Stress doesn’t kill us, it’s our reaction: exploring the relationship between coping mechanisms and correctional officer PTSD

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Katie Hughes Taylor ◽  
Kristin Swartz
Keyword(s):  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Correctional Officer ◽  
The Relationship

The Assessment of Resilience and Burnout in Correctional Officers

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1213-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera A. Klinoff ◽  
Vincent B. Van Hasselt ◽  
Ryan A. Black ◽  
Estefania V. Masias ◽  
Judy Couwels
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
Correctional Officer ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Detention Facilities

Despite the awareness of occupational stress in first responders, virtually no investigations have focused on correctional officer resilience. The purpose of this study was to (a) identify whether personal strengths (i.e., hope, optimism, social support) are associated with increased resilience, (b) determine the extent to which resilience protects against job burnout, and (c) ascertain whether resilience mediates the negative relationship between personal strengths and reduced burnout. Correctional officers ( N = 300) were randomly selected across five detention facilities. Meditational analyses examined the relationship between personal strengths and burnout, through the construct of resilience. Results revealed hope, optimism, and social support are significantly associated with reduced burnout, and that this relationship is mediated by resilience. These results suggest that personal strengths can reduce burnout in correctional officers by increasing resilience. This is the first study to examine the effects of these positive psychology variables on burnout in a correctional officer population.

scholarly journals Satisfaction with Life: Mediating Role in the Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Coping Mechanisms

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 787
Author(s):  
Daniela Almeida ◽  
Diogo Monteiro ◽  
Filipe Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Significant Positive Association ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating role of life satisfaction in the relationship between fourteen coping strategies and depressive symptoms in the Portuguese population. To undertake this work, 313 Portuguese adults aged 18 to 70 years (M = 30.73; SD = 10.79) were invited to participate in this study. Their participation was completely voluntary, and participants granted and signed informed consent previously to the filling of the validated Portuguese questionnaires. These questionnaires measured depressive symptoms, coping, and life satisfaction. The results revealed that life satisfaction displayed a mediating role in the relationship between adaptive coping mechanisms, specifically between active coping, planning, reinterpretation, and acceptance and depressive symptoms, showing a negative and significant indirect effect. Maladaptive coping mechanisms of self-blame, denial, self-distraction, disengagement, and substance use had a significant positive association with depressive symptoms, considering the mediating role of satisfaction with life. Current investigation provides initial evidence of how each coping mechanism is associated with satisfaction with life and depressive symptoms. This study clearly demonstrates that not all coping strategies are capable of influencing well-being indicators and that health professionals should focus on endorsing those that are significantly associated with lowering depressive symptoms and increasing overall satisfaction with life.

scholarly journals Relationship of Depression, Aging and Immune System During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farah Iylia Binti Fauzi ◽  
Siti Fatimah Binti Salleh ◽  
Mohammad Shahadat Hossen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

COVID-19 is a highly contagious virus that first appeared in China in December 2019. It has affected over 157 million people and killed over 3.2 million. The paper reviews the function of the immune system for COVID-19 prevention, depression, and anxiety due to COVID-19 and their effects on the immune system and the relationship of aging with the immune system and depression and anxiety. It has been found that several elderly people lack the coping mechanisms required to deal with the stress caused by COVID-19. Hence, identifying the factors and mechanisms that lead to this resilience will aid in the development of preventive measures for certain elderly people and groups with more severe mental health problems. Additionally, it would be beneficial to understand how technology could be leveraged to accomplish this goal. During the pandemic, various steps such as social isolation, quarantine, and self-isolation are needed to be implemented properly to slow the spread of the virus. Meanwhile, to help halt the pandemic, everybody must be vaccinated as soon as possible until any bans on social gatherings and social isolation can be removed, allowing other sectors such as schooling, social activities, and life to resume normalcy.

scholarly journals Coping strategies as mediators in the relationship between test anxiety and academic achievement

Psihologija ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Genc
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
German Studies ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The University ◽  
The Given ◽  
The Relationship

In most modern societies, nearly every realm of life involves some form of evaluation of our knowledge, abilities and skills. Given the potentially significant consequences of exams, it is not surprising that they are often very stressful. This study aimed to determine the existence and nature of the relationships between level of test anxiety, coping strategies, and achieved success on a mid-term test. As well as examining the direct relations between the given variables, our primary interest was to investigate the potential mediating role of coping mechanisms between the input and output variables of the examined stressful transaction. The study was conducted on a sample of 263 students from the Psychology and German Studies Departments of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad. According to our results, only emotion-focused coping mechanisms were statistically significant mediators in the relationship between level of test anxiety and mid-term test achievement. The results indicate that students with high test anxiety who employ predominantly emotion-focused coping strategies score lower on a pre-exam knowledge test.

Religiosity and Adaptation in the Oldest-Old

1992 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley C. Courtenay ◽  
Leonard W. Poon ◽  
Peter Martin ◽  
Gloria M. Clayton ◽  
Mary Ann Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research has yielded mixed results with respect to the relationship between religiosity and adaptation in older adults. Most studies show that religiosity is stable over the life span, but that religiosity may or may not be related to such factors as physical and mental health, life satisfaction, and coping. This study adds to earlier investigations by including centenarians among the sample. The preliminary results of this research project support earlier findings that religiosity does not change significantly as one ages, although there is a trend in the results that suggests otherwise. The results also indicate a significant relationship between religiosity and physical health but no significant relationship between religiosity and mental health and life satisfaction. Religiosity and coping are strongly related, and there is the suggestion that religious coping mechanisms might be more important in the oldest-old.

Correctional Officer Burnout

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Morgan ◽  
Richard A. Van Haveren ◽  
Christy A. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Correctional Officer ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Job Responsibilities ◽  
Work Station ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
New Variables ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of several variables that have led to inconsistent results in previous studies on correctional officer stress, as well as expand previous research by exploring the relationship of two new variables (i.e., occupational title and work station) with correctional officer stress. Participants in this study consisted of 250 correctional officers from a Southwestern state department of corrections. Results indicated that older and more educated officers reported increased levels of personal accomplishment, whereas less experienced officers and officers with increasing job responsibilities experienced increased levels of depersonalization and emotional exhaustion and decreased levels of personal accomplishment. Furthermore, gender comparisons indicated that female correctional officers were less likely to respond impersonally to inmates than their male counterparts. Implications and areas for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Pride and Purpose: reflections on timebanking practice for fostering social networks in wellbeing improvement schemes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
LEE GREGORY
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Community Initiative ◽  
Critical Account ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Analysis Of Social Networks

Abstract This paper explores the relationship between social capital and a community initiative known as timebanking. Its purpose is to offer a more critical account of the literature to date, which suggests timebanking generates improved health outcomes because it facilitates bridging social capital. Drawing on Cattell’s (2011) analysis of social networks the paper offers an alternative account. It suggests a more nuanced view of social networks shows the development of different networks by members, resulting from gendered forms of participation. The consequences of this is that whilst different network forms provide sources of pride and coping mechanisms for members, for women they inhabit more diverse networks which offer greater benefits whilst men may still experience some forms of exclusion and isolation through their participation.

The relationship between the phenomenology of auditory hallucinations and the perceived efficacy of coping mechanisms

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
D.L. Copolov ◽  
A.J. Mackinnon ◽  
R. Thomas ◽  
E.F. Sims ◽  
M.L. Seal
Keyword(s):  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Auditory Hallucinations ◽  
Perceived Efficacy ◽  
The Relationship

The Correlation Between Coping Mechanisms and Stress Levels in Childbearing Women with Infertility

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1326-1329
Author(s):  
S. W. Putri ◽  
L. K. Dwihestie
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
P Value ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Childbearing Women

Background: In Indonesia, in 2012, there were 39.8 million fertile age couples, 10-15% of whom were declared infertile. Infertility often develops into a social problem because the wife is considered to be the cause. Coping mechanisms are used in dealing with stress infertility. Aim: This study aims to determine the relationship between coping mechanisms and stress levels in childbearing women with infertility at PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Hospital. Method: Research design using cross-sectional. The sampling technique with total sampling found 38 female respondents of childbearing age with infertility—data collection with DASS 42 instrument and Brief Cope 28. Data analysis used Kendall's tau. Results: The results showed that the p-value was 0.002 <0.005, and the Correlation Coefficient value was 0.516. Conclusion: There is a relationship between coping mechanisms and stress levels in childbearing women with infertility at PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Hospital with moderate closeness. Keywords: coping mechanisms, infertility, stress level

scholarly journals Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. CMRH.S3801
Author(s):  
S. Doucet ◽  
N. Letourneau
Keyword(s):  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Postpartum Women ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

Objective To explore the relationship between coping mechanisms and suicidal ideations among women who experience symptoms of postpartum depression. Design This exploratory descriptive study used secondary data from a study of women who experienced symptoms of postpartum depression. Participants Convenience and purposive sampling were used to obtain the community sample of 40 women who experienced symptoms of postpartum depression. Methods Binary logistic regression was employed to explore emotion-focused coping, avoidance-focused coping, problem-focused coping, and religious coping as predictors of suicidal ideations. Results Approximately 27% of the sample reported suicidal ideations within the past seven days. The results showed that lower levels of emotion-focused coping and higher levels of avoidance-focused and religious coping predicted suicidal ideations in participants. Problem-focused coping did not predict suicidal ideations. Conclusion Overall, our findings provide support for the importance of coping mechanisms as predictors of suicidal ideations among women who experience symptoms of postpartum depression. The results illustrate the need for health professionals to conduct routine assessments on coping strategies and thoughts of suicide when caring for postpartum women, as well as the need to integrate coping approaches in the prevention and treatment of suicidal ideations.

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