Those Who Seek Do Not Necessarily Find: PTSD Symptom Severity as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Social Support Seeking and Coping Self-Efficacy

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Smith ◽  
Scott Anderson ◽  
Russell T. Jones ◽  
Michael Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Ptsd Symptom ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
Ptsd Symptom Severity ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Gender Differences in Complex Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Their Relationship to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Outcomes in Incarcerated Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1133-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulette Giarratano ◽  
Julian D. Ford ◽  
Thomas H. Nochajski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Ptsd Symptom ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Ptsd Symptom Severity ◽  
The Relationship

Complex trauma (CT; for example, childhood abuse) has been associated with significant behavioral health problems (i.e., mental health and substance use disorders) and symptoms that are consistent with complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). CT is prevalent in adult forensic populations, and particularly important for women as they tend to report more adverse consequences of exposure to traumatic stressors and are entering the criminal justice system at a heightened rate compared with men. However, no studies have empirically tested the relationship among CT, C-PTSD, and behavioral health problems with gender among incarcerated adults. The present study examined the relationship between gender and childhood abuse history, C-PTSD symptom severity, and behavioral health problems in 497 incarcerated adults. Findings indicate that women were more likely to report a history of childhood abuse, and more severe C-PTSD symptoms and behavioral health problems than men. Childhood abuse history significantly accounted for the gender difference observed in C-PTSD symptom severity. C-PTSD partially mediated the gender difference in psychiatric morbidity and in risk of hard drug use. Implications for trauma-informed and gender-responsive services and research in the adult criminal justice system are discussed.

scholarly journals Stress and coping strategies in a sample of South African managers involved in post-graduate managerial studies

2000 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Judora J. Spangenberg ◽  
Mark R. Orpen-Lyall
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
South African ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Avoidant Coping ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
And Coping

To examine the relationships between stress levels and, respectively, stressor appraisal, coping strategies and bio- graphical variables, 107 managers completed a biographical questionnaire. Experience of Work and Life Circumstances Questionnaire, and Coping Strategy Indicator. Significant negative correlations were found between stress levels and appraisal scores on all work-related stressors. An avoidant coping strategy explained significant variance in stress levels in a model also containing social support-seeking and problem-solving coping strategies. It was concluded that an avoidant coping strategy probably contributed to increased stress levels. Female managers experienced significantly higher stress levels and utilized a social support-seeking coping strategy significantly more than male managers did. Opsomming Om die verband tussen stresvlakke en, onderskeidelik, taksering van stressors, streshanteringstrategiee en biografiese veranderlikes te ondersoek, het 107 bestuurders n biografiese vraelys, Ervaring vanWerk- en Lewensomstandighedevraelys en Streshanteringstrategieskaal voltooi. Beduidende negatiewe korrelasies is aangetref tussen stresvlakke en takseringtellings ten opsigte van alle werkverwante stressors. 'nVermydende streshantermgstrategie het beduidende variansie in stresvlakke verklaar in n model wat ook sosiale ondersteuningsoekende en pro-bleemoplossende streshanteringstrategiee ingesluit het. Die gevolgtrekking is bereik dat n vermydende stres- hanteringstrategie waarskynlik bygedra het tot verhoogde stresvlakke. Vroulike bestuurders het beduidend hoer stresvlakke ervaar en het n sosiale ondersteuningsoekende streshanteringstrategie beduidend meer gebnnk as manlike bestuurders.

scholarly journals Coping with my own way: Mediating roles of emotional expression and social support seeking in the associations between individual differences and posttraumatic growth

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 205510291984659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson CY Yeung ◽  
Tak Sang Chow
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Interdependent Self ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
And Coping

This study examined the associations between individual differences and posttraumatic growth, and coping strategies as mediators among 454 trauma-exposed American college students. Results showed that relational-interdependent self-construal, optimism, emotional expression, and social support seeking were associated with higher posttraumatic growth. Moreover, social support seeking and emotional expression partially mediated between relational-interdependent self-construal and posttraumatic growth, such that relational-interdependent self-construal was associated with posttraumatic growth through increased support seeking and emotional expression. However, the association between optimism and posttraumatic growth was partially mediated only by increased emotional expression, but not social support seeking. Findings imply that individual differences may facilitate posttraumatic growth through different coping mechanisms.

scholarly journals Beliefs about Emotions, Depression, Anxiety and Fatigue: A Mediational Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Sydenham ◽  
Jennifer Beardwood ◽  
Katharine A. Rimes
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
Emotional Avoidance ◽  
Beliefs About Emotions ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Beliefs that it is unacceptable to experience or express negative emotions have been found to be associated with various clinical problems. It is unclear how such beliefs, which could be viewed as a form of unhelpful perfectionism about emotions, may contribute to symptomatology. Aims: This study investigated two hypotheses: a) greater endorsement of beliefs about the unacceptability of negative emotions will be associated with greater emotional avoidance and lower levels of support-seeking and self-compassion; b) these beliefs about emotions will be associated with higher levels of symptoms of depression, anxiety and fatigue and that this relationship will be mediated by social support-seeking, emotional avoidance and self-compassion. Method: Online questionnaires were completed by 451 community participants. Mediational analyses were undertaken to investigate emotional avoidance, social support-seeking and self-compassion as mediators of the relationship between beliefs about emotions and symptoms of depression, anxiety and fatigue. Results: Beliefs about the unacceptability of negative emotions were significantly associated with more emotional avoidance and less self-compassion and support-seeking. The relationships between beliefs about emotions and depression, anxiety and fatigue were significantly mediated by self-compassion and emotional avoidance but not social support-seeking. Conclusions: Future research should investigate whether interventions that pay particular attention to emotional avoidance and self-compassion, such as mindfulness-based therapy or modified forms of CBT, may be beneficial in reducing distress and fatigue associated with beliefs about the unacceptability of negative emotions.

scholarly journals The moderating role of seeking social support on coping styles and perceptions of organizational justice: A study with French and Turkish students

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 845-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémi Finkelstein ◽  
Jale Minibas-Poussard ◽  
Marina Bastounis
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Interactional Justice ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Social Support Seeking ◽  
Justice Perceptions ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The University

We examined the relationship between perceived organizational justice and coping styles in a cross-cultural comparison. Data were collected from university students in Paris, France (individualist culture; N = 192, age M = 21.6) and Istanbul, Turkey (collectivist culture; N = 251, age M = 22). The questionnaire (adapted from Colquitt, 2001) included ratings of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice at the university, and a coping style inventory (Vitaliano, Russo, Carr, Maiuro, & Becker, 1985) measuring preference for problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping and seeking social support. In the Turkish data social-support seeking was higher than in the French sample and it was positively correlated with justice perceptions. When seeking social support was linked to problem-focused coping, it was also linked to a more positive evaluation of justice in the Turkish, but not the French data.

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