Increasing Wellbeing through a Parenting Program: Role of Gender and Partnered Attendance

Coping skills provide a resource for tackling stress in everyday situations, including those relating to parenting. The aim of this article is to establish whether parents who experienced a 10-hour universal social emotional parenting program — Families Coping (FC) — benefit through increased productive coping strategies, decreased nonproductive coping strategies, and increased parent wellbeing, within a positive parenting framework. It is also of interest to see whether gender and/or partner attendance makes a difference in program outcomes such as coping styles and wellbeing. The data set combined two groups of parents (N = 23) of preschool-aged children from an early learning centre in inner-metropolitan Melbourne in 2013 and 2014 who undertook the FC parenting program. A mixed methods design was employed, where parents completed pre- and post-program questionnaires on coping and wellbeing. Results were considered with respect to gender and partner attendance. A one-way repeated-measures multiple analysis of variance (RM-MANOVA) showed a significant increase in one productive parenting style (Dealing with the Problem), a significant decrease in nonproductive parent coping, and a significant increase in parent wellbeing. Comparison of results between gender and partner attendance groups showed minimal differences in program effectiveness. Qualitative data mostly confirmed the key findings.

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The role of coping styles in temporomandibular disorder patients with myalgia

10.21203/rs.2.15856/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Xabier Soto-Goñi ◽

Ana Cristina Viñals ◽

Fabian Pérez-González ◽

Luis Sánchez-Labrador ◽

Adelaida Domínguez-Gordillo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Pain Catastrophizing ◽

Temporomandibular Disorder ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Control Group ◽

Somatic Awareness ◽

Avoidance Coping ◽

Stress Coping Strategies

Abstract Background Patients suffering pain related temporomandibular disorders (TMD) exhibit greater levels of psychological distress, environmental stress, somatic symptoms, anxiety, depression, somatic awareness, pain catastrophizing, and pain coping strategies compared to pain-free controls. However, little is known about psychological factors involved in the different TMD types fulfilling DC/TMD criteria. Furthermore, regardless of the severity, the role of general coping strategies and styles in TMD is not yet well understood. The main goal of this study was to investigate anxiety, personality traits, and coping behavior in a group of dentistry students suffering from temporomandibular disorder with myalgia. Methods A total of 102 participants were recruited for this study. Following clinical evaluation, a mylagic TMD group (24 participants) and a control group (25 participants) were formed. Participants were later assessed in anxiety, stress coping strategies, and personality measures. Results The myalgic TMD group presented greater levels of trait anxiety and neuroticism in comparison to the control group. In addition, participants with myalgia showed higher levels of avoidance coping. Conclusions Avoidance coping strategies are generally considered maladaptive, as they seem to increase perceived stress, a robust predictor of TMD. Interventions to reduce stress levels and prevent maladaptive coping styles, tailored to the needs of myalgic TMD patients, might improve temporomandibular health and prevent the myalgic TMD and its chronification.

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Data set on coping strategies in the digital age: The role of psychological well-being and social capital among university students in Java Timor, Surabaya, Indonesia

Data in Brief ◽

10.1016/j.dib.2020.105583 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 105583 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ansar Abbas ◽

Anis Eliyana ◽

Dian Ekowati ◽

Muhammad Saud ◽

Ali Raza ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

University Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Digital Age ◽

Well Being ◽

Data Set ◽

Psychological Well Being

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Recidivism and Reentry: The Role of Individual Coping Styles

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128718790497 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 65 (1) ◽

pp. 46-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ashleigh LaCourse ◽

Shelley Johnson Listwan ◽

Shannon Reid ◽

Jennifer L. Hartman

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Coping Styles ◽

High Rate ◽

Correctional Staff ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Data Set ◽

Financial Difficulties ◽

Current Article ◽

The Relationship

The high rate of recidivism among those reentering the community post incarceration can be partially attributed to various barriers to reentry, including unemployment, financial difficulties, and mental illness. Learning to cope with these barriers is demanding and stressful for many people. The current article examines whether individual coping styles could act as a significant predictor of recidivism. Utilizing a cross-sectional data set collected from previously incarcerated individuals, this study examines the relationship between individual coping styles and arrest or reincarceration. Results from this study indicate a relationship between coping and arrest. Implications from this study are noteworthy given that our understanding of coping can increase the ability of the correctional staff to reduce later recidivism in the community.

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When and how do hospital nurses cope with daily stressors? A multilevel study

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0240725 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (11) ◽

pp. e0240725

Author(s):

Fermín Martínez-Zaragoza ◽

Gemma Benavides-Gil ◽

Tatiana Rovira ◽

Beatriz Martín-del-Río ◽

Silvia Edo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Coping Style ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Direct Care ◽

University Hospitals ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Control Effort ◽

Working Day

Background During their workday, nurses face a variety of stressors that are dealt with using different coping strategies. One criticism of the contextual models of work stress is that they fail to focus on individual responses like coping with stress. Neverthless, little is know about the momentary determinants of coping in nurses. Objectives To identify the momentary predictors of problem-focused approaching coping and emotion-focused approaching coping, as well as those for seeking social support and refusal coping strategies, during the working day in nurses. Design This study uses descriptive, correlational, two-level design with repeated measures. Settings Wards of two University hospitals. Participants A random cohort of 113 nurses was studied. Methods An ecological momentary assessment was made of demand, control, effort, reward, nursing task, coping, mood and fatigue, and of coping style by questionnaire. Multilevel two-level statistical analyses were performed in order to identify both within person and between person relationships. Results Different momentary types of coping were associated with different tasks. The problem-focused coping could be explained by the direct care and medication tasks, demand, planning coping style, mood, and negatively by acceptation coping style. Emotion-focused coping could be explained by documentation and medication tasks (negatively), mood, demand, distraction, and disengagement coping styles. Seeking social support coping could be explained by the task of communication, mood, fatigue (negatively), and seeking emotional support as a coping style. Refusal coping could be explained by mood, and the coping style of focusing and venting emotions. Refusal coping is not specific to any task. Conclusions The choice of the coping strategy depends on the task, of their appraisal and on the different styles of coping.

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The Relationship Between State Loneliness and Depression Among Youths During COVID-19 Lockdown: Coping Style as Mediator

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701514 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Yayun Zhang ◽

Lin Huang ◽

Yuejia Luo ◽

Hui Ai

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Style ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Public Mental Health ◽

Anxiety State ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Negative Coping ◽

And Coping ◽

The Relationship

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a great impact on public mental health. However, loneliness during the lockdown related to depression and whether the relationship would be mediated by coping style or whether sex moderates loneliness and coping style are not clear. The study aimed to examine the mediating role of coping style in the relationship between state loneliness and depression as well as the moderating role of sex in the relationship between state loneliness and coping styles during the COVID-19 lockdown. Participants were 337 college students in China during the COVID-19 pandemic (January–February 2020). States of depression and anxiety, state loneliness, and coping styles with COVID-19 were measured. The results show that loneliness was an effective predictor of depression during self-quarantine. Moreover, coping style mediated the relationship between state loneliness and depression although sex did not moderate the relationship between state loneliness and coping style. Youths were inclined to use more positive coping strategies than negative coping strategies. Our results indicate less loneliness is an effective way to relieve depression, and coping strategies, especially the positive ones, are important for youths to prevent depression and loneliness during the lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A Response Evocation Program for /ɝ/

Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders ◽

10.1044/jshd.4001.92 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 92-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Lawrence D. Shriberg

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Task Analysis ◽

Professional Issues ◽

Clinical Experiences ◽

Program Outcomes ◽

Program Step ◽

Skills Learning ◽

Learning Principles

A response evocation program, some principles underlying its development and administration, and a review of some clinical experiences with the program are presented. Sixty-five children with developmental articulation errors of the /ɝ/ phoneme were administered the program by one of 19 clinicians. Approximately 70% of program administrations resulted in a child emitting a good /ɝ/ within six minutes. Approximately 10% of children who were given additional training on program step failures emitted good /ɝ/'s in subsequent sessions. These preliminary observations are discussed in relation to the role of task analysis and motor skills learning principles in response evocation, clinician influences in program outcomes, and professional issues in service delivery to children with developmental articulation errors.

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Role of Adaptive Coping Strategies in Adolescent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e586312013-001 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Amy Kranzler ◽

Emily A. Panza ◽

Matthew K. Nock ◽

Edward A. Selby

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Adaptive Coping ◽

Self Injury ◽

Nonsuicidal Self Injury

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Exchange Spin Coupling from Gaussian Process Regression

10.26434/chemrxiv.12589541.v3 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Marc Philipp Bahlke ◽

Natnael Mogos ◽

Jonny Proppe ◽

Carmen Herrmann

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Gaussian Process ◽

Gaussian Process Regression ◽

Molecular Magnets ◽

Molecular Structures ◽

Spin Coupling ◽

Structure Property ◽

Data Set ◽

Uncertainty Estimates

Heisenberg exchange spin coupling between metal centers is essential for describing and understanding the electronic structure of many molecular catalysts, metalloenzymes, and molecular magnets for potential application in information technology. We explore the machine-learnability of exchange spin coupling, which has not been studied yet. We employ Gaussian process regression since it can potentially deal with small training sets (as likely associated with the rather complex molecular structures required for exploring spin coupling) and since it provides uncertainty estimates (“error bars”) along with predicted values. We compare a range of descriptors and kernels for 257 small dicopper complexes and find that a simple descriptor based on chemical intuition, consisting only of copper-bridge angles and copper-copper distances, clearly outperforms several more sophisticated descriptors when it comes to extrapolating towards larger experimentally relevant complexes. Exchange spin coupling is similarly easy to learn as the polarizability, while learning dipole moments is much harder. The strength of the sophisticated descriptors lies in their ability to linearize structure-property relationships, to the point that a simple linear ridge regression performs just as well as the kernel-based machine-learning model for our small dicopper data set. The superior extrapolation performance of the simple descriptor is unique to exchange spin coupling, reinforcing the crucial role of choosing a suitable descriptor, and highlighting the interesting question of the role of chemical intuition vs. systematic or automated selection of features for machine learning in chemistry and material science.

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