Calming and Coping Strategies for the School Nurse’s New Year

The school nurse is often sought out by students because he or she has an ability to listen to the student, offers an intervention that focuses attention on the student, and allows the student to experience her or his symptom in a new way. Helping the student to change the way the symptom is experienced, shifting focus, and adapting to a new awareness are all ways of using mind-body concepts. Many states’ Boards of Nursing Registration have developed rulings expanding the scope of practice to include mind-body interventions. This article will explain three such interventions applicable to the school nurse setting: breathing exercises, mindfulness practices, and the use of imagery.

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COPING BEHAVIOUR AS THE WAY TO OVERCOME STRESS OF SPECIALISTS OF FIRE AND RESCUE UNITS OF THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE

Social and Economic Aspects of Education in Modern Society ◽

10.31435/rsglobal_conf/25022021/7420 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

L. I. Mokhnar ◽

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O. M. Diachkova ◽

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Emergency Service ◽

The State ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Coping Behaviour ◽

And Coping ◽

The Way

The concept and the types of coping and coping strategies are defined in the article. The characteristics of coping strategies are also analyzed. The peculiarities of professional activity of specialists of fire and rescue units of the State Emergency Service are specified and the main types of stressful situations in their professional activity are presented.

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Wise functioning and coping strategies in adolescents: Age as an intervening variable

Educational Psychology ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0012.4758 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 55 (13) ◽

pp. 102-120

Author(s):

Małgorzata Szcześniak ◽

Wojciech Rodzeń ◽

Agnieszka Malinowska ◽

Laura Kaliczyńska ◽

Agata H. Świątek

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Implicit Theories ◽

Stressful Events ◽

The Core ◽

And Coping ◽

The Way

As we know relatively little about the development of wisdom in youth, the following study was designed to examine whether and how wise functioning would predict coping strategies in adolescents. As layperson’s implicit theories of wisdom suggest that wisdom varies by age, we wanted to see if and how age might correlate with wisdom, and examine the role of age as a mediator between wisdom and coping. Consequently, this article provides some initial evidence indicating that wise thinking, behaving, and age are related to coping strategies. It seems that wise individuals act when confronted with adversity and obstacles, focusing on the benefits that follow from stressful events. At the same time, they try to avoid using responses that are commonly considered less adaptive or immature: denial or substance use. These choices may be related to the equilibrium between knowledge and doubt that is believed to be the core of wisdom. Therefore, being wise lies not in what is known, but rather in the way in which the knowledge is used in everyday life and experienced as time passes by.

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Illness Perception and Coping Strategies with Silicosis Patients

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies [JEPS] ◽

10.24200/jeps.vol7iss3pp370-385 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 370

Author(s):

Salah Aberkane

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Illness Perception ◽

Predictive Ability ◽

Statistical Correlation ◽

Illness Perception Questionnaire ◽

Male Patients ◽

And Coping ◽

Emotional Representations ◽

The Relationship ◽

The Way

The main aim of this study is to show the illness perception effect on the selection of coping strategies in a sample of silicosis’ patients. A sample composed of 32 individuals (male patients) having silicosis, aged between 19 and 50 and living in the region of TKOUT\ Batna (Algeria) was adopted in this study. Two scales were used, the scale proposed by Moss Morris (the revised illness perception questionnaire IPQ_R) and the scale of Bolhane (Coping questionnaire). The statistical correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between illness perception and coping strategies. Multiple Regression Analysis was also used to assess the predictive ability of the illness perception dimensions on the coping dependent variables. This study has provided insights about the relationship between illness perception and coping strategies in the considered sample. Therefore, it has shown that there is an effect of emotional representations in choosing the way to solve the problem, the way to search for the social support, and the positive reassessment among the individuals of the sample. It is to note that there is also an effect of treatment control, illness coherence in choosing the way of self-blaming among the individuals of the same sample.

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The Self-Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis (SEMS) Scale

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000350 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 352-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Silvia Bonino ◽

Federica Graziano ◽

Martina Borghi ◽

Davide Marengo ◽

Giorgia Molinengo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Sense Of Coherence ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Rasch Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

And Coping

Abstract. This research developed a new scale to evaluate Self-Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis (SEMS). The aim of this study was to investigate dimensionality, item functioning, measurement invariance, and concurrent validity of the SEMS scale. Data were collected from 203 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients (mean age, 39.5 years; 66% women; 95% having a relapsing remitting form of MS). Fifteen items of the SEMS scale were submitted to patients along with measures of psychological well-being, sense of coherence, depression, and coping strategies. Data underwent Rasch analysis and correlation analysis. Rasch analysis indicates the SEMS as a multidimensional construct characterized by two correlated dimensions: goal setting and symptom management, with satisfactory reliability coefficients. Overall, the 15 items reported acceptable fit statistics; the scale demonstrated measurement invariance (with respect to gender and disease duration) and good concurrent validity (positive correlations with psychological well-being, sense of coherence, and coping strategies and negative correlations with depression). Preliminary evidence suggests that SEMS is a psychometrically sound measure to evaluate perceived self-efficacy of MS patients with moderate disability, and it would be a valuable instrument for both research and clinical applications.

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