Stress, coping, and preventing contagion during the SARS-COV2 epidemic in a sample of Mexican adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532098557
Author(s):  
Rosas-Santiago Francisco Javier ◽  
Lagunes-Córdoba Roberto
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Prevention Behavior ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Mexican Adults ◽  
And Coping

Given the lack of an effective treatment for COVID-19, it is essential to explore the psychological variables involved in the development and maintenance of preventive behaviors during the current epidemic. In this study, we analyze the predictive value of perceived stress (measured with the Perceived Stress Scale) and coping styles (measured with the Extreme Risks Coping Scale) for adhering to infection prevention behavior in a sample of 1132 Mexican adults aged between 18 and 84. A logistic regression analysis showed that Active Coping and Cognition-Focused Coping, in addition to age and being a student, proved to be predictors of adhering to SARS COV2 preventive behaviors ( R2 = 0.282). The findings from this study can be used to design strategies to promote potentially effective epidemic mitigation behaviors.

Personality Characteristics and Coping Styles of Women Working in and in Training for Nontraditional Blue Collar Jobs

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1115-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather C. Nash ◽  
Joan C. Chrisler
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Behavioral Characteristics ◽  
Successful Work ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Work Role Transitions

43 women employed in nontraditional blue collar jobs were compared with 27 women in training for such jobs on a number of variables linked to job success and satisfaction. The purpose of the study was to determine whether women enter blue collar trades with characteristics that predispose them to successful work-role transitions or whether they adopt different coping styles and behavioral characteristics over time in order to fit into their work environments. Questionnaire packets that contained the Self-efficacy Scale, the Personal Assertion Analysis, the Ways of Coping Scale–Revised, and the Bem Sex Role Inventory were completed by 70 women. Participants in training were more androgynous and higher than expected on both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. Possible explanations and suggestions for research are discussed.

Hobfoll's Strategic Approach to Coping: Reliability and Validity of the Italian Adaptation

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1130-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Laura Comunian
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Scale Data

A brief review of Hobfoll's Conservation of Resources theory is given, and the Italian adaptation of a measurement, based on this theory, the Strategic Approach to Coping Scale, is presented. The scale is useful measure to assess stress and coping conceptualized to identify coping styles. The investigation used a sample of Italian people (N = 251, 18 to 25 years of age). Confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the validity of the scale. Data on the Italian adaptation are discussed.

scholarly journals ROLE OF COPING STYLES AND NEGATIVE LIFE EVENTS ON HIGHER PERCEIVED MENTAL FATIGABILITY IN OLDER ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S233-S233
Author(s):  
Theresa Gmelin ◽  
Stacy L Andersen ◽  
Robert M Boudreau ◽  
Kaare Christensen ◽  
Mary K Wojczynski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Family Study ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Attentional Resources ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Older adults are vulnerable to negative recent life events (RLE) which deplete attentional resources and leads to cognitive exhaustion. Adaptive coping styles reduce perceived stress severity but their role on cognitive tiredness is unknown. We examined RLE and coping styles on perceived mental fatigability (Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale (PFS), 0-50pts, higher=greater fatigability) in the Long Life Family Study (N=1464, age=74.7±12.6, female=57.7%, 43.9% ≥1 major RLE past 6 months, 27.8% higher mental fatigability≥13). All analyses adjusted for family structure, field center, age, and sex. PFS mental scores correlated with all NEO-FFI (60-item, 5-domain) personality traits representing maladaptive (neuroticism r=0.25 p<.0001) and adaptive (conscientiousness r=-0.18, extraversion r=-0.24, p<.00001) coping. Having ≥1RLE was associated with higher mental fatigability (OR=1.4, 95% CI:1.2,1.8, p=.0004); adjustment for neuroticism (OR=1.3, 95% CI:0.9,1.7, p=.06) attenuated the association. Education on adaptive coping may be a modifiable skill that allows older adults to maintain lower perceived mental fatigability despite stressful events.

College Students' Smoking Behavior, Perceived Stress, and Coping Styles

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Naquin ◽  
Glen G. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Smoking Prevention ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
And Coping

The purpose of this study was to examine college students' smoking behavior as well as their current smoking status and its effects on perceived levels of stress and coping styles. Students from four universities completed the Perceived Stress Scale, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations and a smoking questionnaire. Of the 1330 students who participated in the study, 19 percent were current smokers. On the Perceived Stress Scale, current smokers' mean score was significantly higher than that of the students who had never smoked. In addition, the current smokers' mean score for Emotion-oriented Coping was significantly higher than that of the students who had never smoked or formerly smoked. The former smokers' mean score on Avoidance-oriented Coping was significantly lower than the never and the current smokers. Ten percent of the students smoked their first cigarette after high school, while 11 percent started to smoke on a daily basis after high school. Based on the findings, programs that focus on smoking prevention and cessation for college students are recommended.

The Effect of Tai Chi on Biomarkers of Psychological Stress, Perceived Stress, and Coping Styles

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 408-409
Author(s):  
Ming Chyu ◽  
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb ◽  
Caelyn C. Del Rosario ◽  
Reid Norman ◽  
Anna Tacon
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Tai Chi ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
And Coping

Psychological and Physical Variables as Predictors of Coping Strategies

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Keller
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Canonical Correlation ◽  
Sickness Impact Profile ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Multidimensional Health

26 women and 17 men between the ages of 26 and 62 yr. of age and diagnosed as having chronic illnesses were administered four questionnaires to assess physical and psychological variables and coping strategies: the Sickness Impact Profile, the Time Reference Inventory, and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control. The Jaloweic Coping Scale assessed coping strategies. Canonical correlation indicated a single-factor link (Wilks' Λ) between scores on the first 3 tests, and the subscales of the coping scale. A significant but small correlation of .31 between the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control subscale, Powerful Others, and the coping subscale of Emotion-focused strategies was observed, that with the subscale Chance and the coping subscale confrontive strategies was negative. A second canonical correlation deleting the Time Reference Inventory score of age extension and including the three Sickness Impact Profile subscales was significant and positive for the Composite score and the subscale Palliative of the Jaloweic Coping Scale. Such data suggest that individuals who have a locus of control orientation of Powerful Others respond to chronic illness with emotionally based behaviors. In addition, chronically ill individuals who are physically dysfunctional tend to respond with palliative coping strategies.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Coping Styles among Malay Caregivers of Children with Learning Disabilities in Kelantan

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nor Ismalina Isa ◽  
◽  
Ismarulyusda Ishak ◽  
Azriani Ab Rahman ◽  
Nur Zakiah Mohd Saat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
And Coping

Responses Over Time of Child and Adolescent Survivors to the 2008 Wenchuan, China Earthquake

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 1147-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Han ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Yong Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Mental Health Interventions ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
China Earthquake ◽  
And Coping

The posttraumatic psychological symptoms of 188 child and adolescent survivors were investigated at 2 stages after the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China, using the Mental Health Scale (Wo & Liu, 2003) and the Coping Scale (Xiao & Xu, 1996). Results showed that the survivors' mental health and coping styles were significantly different at each stage. Compared to 1 year after, 2 weeks after the earthquake, participants had more severe psychosomatic symptoms in the following items: compulsive reexperiencing, escaping, sensitive, indifferent, easily angry, suicidal, felt guilty, easily fearful, lack of interest, inefficacy, insomnia, decreased appetite, avoiding problems, fantasy, self-blaming, and rationalization. Boys scored higher than girls in the felt lonely and asking for help items in the second week, while girls scored higher than boys in the sensitive, depressed, self-blaming, and rationalization items 1 year after the earthquake. Results suggest that psychologists and social workers should focus on children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic stress and provide them with appropriate mental health interventions.

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