Ethnicity, Gender, Self-Esteem, and Coping Styles: A Comparison of Australian and South-East Asian Secondary Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn M. Neill ◽  
Michael J. Proeve
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
And Coping

Predicting Homesickness in Residential Athletes

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Smith ◽  
Stephanie Hanrahan ◽  
Ruth Anderson ◽  
Lyndel Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
Developmental Milestone ◽  
Australian Institute ◽  
Individual Personality ◽  
And Coping

Leaving home or transitioning to another environment is a part of every individual’s personal growth and is often considered to be a significant developmental milestone. The distress that individuals experience with this transition has been identified as homesickness. Elite sporting institutions, such as the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), have recognized that problems associated with homesickness appear to be a predominant cause of poor well-being and dropout among athletes living in a national sports institute. This study aimed to investigate if individual personality traits and coping styles could predict levels of homesickness in these athletes. Neuroticism, self-esteem, and mental escape were significant predictors of homesickness. These results suggest that athletes who are vulnerable to homesickness can be identified before the commencement of their sporting scholarships so they can be treated accordingly.

Cyberbullying in Australian Primary Schools: How Victims Differ in Attachment, Locus of Control, Self-Esteem, and Coping Styles Compared to Non-Victims

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel D. Muller ◽  
Jason L. Skues ◽  
Lisa Z. Wise
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Psychologists ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Coping

This study explored cyberbullying, coping resources and coping styles in a sample of 107 10- to 12-year-old Australian primary school students. Approximately 13% of participants reported experiencing single episodes of cyberbullying victimisation, while almost half of the participants (48.6%) reported being repeatedly cyberbullied. Technological responses employed by cyberbullying victims included blocking, deleting, and changing passwords. Those who reported a single episode of cyberbullying had higher levels of self-esteem compared to the never cyberbullied or repeatedly cyberbullied groups, but there were no significant differences in attachment, locus of control, and coping styles. These findings have important implications for teachers, parents, school psychologists, and researchers in terms of defining and operationalising cyberbullying, and developing cyberbullying interventions for primary school children.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Resilience and Self-Esteem Between Life Events and Coping Styles Among Rural Left-Behind Adolescents in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Li ◽  
Yi-ping Chen ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Meng-meng Lv ◽  
Maritta Välimäki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Negative Coping ◽  
And Coping

Objective: This study aims to explore the association between life events and coping styles, and how resilience and self-esteem mediate the association.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 981 left-behind adolescents (LBAs) in five junior high schools in Hunan Province, China, from April 13 to April 20, 2020. We utilized self-designed sociodemographic questionnaire, Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist, Resilience Scale Chinese Adolescent, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire to assess the mental health of LBAs. Statistic description, Pearson correlation analysis, and structural equation model were adopted to analyze the data.Results: Results revealed that life events could negatively predict resilience (β = −0.29, P < 0.001) and self-esteem (β = −0.39, P < 0.001) and positively predict LBAs' positive coping style (β = 0.28, P < 0.001) and negative coping style (β = 0.21, P < 0.001). Self-esteem could also positively predict the resilience of LBAs (β = 0.62, P < 0.001); resilience could negatively predict the negative coping style (β = −0.21, P < 0.001) and positively predict the positive coping style (β = 0.79, P < 0.001). Life events not only have direct effects on negative coping style (β = 0.21) and positive coping style (β = 0.28) but also have indirect effects on coping styles by affecting resilience (β = −0.29) and self-esteem (β = −0.39). The total effect of life events on coping styles was 0.32, where 34.37% was mediated by resilience and self-esteem.Conclusion: We proved that resilience and self-esteem mediated most of the effects of life events on coping styles. The findings had important implications for interventions to promote mental health of LBAs, particularly the enhancement of resilience and self-esteem.

The Influence of Spinal Cord Injury on Coping Styles and Self-Perceptions Two Years after the Injury

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Craig ◽  
K Hancock ◽  
E Chang
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
And Coping

This study is a two year follow-up of previous longitudinal research which investigated the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) on perceptions of control, self-esteem and coping styles over the first year of SCI. Persons with SCI and a demographically matched able-bodied control group completed standardised questionnaires on four occasions over two years. The instruments included the Locus of Control of Behaviour Scale (LCB), Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale, and an adapted Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (MAC), which measures coping styles, including fighting spirit, helplessness/hopelessness and fatalism. Results obtained in the first year were replicated in the two year data, except for the LCB Scale. After one year, the SCI group were found to perceive their life to be externally controlled, to be lower in self-esteem, and have more helpless/hopeless and fatalistic attitudes than the controls. There were no differences in self esteem and coping styles after two years for the SCI group. However, locus of control fluctuated over the two years, though there was a trend for the SCI group to be more externally focussed. There were no significant interactions between group and time. Implications for the adjustment of SCI persons are discussed.

Self-Esteem, Psychological Distress, and Coping Styles in Pregnant Smokers and Non-Smokers

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 935-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Varescon ◽  
Shirley Leignel ◽  
Caroline Gérard ◽  
Frédérique Aubourg ◽  
Michel Detilleux
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Pregnant Smokers ◽  
And Coping

The literature underscores that psychological factors could play an important role in smoking behavior, which is considered a coping mechanism. To study relations among measures of self-esteem, psychological distress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and coping styles in pregnant smokers, a cross-sectional study was conducted. These factors were assessed in two groups of pregnant women (Smokers, n = 40; Non-smokers, n = 40) contacted at one University Hospital in Paris. All participants filled out the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the General Health Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, and the Brief Cope Scale. Comparisons, correlations, and regression models were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the group of pregnant women who smoked had significantly lower mean self-esteem, elevated psychological distress and anxiety scores, and reported using more emotion-focused coping than the group of pregnant non-smokers. Self-esteem significantly predicted problem-focused coping. This study confirms the importance of assessing these psychological variables to offer women more specific support to quit smoking.

What resources matter to young people: The relationship between resources and coping style

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki McKenzie ◽  
Erica Frydenberg ◽  
Charles Poole
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Therapeutic Implications ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Resources Evaluation ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Specific Concern

AbstractA modified version of the conservation of Resources Evaluation (CORE) developed to measure adult resources to cope with stress was applied to young people. In this exploration of the relationship between the resources identified by young people and their coping styles, a sample of 172 secondary students completed the modified version of the Conservation of Resources Evaluation (CORE) and the long version of the Adolescent Coping Scale, focussed on a specific concern (ACS). The modified instrument was validated in the study, and a relationship was found between the degree to which students held the resources under consideration and the coping styles they used. Young people high in resources tended to use productive ACS strategies, while those young people with fewer resources report using fewer and more nonproductive ACS strategies. A resources approach to young people's adaptation to their circumstances has educational and therapeutic implications.

Self-Esteem and Coping Styles in Polish Youths with and Without Visual Impairments

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-294
Author(s):  
Sylwia Tołczyk ◽  
Ewa Pisula
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
Body Appearance ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
And Coping

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare self-esteem and coping styles in youths with and without visual impairments (i.e., blindness or low vision) and to explore relationships between self-esteem and coping styles. Methods: The participants were students of secondary schools in Poland: 50 with visual impairments (23 females) and 50 typically sighted (21 females). Self-esteem and coping styles were measured with the following questionnaires: Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory, by O’Brien and Epstein, in Polish adaptation by Fecenec and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, by Endler and Parker, in Polish adaptation by Strelau, Jaworowska, Wrześniewski, and Szczepaniak. Results: There were no group differences in global self-esteem nor in the majority of self-esteem domains excepting moral self-approval, in which the group with visual impairments scored higher than did their sighted peers. Females with visual impairments reported lower self-esteem related to body appearance than control females and males with visual impairments. There were no group differences in coping styles. Moral self-approval and self-esteem in the domain of body functioning served as predictors of an avoidance coping style. Discussion: Self-esteem seems to be influenced by both gender and visual impairment. The absence of differences in global self-esteem between groups with and without visual disabilities may be a result of access to rehabilitation, professional support, and education in the group with visual impairment. Body appearance seems to be a particularly important aspect of self-esteem for females with visual impairments, who scored lower than the other groups. Implications for practitioners: The results show the need to provide specialized psychological support to females with visual impairments aimed at developing positive body image. Further studies on factors influencing self-esteem and coping styles among youths with visual impairments could enable practitioners to better understand how to support them in coping with everyday stress.

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