Studies of the Effects of Presurgical Control-Enhancing Interventions Suggest That

Studies of the effects of presurgical control-enhancing interventions suggest that

A) a high level of fear and the work of worrying is essential to good postoperative adjustment.
B) providing preoperative information about procedures and sensations that can be expected has a beneficial effect on patients' physical and emotional adjustment.
C) providing preoperative training has a beneficial effect on patients' physical, but not emotional, adjustment.
D) while providing preoperative training is associated with good postoperative adjustment, cognitive reappraisal training has little effect.