stance, classified as functional communication type.
3. Stress coping style was not sig-nificantly different between the two groups.

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