Dispositional Versus Situational Coping: Are the Coping Strategies African Americans Use Different for General Versus Racism-Related Stressors?

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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Problem Drinking Patterns among African Americans: The Impacts of Reports of Discrimination, Perceptions of Prejudice, and "Risky" Coping Strategies

Journal of Health and Social Behavior ◽

10.2307/1519787 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 408 ◽

Cited By ~ 121

Author(s):

Jack K. Martin ◽

Steven A. Tuch ◽

Paul M. Roman

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Problem Drinking ◽

Drinking Patterns

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Gambaran Coping Strategies pada Mahasiswa Universitas Padjadjaran

Journal of Psychological Perspective ◽

10.47679/jopp.021.06200001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 01-11

Author(s):

Ananda Nadhifasya Nursadrina ◽

Dhini Andriani

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Health Problem ◽

Maladaptive Coping ◽

Positive Reinterpretation ◽

Situational Coping ◽

Online Forms ◽

Bahasa Indonesia

Stres berkaitan dengan kehidupan mahasiswa. Ketika tidak diatasi dengan tepat, resiko berbagai permasalahan dapat terjadi, mulai dari performa akademik hingga kesehatan. Oleh karena itu, coping strategies menjadi penting. Riset ini bertujuan untuk mencari tahu jenis coping strategies yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa. Pengumpulan data dilakukan secara online dan menggunakan convenient sampling diperoleh 339 responden mahasiswa Universitas Padjadjaran. Coping strategies diukur menggunakan COPE Inventory yang telah diadaptasi ke dalam bahasa Indonesia. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa coping strategy yang paling sering digunakan oleh mahasiswa Universitas Padjadjaran adalah turning to religion yang kemudian diikuti oleh positive reinterpretation and growth. Maladaptive coping strategies seperti focusing on and venting of emotion serta mental disengagement masih kerap digunakan sehingga diperlukan solusi untuk mengurangi strategi-strategi tersebut. Penelitian selanjutnya dapat mengeksplorasi lebih lanjut mengenai keefektivan coping strategies dengan mempertimbangkan tingkat stres yang dialami individu, dan melihat hubungannya dengan disposisional dan situasional coping strategies.Abstract. Stress is a part of college students’ lives. If students do not cope well with stress, there would be higher risks of problems, ranging from academic performance to a health problem. How individuals cope with stress is called coping strategies. This research aimed to find out what kind of coping strategies used by students of Universitas Padjadjaran. Data consist of 339 students selected through convenient sampling was collected through online forms. Coping strategies were measured using the COPE Inventory. The most used coping strategy among students is turning to religion, which was followed by positive reinterpretation and growth. Maladaptive coping strategies, such as focusing on and venting of emotion and mental disengagement, were still commonly used. This called for a solution to reduce the use of such strategies. Next, studies can further investigate the effectiveness of coping strategies by looking at the stress level experienced and its link to both dispositional and situational coping strategies.

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Effective Coping Strategies of African Americans

Social Work ◽

10.1093/sw/40.2.240 ◽

1995 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Coping Strategies

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A Review of the Relationship Between Dispositional Coping Styles and Situational Coping Strategies

Advanced Science Letters ◽

10.1166/asl.2018.11571 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (6) ◽

pp. 4202-4205

Author(s):

Mahtab Ghadimi ◽

Adibah Binti Abdul Latif ◽

Mohd Tajudin Ninggal ◽

Nor Fadila Mohd Amin

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Dispositional Coping ◽

Situational Coping ◽

The Relationship

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The Association of Mindfulness and Racial Socialization Messages on Approach-Oriented Coping Strategies Among African Americans

Journal of Black Studies ◽

10.1177/0021934717696789 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 408-426 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Veronica Y. Womack ◽

Lloyd R. Sloan

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Stress Reduction ◽

Racial Socialization ◽

African American College Students ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Regulatory Strategies ◽

Culturally Based ◽

And Coping

This study investigated the association of mindfulness and racial socialization messages on approach-oriented coping strategies among African Americans. Three hundred African American college students completed measures of mindfulness, racial socialization, and coping strategy preference. The results revealed that a higher degree of mindfulness and culturally based racial socialization messages are positively associated with both planning and active coping strategies. The study also found that mindful observation was positively related to all of the minority and culturally based racial socialization messages. This research has discovered that racial socialization messages are related to mindfulness, suggesting that these two metacognitive self-regulatory strategies promote adaptive coping strategy selection and potentially buffer the negative consequences of stressors for African Americans. Stress-reduction programs that promote “cultural pride and reinforcement” as well as mindfulness techniques may be ideal for African Americans grappling with race-related stressors.

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Situational and dispositional coping: an examination of their relation to personality, cognitive appraisals, and psychological distress

European Journal of Personality ◽

10.1002/per.512 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 221-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Geneviève Bouchard ◽

Annie Guillemette ◽

Nicole Landry‐Léger

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Cognitive Appraisals ◽

Reliable Data ◽

Incremental Validity ◽

Dispositional Coping ◽

Situational Coping ◽

Adaptational Outcomes

Reliable data on the relationships between situational and dispositional coping strategies are sparse. In order to address this gap in the literature, this study examined the determinants and adaptational outcomes of both types of coping. Two hundred and thirty‐three students completed, along with measures of situational and dispositional coping, measures of personality, cognitive appraisals, and psychological distress, the latter variable being evaluated concurrently and prospectively (10 weeks). Results showed that personality shared as much variance with situational as with dispositional coping, but the patterns of relationships were rather different. In addition, cognitive appraisals were found to add significant incremental validity in predicting situational coping beyond trait coping, but primary appraisals were redundant with personality traits, in particular neuroticism. Finally, in spite of the significant amount of variance shared between the two types of coping, they both accounted for individual differences in concomitant and prospective psychological distress, and the relation between dispositional coping and distress was partially mediated by situational coping. The implications of these findings for understanding the relationships between the two types of coping strategy are discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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