Situational Coping Scale

BACKGROUND It is necessary to cope with situations in daily life to prevent stress-related health consequences. However, coping strategies might differ in their impact on dealing with stressful situations in daily life. Moreover, the effect of coping strategies on situational coping might differ between women and men. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of coping strategies on situational coping in everyday life situations and to investigate gender differences. METHODS An ecological momentary assessment study with the mobile health app TrackYourStress (TYS) was conducted with 113 participants. Coping strategies were measured at baseline with the coping scales Positive Thinking, Active Stress Coping, Social Support, Support in Faith, and Alcohol and Cigarette Consumption of the Stress and Coping Inventory (SCI). Situational coping was assessed by the question “How well can you cope with your momentary stress-level” (slider 0-100) in daily life over four weeks. Multilevel models were conducted to test the effects of the coping strategies on situational coping. Additionally, gender differences were evaluated. RESULTS Positive Thinking (P=.03) and Active Stress Coping (P=.04) had significant positive impacts on situational coping in the total sample. For women, only Social Support had a significant positive effect on situational coping (P=.046). For men, only Active Stress Coping had a significant positive effect on situational coping (P=.001). Women had higher scores on the SCI scale Social Support than men (P=.007). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that different coping strategies could be more effective in daily life for women than for men, which should be considered in the development of interventions aimed at reducing stress consequences through coping. Interventions taking gender into consideration might lead to better coping-outcomes than generalized interventions.

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Psychological Reactions among Family Members of Patients with Implantable Defibrillators

The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine ◽

10.2190/5rfm-c4ug-vvbl-3kv6 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 375-387 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Alexandra Marx ◽

Andreas Bollmann ◽

Sandra B. Dunbar ◽

Louise S. Jenkins ◽

Mary Hawthorne

Keyword(s):

Mood State ◽

Family Members ◽

Stressful Event ◽

Icd Implantation ◽

Psychological Reactions ◽

Total Mood Disturbance ◽

Challenge Appraisal ◽

Coping Scale ◽

And Coping

Objective: To describe psychological reactions among family members of patients receiving an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) during the first 9 months after implantation. Methods: Eighty-two family members (age 56 ± 12 years, 74 percent female, 79 percent married, 88 percent Caucasian) of ICD patients completed questionnaires regarding their mood (Profile of Mood State), cognitive illness appraisals (Meaning of Illness Questionnaire) and coping strategies (Jalowiec Coping Scale) prior to ICD implantation, and as well as 1 and 9 months postoperatively. Results: Total mood disturbance score (TMD), threat appraisal, and emotion- and problem-focused coping were highest prior to ICD implantation, and decreased during the first postoperative month showing stable values thereafter. There was no change in challenge appraisal. Multiple regression analysis found that the use of psychotropic drugs (anxiolytics, sedatives; Beta = .25), emotion-focused coping (Beta = .37), and challenge appraisal (Beta = .21) at 1 month accounted for 26 percent of variance in TMD at 9 months. Conclusion: A spouse's ICD implantation is a major stressful event for family members leading to a diminished mood state prior ICD implantation. Reduction in emotion-focused coping and the use of challenge appraisal may improve mood state in family members of ICD patients during early follow-up.

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Validation of a newly developed instrument establishing links between motivation and academic hardiness

Europe’s Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5964/ejop.v12i1.997 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 29-48

Author(s):

Spiridon Kamtsios ◽

Evangelia Karagiannopoulou

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Children ◽

Elementary School Children ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Goal Orientations ◽

Coping Scale ◽

Academic Hardiness

The purpose of the study was to establish the reliability, the structural and the convergent validity of the “Dimensions of Academic Hardiness Questionnaire” for late elementary school children. A sample of children (N = 1264) aged 10-12 years completed the questionnaire and the “Athens Coping Scale”. Multiple fit indices provided support that the 9-factor model had a good fit to the data. Reliability coefficients ranged from .68 to .83. The study provided also preliminary evidence of convergent validity of the “Dimensions of Academic Hardiness” scores with one theoretically related measure, the “Athens Coping Scale”. The results enrich the notion of Academic Hardiness in late elementary school children as the role of awareness and the role of children’s previous experiences has been distinguished. The relation between the “Dimensions of Academic Hardiness” and achievement goal orientations in children learning is also noted. These findings are discussed in the context of the relevant literature.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL STRESSORS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN NURSING TECHNICIANS

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0104-07072016002920014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sandra de Souza Pereira ◽

Carla Araujo Bastos Teixeira ◽

Emilene Reisdorfer ◽

Mariana Verderoce Vieira ◽

Edilaine Cristina da Silva Gherardi-Donato ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Occupational Stressors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Coping Scale ◽

Cross Sectional Design ◽

Quantitative Descriptive ◽

And Coping ◽

Nursing Professionals ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACT This is a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, with cross-sectional design that investigated the stressors experienced by nursing technicians working in general hospital and identified the coping strategies most used by them. The sample contained 310 participants. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Ways of Coping Scale were used. For the analysis we used descriptive statistics and calculated the Cronbach's alpha. 60% of professionals used the strategies focused on the problem; 57.4% attributed their stress to working conditions, 26.8% to relationships in the workplace, 5.5% to the lack of reward at work and only 0.6% to problems personal. We conclude that strategies focused on the problems were the most used, indicating an approximation of the stressor in order to fix it. The identified stressors indicate the need for planning, stimulating and recognizing nursing professionals.

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