A Comparison of Pain Beliefs and Coping Strategies and Their Association with Chronic Pain Adjustment Between Singapore and United States

This study was an exploratory assessment of the influence that both situation-specific (cognitive coping strategies) and general cognitive coping strategies (cognitive coping modes) exert on measures of disability among persons with chronic pain. A demographics sheet and three assessment instruments, the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, the Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire, and the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory were distributed to 103 individuals with chronic pain. After controlling for two demographic variables, compensation status and age, results suggested that one of the situation-specific cognitive strategies, helplessness, was associated with both measures of disability: interference due to pain and self control. One of the general strategies, avoidance, was associated with both measures of disability. A second general strategy, acceptance/resignation, was associated with perceived self-control. Implications for rehabilitation counselors are discussed.

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Chronic pain and coping strategies within methadone and buprenorphine-maintained patients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ◽

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.163 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 140 ◽

pp. e52-e53

Author(s):

Kelly E. Dunn ◽

P. Finan ◽

David A. Tompkins ◽

Amina A. Chaudhry ◽

M. Fingerhood ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

And Coping

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Communication stressors and coping strategies among Chinese students in the United States

10.15760/etd.6068 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Qiu Liang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Chinese Students ◽

The United States ◽

And Coping

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Self-Reported Stress and Coping Strategies of Occupational Therapy Faculty Employed at or Graduated from a Large Midwestern United States University

Health Professions Education ◽

10.1016/j.hpe.2020.05.006 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 406-410

Author(s):

Maura F. Tobin ◽

Steven D. Taff

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Occupational Therapy ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Midwestern United States ◽

And Coping

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The relationship between pain coping variability and committed action in chronic pain adjustment

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.499 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (S1) ◽

pp. S209-S209

Author(s):

W. Wong ◽

P. Chen ◽

Y. Chow ◽

H. Lim ◽

S. Wong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Independent Predictor ◽

Pain Catastrophizing ◽

Chinese Patients ◽

Pain Coping ◽

Significant Independent Predictor ◽

Competing Interest ◽

Pain Adjustment ◽

Independent Effects

IntroductionResearch evidenced the association of pain coping strategies with short-term and long-term adjustments to chronic pain. Yet, previous studies mainly assessed the frequency of coping strategies when pain occurs whilst no data is available on one's flexibility/rigidity in using different pain coping strategies, i.e., pain coping variability, in dealing with different situations.ObjectivesThis study aimed to examine the multivariate association between pain coping variability and committed action in predicting concurrent pain-related disability. Specifically, we examined the independent effects of pain coping variability and committed action in predicting concurrent pain-related disability in a sample of Chinese patients with chronic pain.MethodsChronic pain patients (n = 287) completed a test battery assessing pain intensity/disability, pain coping strategies and variability, committed action, and pain catastrophizing. Multiple regression modeling compared the association of individual pain coping strategies and pain coping variability with disability (Models 1–2), and examined the independent effects of committed action and pain coping variability on disability (Model 3).ResultsOf the 8 coping strategies assessed, only guarding (std β = 0.17) was emerged as significant independent predictor of disability (Model 1). Pain coping variability (std β = −0.10) was associated with disability after controlling for guarding and other covariates (Model 2) and was emerged as independent predictor of disability (Model 3: std β = −0.11) (all P < 0.05) (Tables 1 and 2).ConclusionsOur data offers preliminary support for the multivariate association between pain coping variability and committed action in predicting concurrent pain-related disability, which supplements the existing pain coping data that are largely based on assessing frequency of coping.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Thriving, burnout, and coping strategies of early and later career counseling center psychologists in the United States

Counselling Psychology Quarterly ◽

10.1080/09515070.2015.1121135 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 382-404 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Wonjin Sim ◽

Gina Zanardelli ◽

Mary Jo Loughran ◽

Mary Beth Mannarino ◽

Clara E. Hill

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Career Counseling ◽

Counseling Center ◽

The United States ◽

And Coping

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Multigenerational Conflicts and New Immigrants: An Indo-American Experience

Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services ◽

10.1606/1044-3894.703 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 79 (4) ◽

pp. 410-423 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Gregory L. Pettys ◽

Pallassana R. Balgopal

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

The United States ◽

Immigrant Group ◽

Family Ties ◽

American Experience ◽

New Immigrants ◽

And Coping ◽

Depth Interviews

Indo-Americans are one the fastest growing Immigrant groups in the United States. Unlike earlier immigrant groups, this growing Immigrant group has access to technologies which make communication with family in India more practical. With this comes both maintenance of family ties as well as multigenerational conflicts. These conflicts were explored through in-depth interviews with thirty Indo-American families, including eleven grandparents residing in India. Major conflicts, the role of grandparents, and coping strategies used by these families are reported. The findings of this article have heuristic value for counselors in working with all the emerging ethnic groups in the United States.

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