The effectiveness of emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills on improving coping strategies and reduce perceived stress in prisoners

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S678-S678 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Davoood ◽  
S. Ghahari
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Questionnaire Version ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Experimental Group

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was the effectiveness of emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills on improving coping strategies and reduce perceived stress in prisoners in Foman city in Iran.MethodThe study population was consisted of 200 prisoners of Foman Penitentiary in 2016. Then, 30 prisoners were selected randomly in two groups (15 persons each group) were replaced. Emotion regulation and distress tolerance training was given to the experimental group for 12 sessions and the control group were in waiting list. Both groups at baseline and end of intervention phase filled coping responses inventory Bellinger and mouse and Cohen perceived stress questionnaire – version 14 questions (PSS-14). Data were analysed by using the software spss22.FindingsEmotion regulation and distress tolerance skills have been effective on Improving problem-focused coping strategies and reduce perceived stress in prisoners (P < 0/001).Discussion and conclusionemotion regulation and distress tolerance skills can improve problem-focused coping strategies and reduce the use of emotion-focused coping strategies and perceived stress in prisoners.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Acceptance and commitment therapy for the treatment of depression in persons with physical disability: a randomized controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 938-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Zemestani ◽  
Sharmin Mozaffari
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Experimental Group

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on depressive symptoms in physically disabled persons. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: State welfare organization in Kamyaran, Kurdistan, Iran. Participants: Fifty-two physically disabled participants with a primary diagnosis of depression were randomly assigned to either ACT or control groups. Interventions: Participants in the ACT group ( n = 23) received eight weekly 90-minute group sessions based on standard ACT protocol for depression. Participants in the control group ( n = 29) received psychoeducation regarding depression. Main measures: Measures were recorded at baseline, eight weeks (end of treatment), and 16 weeks (follow-up). The outcomes were the change in the depressive symptoms, measured by Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), psychological flexibility, emotion regulation, and psychological well-being measured by Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), and Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB), respectively. Results: After eight weeks, significant changes in depressive symptoms was observed in the experimental group (ACT –10.39 ± 0.79 vs control 0.66 ± 0.68, P < 0.001). Compared to the control group, the experimental group also showed significant improvement in psychological flexibility (ACT 8.13 ± 0.52 vs control –0.03 ± 0.51, P < 0.001), adaptive emotion regulation strategies (ACT 10.74 ± 0.62 vs control 0.03 ± 1.03, P < 0.001), and psychological well-being (ACT 66.95 ± 4.01 vs control –1.90 ± 1.04, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Compared with control group, ACT significantly reduced the participants’ depression, and changed psychological flexibility, emotion regulation, and psychological well-being in persons with physical disability.

Role of Coping Responses in the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Psychological Well-Being in a Sample of Spanish Educational Teacher Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josep Gustems-Carnicer ◽  
Caterina Calderon ◽  
Alberto Batalla-Flores ◽  
Francisco Esteban-Bara
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Level ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Teacher Education Students

Stress in teacher education students is a key issue, due to its physical and social impact and its relevance to students’ future as professionals. This study uses the Perceived Stress Scale, the Coping Responses Inventory—Adult Form, and the Psychological Well-Being Scale to analyze how coping strategies mediate the relationship between stress and well-being in a sample of Spanish teacher education students (n = 334). The results show that the students had a good general level of psychological well-being, although with little personal growth and autonomy. Their level of stress meant that they could offer active, engaged responses, although the coping strategies that were used tended to be avoidance type, which could lead to certain adaptive difficulties. Our results also indicate that coping has a partial mediating role. Finally, organizational actions are proposed for universities that could help to enhance students’ personal resources for dealing with stress.

Effect of the Bullying: The Power to Cope Program on Children's Response to Bullying

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Markopoulos ◽  
Michael E. Bernard
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Emotional Coping ◽  
Self Report Data ◽  
Children's Coping ◽  
Experimental Group

This study evaluated the Bullying: The Power to Cope program (Bernard, 2012), which is designed to teach children the ideas espoused in the practice of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) to employ in response to bullying. Self-report data were collected at pre- and post-test of children's cognitive, behavioural, and emotional coping responses to four written bullying vignettes. At pre-test, children's personal qualities of intrinsic resiliency were also measured. The sample consisted of 139 participants in Melbourne, Australia (n = 80 in the experimental group and n = 59 in the control group), aged from 10 to 14 years. Results indicated children in the experimental group improved in cognitive and emotional coping responses relative to children in the control group. Females showed greater improvement than males in coping responses to bullying as a consequence of the intervention. Entering levels of intrinsic resiliency did not moderate the effects of the intervention program on children's coping responses. The cognitive and emotional coping responses of females to bullying vignettes (pre-test) were significantly more negative and emotionally intense than males. The implications of these findings are discussed, as well as limitations and directions for future research.

Coping Strategies in PTSD

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikloš Biro ◽  
Zdenka Novović ◽  
Vesna Gavrilov
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Combat Trauma ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
The One

The aim of this study is to analyse the type of coping strategies used by patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For that purpose, two groups of war veterans (40 subjects in each group) were compared. The first group was made up of patients with PTSD, and the second (control) group comprised veterans who suffered combat trauma, but did not show any PTSD symptoms. Coping strategies were assessed using the Questionnaire of Coping Responses (McCrae, 1984).The results show that out of 118 items (examples of coping strategies) 10 show statistically significant differences between the group with PTSD and the one without it. PTSD patients used more maladaptive strategies (avoidance, pseudo-planning, fantasizing, impulsive and depressive behaviour), while subjects from the control group were more likely to use the strategy of controlling impulses.

Perfectionism, cognitive emotion regulation and perceived distress/coping

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S213-S213
Author(s):  
C. Juliana ◽  
M.J. Soares ◽  
A.T. Pereira ◽  
A. Macedo
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Evaluative Concerns ◽  
Socially Prescribed Perfectionism ◽  
Mental Problems ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Different Levels

IntroductionPerfectionism and cognitive emotion regulation (CER) mechanisms have been associated with perceived stress/coping, negative affect (NA) and mental problems. Comparatively, the correlates of Positive Affect (PA) have been less studied.AimTo compare Perfectionism, CER and Perceived distress/coping by groups with different levels of NA/PA.MethodsA total of 344 medical students (68.4% girls) completed the Hewitt & Flett and the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scales (H&F-MPS/F-MPS), the Profile of Mood States, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.ResultsThe subjects with high NA, when compared to those with low NA, showed significant higher levels of Evaluative Concerns (EC), Positive Striving (PStr), of H&F-MPS/F-MPS total and dimensions scores (excluding Organization) of Rumination, Blaming others, Self-blaming, Catastrophizing and Perceived distress (all P < 0.01). They also revealed lower levels of Positive reevaluation and planning; Positive refocusing, Putting into perspective and Perceived coping (all P < 0.01). The subjects with high and medium levels of PA, when compared to the subjects with low PA, showed significant lower levels of Perceived distress, EC, Socially-Prescribed Perfectionism, Doubts about action, Concerns over Mistakes, (all P < 0.01), Self-Oriented Perfectionism, PStr (P < 0.01, P < 0.05, respectively) and higher levels of Perceived coping, Positive reevaluation and planning, Positive refocusing, Putting into perspective (all P < 0.01) and Acceptance (P < 0.01, P < 0.05, respectively).ConclusionsNA is associated with perfectionism, high maladaptive and low adaptive CER, and also with high Perceived distress/low coping, which might increase the subject's vulnerability to psychopathology. Low perfectionism, high adaptive CER and perceived coping are associated with PA and might be protective factors.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Assessing the Effectiveness of Animal Therapy on Alleviation of Anxiety in Pre-School Children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tahan
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Animal Therapy ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Anxiety Screening ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of animal therapy in alleviation of anxiety in pre-school children.Method: The study was carried out as a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design and control group. The study population consisted of 33 anxious 5-7years old children (participated in a welfare anxiety screening plan held by Counseling Center, Tehran-Iran) between 2018 and 2019. The participants took part in the study voluntarily.The subjects were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (10 in each group). The experimental group was exposed to 8 sessions of animal therapy. The research instrument was Spence Preschool Anxiety Scale (Parent Form) and the data were analyzed on SPSS 21 software.Results: The results showed that animal therapy had a significant effect on general anxiety score after adjusting for post-test scores (f= 32.49 and p= 0.001) with the effect equal to 0.70. In addition, the effect of animal therapy on anxiety of separation (f= 5.63, p= 0.03), generalized anxiety disorder (f= 8.56, p= 0.01), social phobia (f= 14.58, p= 0.002) and specific anxiety (f= 11.63, p= 0.005) was significant with effects equal to 0.30, 0.40, 0.53, and 0.47, respectively. The results also showed that the effect of animal therapy on obsession was not significant (p&gt;0.05).Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that Animal therapy is effective in alleviating anxiety in children.

scholarly journals Assessing the effectiveness of animal therapy on alleviation of anxiety in pre-school children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tahan
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Animal Therapy ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Anxiety Screening ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of animal therapy in alleviation of anxiety in pre-school children. Method: The study was carried out as a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design and control group. The study population consisted of 33 anxious 5-7years old children (participated in a welfare anxiety screening plan held by Counseling Center, Tehran-Iran) between 2018 and 2019. The participants took part in the study voluntarily. The subjects were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (10 in each group). The experimental group was exposed to 8 sessions of animal therapy. The research instrument was Spence Preschool Anxiety Scale (Parent Form) and the data were analyzed on SPSS 21 software. Results: The results showed that animal therapy had a significant effect on general anxiety score after adjusting for post-test scores (f= 32.49 and p= 0.001) with the effect equal to 0.70. In addition, the effect of animal therapy on anxiety of separation (f= 5.63, p= 0.03), generalized anxiety disorder (f= 8.56, p= 0.01), social phobia (f= 14.58, p= 0.002) and specific anxiety (f= 11.63, p= 0.005) was significant with effects equal to 0.30, 0.40, 0.53, and 0.47, respectively. The results also showed that the effect of animal therapy on obsession was not significant (p>0.05). Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that Animal therapy is effective in alleviating anxiety in children.

scholarly journals Keefektifan konseling kognitif behavioral dengan teknik restrukturisasi kognitif untuk meningkatkan endurance siswa

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-68
Author(s):  
Khuzaimatul Jannah ◽  
Kadek Suranata ◽  
Ni Ketut Suarni
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Behavioral Counseling ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Study Population ◽  
High Level ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques to improve endurance of 1st grade students at SMA Negeri 4 Singaraja. This experimental study used the Pretest Posttest Control Group Design. The study population was students of 1st grade SMA Negeri 4 Singaraja. The research sample consisted of 54 students. Through random sampling, 23 students were placed in the experimental group and 31 students were the control group. Data collection in this study used a questionnaire. The data in this study were analyzed by independent samples t-test using JASP Version 0.7.5.5 and d’Cohen for calculate level of effectiveness. The results t = 8.577 with p= 0.001, then p <0.05. Effect Size (ES) testing shows a high level of effectiveness (ES = 2.361). These results prove that cognitive behavioral counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques is effective for improving the endurance of 1st grade students at SMA Negeri 4 Singaraja.

scholarly journals Impact of psycho-education on care givers mental health and perceived stress of children with autism

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Jesan Ara ◽  
Kamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mental Health Condition ◽  
Education Session ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of psycho-education on care givers mental health and level of stress. The study attempts to increase knowledge about autism in addition to reduce stress and disturbances of mental health condition among care givers of children with autism. Pre-post design was used to assess the perceived stress and mental health condition of the participants. The control group did not receive the psycho?education session and the experimental group received the psycho-education session. During the pretest all measures were administered and in post-test session all measures were re-administered to the experimental group and the control group. During postintervention phase, a significant improvement in care givers' perceived stress and mental health condition (except severe depression) was noted in the experimental group. But condition of the care givers of the control group who did not receive psycho-education remained the same for the same variables. Results suggested that psycho-educational intervention is effective in increasing knowledge regarding the condition and in meeting the needs of the care givers of children with autism spectrum disorders.

The effectiveness of a non-guided mindfulness application on perceived stress in a non-clinical Dutch population: a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonieke W Kranenburg ◽  
Jamie Gillis ◽  
Birgit Mayer ◽  
Witte JG Hoogendijk
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dutch Population ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Experimental Group

BACKGROUND Mindfulness has become increasingly popular and positive outcomes have been reported for mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) to reduce stress. These findings make room for innovative perspectives on how MBIs could be applied, for instance through mHealth. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate if a non-guided mindfulness mobile phone application can decrease perceived stress in a non-clinical Dutch population over the course of eight weeks, with follow-up at six months. METHODS A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was performed, comparing the experimental group that made use of a structured 8-week mHealth mindfulness program and a control group after 8 weeks, with follow-up after six months. Participants were recruited via a national television program. The primary outcome measure was perceived stress as measured by the Perceived Stress scale (PSS), secondary outcomes were symptoms of burnout (VAS) and psychological symptoms (measured by the four-dimensional symptom questionnaire ; 4DSQ at follow-up). Outcomes were analyzed using a multilevel regression model. RESULTS At baseline, 587 respondents were included. Results showed no differences between groups for the level of perceived stress. With regard to the secondary outcome measures, the VAS for emotional exhaustion and physical exhaustion showed statistically significant lower scores for the experimental group after 8 weeks (resp. p=.04 and p= .01), but not at follow-up. There were also no differences between groups found for psychological symptoms. CONCLUSIONS These findings do not support our hypothesis that using the mindfulness app would reduce stress levels. However, findings with regard to diminished exhaustion at 8 weeks are encouraging and require further investigation.

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