The Role of Economic Stress and Coping Resources in Predicting Hwabyung Symptoms

Throughout the reentry literature, there is widespread recognition about the central role of social support—including emotional and instrumental support—to prevent recidivism and promote integration. Although emotional support is often considered a relatively more important construct than instrumental support in scholarship on stress and coping, reentry research generally focuses on the provision of material and informational resources. This chapter analyzes novel data—daily open-ended survey questions via smartphones about a person’s most important positive and negative points of the day—to understand the types of social support that people most value in their daily lives in the immediate months after release from prison. Using this approach, the chapter describes the importance of spending time with others, the central role of children, and changes in support over time. The chapter concludes by recommending that reentry scholars pay greater attention to the construct of emotional support in studies of recidivism and integration.

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PTSD and Coping Resources among Survivors of a Kamikaze Attack: The Role of Character Strength

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.95.3f.1163-1171 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 95 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1163-1171 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Paul J. Chara ◽

Kathleen A. Chara

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

Rank Order ◽

Coping Resources ◽

World War ◽

Spearman Rank Order Correlation ◽

Character Strength ◽

Okinawa Island ◽

And Coping

33 survivors of the U.S.S. Emmons ( M age = 79.7 yr., SD = 2.3), which was sunk by kamikaze attacks during World War II, were given an adapted form of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist–Civilian and a set of questions regarding 8 coping resources they may have used during the war. Participants were categorized into three groups: those who served on the Emmons at any given time during World War II (Any Service), those who experienced combat while aboard the Emmons or another ship during World War II (Any Combat), and those who were serving on board the Emmons when it was sunk during the battle for Okinawa island (Okinawa). Analyses using a one-tailed Spearman rank-order correlation indicated that scores on only one coping resource, Character Strength, were significantly correlated with lower symptoms of PTSD for all three groups (Any Service: rs = −.46, p < .01; Any Combat: rs = −.47, p < .01; Okinawa: rs = −.45, p < .05). The findings suggest that, for the survivors of the Emmons, psychological qualities, not social influences, were associated with a lower risk for developing PTSD.

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Influence of Health on Job-Search Behavior and Re-employment: The Role of Job-Search Cognitions and Coping Resources

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation ◽

10.1007/s10926-014-9499-4 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 670-679 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

B. E. Carlier ◽

M. Schuring ◽

F. J. van Lenthe ◽

A. Burdorf

Keyword(s):

Job Search ◽

Search Behavior ◽

Coping Resources ◽

Job Search Behavior ◽

And Coping

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Falling Through the Cracks: Stress and Coping in Migration and Resettlement Among Marginalized Hmong Refugee Families in the United States

Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services ◽

10.1177/1044389420901393 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 104438942090139

Author(s):

Hyojin Im

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Interactions ◽

The United States ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Coping Resources ◽

Coping Capacity ◽

Individual Interviews ◽

Refugee Families ◽

Refugee Community ◽

And Coping

The marginalization process of refugees during resettlement has rarely been explored empirically due to the challenges in identifying and accessing the population. To understand how stress and coping throughout the migration and resettlement processes can result in marginalization in refugees resettled in the United States, this study conducted in-depth individual interviews with 16 homeless Hmong refugee families. The findings revealed how cumulated adversities eroded coping resources and how impeded coping capacity fuels social isolation and marginalization. In addition, an enclosed family support system tends to limit types of available help and social interactions and thus frustrates the use of diversified coping strategies that are critical to healthy acculturation. This study underscores the importance of expanded resettlement services that promote both formal and informal social supports and enhance balanced social integration of the refugee community.

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