Features of coping behavior at prisoners in a pre-trial detention center

Aim. To study the coping behavior of persons in a pre-trial detention facility in order to identify groups at risk of psychological maladjustment. Methods. The survey method and the Heims methodology for diagnosing of the coping strategies were used. Results. It was found that non-adaptive and relatively adaptive behavioral and cognitive coping strategies prevail over adaptive ones in all the comparison groups. In all groups, the greatest number of maladaptive coping was found in the emotional sphere. The presence of adaptive cognitive coping is associated with a negative attitude to ones offense, maladaptability of behavioral coping is associated with aggression, and emotional coping is associated with the use of psychoactive substances. The adaptability of behavioral strategies is associated with the presence of experience of the institutional confinement. It is established that newly arrived prisoners are at risk of psychological maladjustment, and prisoners who are held in common prisons rooms have high indices of coping adaptability. Conclusions. The surveyed comparison groups differ in the targets of psychological correction. The risk groups for developing mental maladjustment are newly arrived prisoners.

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Stress resistance and coping behavior of university graduates as a factor in their employment

Казанский педагогический журнал ◽

10.51379/kpj.2021.150.6.029 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Д.В. Бабкин ◽

И.С. Бубнова ◽

С.Р. Миронова

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Stress Resistance ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

University Graduates ◽

Cognitive Coping ◽

Emotional Coping ◽

Behavior Strategies ◽

And Coping ◽

Difficult Situations

Актуальность статьи обусловлена тем, что выпускники вузов очень часто остаются не востребованными на рынке труда и профессионально дезадаптируются. В статье представлен анализ наиболее актуальных проблем формирования копинг стратегий поведения. Представлены результаты исследования стрессоустойчивости и копинг стратегий поведения безработных выпускников вуза и трудоустроившихся выпускников, согласно которым, выпускники ВУЗов, успешно устроившиеся на работу, наиболее часто используют относительно адаптивные когнитивные копинг стратегии поведения и адаптивные эмоциональные и поведенческие копинг стратегии поведения. Безработные выпускники ВУЗов часто используют неадаптивные варианты когнитивных копинг стратегий, относительно адаптивные варианты эмциональных копинг стратегий, а также адаптивные поведенческие копинг стратегии поведения. Полученные выводы указывают на то, что проблемные жизненные ситуации требуют активизации познавательных способностей человека и эмоциональной устойчивости. Устойчивые и неустойчивые к стрессу выпускники ведут себя в трудных ситуациях по-разному, используя различные по адаптивности копинг стратегии поведения. The relevance of the article is due to the fact that university graduates very often remain unclaimed in the labor market and professionally maladapted. The article presents an analysis of the most pressing problems of the formation of coping strategies of behavior. The paper presents the results of a study of stress resistance and coping behavior strategies of unemployed university graduates and graduates who successfully got a job in their specialty, according to which, university graduates who have successfully got a job most often use relatively adaptive cognitive coping strategies of behavior and adaptive emotional and behavioral coping strategies of behavior. Unemployed university graduates often use non-adaptive variants of cognitive coping strategies, relatively adaptive variants of emotional coping strategies, and adaptive behavioral coping strategies of behavior. The findings indicate that problematic life situations require the mobilization of a person's cognitive abilities and emotional stability. Resistant and unstable people behave in difficult situations in different ways, using coping strategies of different adaptability.

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Attitude to loneliness: Behavioral strategies as coping resources

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Psychology ◽

10.21638/spbu16.2021.404 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 341-355

Author(s):

Marina Petrash ◽

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Olga Strizhitskaya ◽

Inna Murtazina ◽

Gayane Vartanyan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Well Being ◽

Coping Resources ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Short Version ◽

Leningrad Region ◽

Behavioral Strategies ◽

Emotional Loneliness

The article deals with the concept of “loneliness” and provides a modern view on the problem of studying the phenomenon. The data of an empirical study on the experience of loneliness and coping behavior in adults is presented. The study involved 256 respondents aged 21 to 73, including 153 women and 103 men. Most of the participants live in Vyborg, Leningrad Region (65.2%). The participants in the study are representatives of different professional environments (university teachers, schools, gymnasiums, medical workers, engineers, civil servants), 216 people have a higher education. It was hypothesized that there may be types of attitudes towards loneliness, differing in the level of severity of the characteristics of the phenomenon, and these types can be regulated in different ways by coping behavior. Also, it was suggested that sociotropism acts as a resource in the experience of loneliness, and problem-oriented coping strategies act as predictors of sociotropy. The research design included the following methods: Differential Loneliness Experience Questionnaire by E.N.Osin and D.A.Leontyev (DOPO-3k); Scale of social and emotional loneliness (SELSA-S) as adapted by O.Yu. Strizhitskaya et al.; Scale of psychological well-being by K.Riff as adapted by E.G.Troshikhina and L.V.Zhukovskaya (short version); Satisfaction with Life Scale E.Dinner; Coping test by R.La- zarus, Scale “Sociotropy — Self-sufficiency”; questionnaire. Four types of attitudes towards loneliness were identified, which differ in the severity of the characteristics of loneliness and their ratio: “adaptive”, “dependent”, “coping”, “self-sufficient”. The differences in the regulation of behavior among respondents with different types of attitudes to loneliness are shown, the structure of the relationship between coping strategies and the characteristics of loneliness is determined. The contribution of problem-oriented strategies to reducing the level of the feeling of loneliness is shown and the ambiguous contribution of the “self-control” strategy to the experience of general loneliness and social-emotional loneliness, depending on the type of experience of the studied phenomenon. As an indirect result, it is indicated that sociotropy can act as a resource in situations when loneliness is experienced.

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Features of Coping Strategies in Students Brought Ap in a Single-Parent Family

Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. A Series of Psychology ◽

10.26565/2225-7756-2020-69-04 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Behavioral Strategies ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Behavior System ◽

The One ◽

Effective Use ◽

Behavior Models

The article presents a theoretical analysis of the problematic of the peculiarities of personality coping strategies in psychological research. Family is an important external factor that influences the formation of a person's coping behavior in situations of shock. On the one hand, the child's coping behavior can be viewed as a result of negative influence from the parents, on the other hand, as a result of the mastering of coping behavior patterns demonstrating by the parents. It was determined that the adaptive behavior of students in difficult life situations predetermines the effectiveness of adaptation to new living conditions, directly affects academic performance, professional development and personal formation. An important practical task is to prepare student youth for the effective use of coping strategies in future professional activities, because coping is part of the structure of personal potential. It is precisely the purposeful formation of effective coping behavior in the learning process at HEI that should take into account the conditions of the student's upbringing (in complete and incomplete families). It has been empirically investigated that the structure of the family influences the choice of coping strategies of students in stressful situations. Child-parent relations affect the formation of a child's overcoming behavior system through the formation and development of such behavioral strategies and personality traits in him, which subsequently mediate their preference for certain coping strategies. The influence of the upbringing of both parents on the formation of coping behavior models in children is very significant. A significant role in the choice of coping strategies is played by the upbringing of a child in an incomplete family, somewhat less - for orphaned students.

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Who’s at risk of entering Social Security Disability Insurance? A comparison of application and allowance rates for groups of at-risk individuals

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation ◽

10.3233/jvr-201110 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (3) ◽

pp. 341-352 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kara Contreary ◽

Todd Honeycutt

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Social Security ◽

Disability Insurance ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Social Security Disability Insurance ◽

Program Participation ◽

Before And After ◽

Social Security Disability ◽

Employment Characteristics

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government has implemented several programs to reduce federal expenditures on Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and help beneficiaries return to work, but the limited success of these efforts has raised interest in approaches that help workers with disabilities remain in the workforce. OBJECTIVE: This paper provides information on individuals at risk of applying for DI benefits to help build the evidence base for policies that provide workers with disabilities support to eliminate the need to apply for and receive DI benefits. METHODS: Using three panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation matched to SSA administrative data, we describe the employment characteristics of seven groups at risk of applying for DI benefits before and after application, as well as the outcomes of their DI applications. RESULTS: New private disability insurance recipients were more likely to apply for and receive DI than members of other at-risk groups. However, individuals with high healthcare expenditures made up the largest proportion of successful applicants across the at-risk groups considered here. CONCLUSION: While it seems plausible that individuals within an at-risk group who are likely to apply for DI benefits can be identified and provided supports to help them maintain employment, focusing on a specific group to promote employment over DI benefits may have a limited effect on the DI program because applicants come from multiple groups.

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COGNITIVE COPING STRATEGIES USED BY TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE END OF A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP

10.15303/rjeap.2017.si1.a52 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Cognitive Coping ◽

Teenagers And Young Adults

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Sarcopenia and Malnutrition Screening in Female Osteoporosis Patients—A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10112344 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 2344

Author(s):

Franca Genest ◽

Dominik Rak ◽

Elisa Bätz ◽

Kerstin Ott ◽

Lothar Seefried

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Mineral Density ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Functional Deficits ◽

Complementary Approach ◽

Study Results ◽

Patients At Risk ◽

Not At Risk

Sarcopenia and malnutrition are important determinants of increased fracture risk in osteoporosis. SARC-F and MNA-SF are well-established questionnaires for identifying patients at risk for these conditions. We sought to evaluate the feasibility and potential added benefit of such assessments as well as the actual prevalence of these conditions in osteoporosis patients. We conducted a cross-sectional, single-center study in female osteoporosis patients ≥ 65 years (SaNSiBaR-study). Results of the sarcopenia (SARC-F) and malnutrition (MNA-SF) screening questionnaires were matched with a functional assessment for sarcopenia and data from patients’ medical records. Out of 107 patients included in the analysis, a risk for sarcopenia (SARC-F ≥ 4 points) and a risk for malnutrition (MNA-SF ≤ 11 points) was found in 33 (30.8%) and 38 (35.5%) patients, respectively. Diagnostic overlap with coincident indicative findings in both questionnaires was observed in 17 patients (16%). As compared to the respective not-at-risk groups, the mean short physical performance battery (SPPB) score was significantly reduced in both patients at risk for sarcopenia (7.0 vs. 10.9 points, p < 0.001) and patients at risk for malnutrition (8.7 vs. 10.5 points, p = 0.005). Still, confirmed sarcopenia according to EWGSOP2 criteria was present in only 6 (6%) of all 107 patients, with only 3 of them having an indicative SARC-F score. Bone mineral density was not significantly different in any of the at-risk groups at any site. In summary, applying SARC-F and MNA-SF in osteoporosis patients appears to be a complementary approach to identify individuals with functional deficits.

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Optimizing diabetes screening frequencies for at-risk groups

Health Care Management Science ◽

10.1007/s10729-021-09575-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chou-Chun Wu ◽

Sze-chuan Suen

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Diabetes Screening

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High-Tech Training for Birds of Prey

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11020530 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 530

Author(s):

Giovanni Granati ◽

Francesca Cichella ◽

Pia Lucidi

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Wild Bird ◽

Muscular Strength ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Birds Of Prey ◽

High Tech ◽

Training Method ◽

Top Predators ◽

The World ◽

Modern Technologies

Raptors are some of the most at-risk groups of birds in the world and saving these top predators is essential for maintaining the health of many ecosystems. After hospitalization, raptors are often released when muscular recovery is still unfitting when they are unable to hunt efficiently and are at risk of dying from starvation within a few days. On the other hand, if a convalescent bird is trained with the only use of classic falconry techniques, it is likely to remain dependent on the caretaker/falconer even long after the release, so unable to hunt independently. To overcome these problems, a new training method was conceived, which could improve raptors’ muscular strength while limiting habituation to humans. This has been possible due to the combination of classic falconry techniques and modern technologies, such as the introduction of specific workouts with drones. Three falconry raptors and one wild Eurasian hobby were trained through high-tech falconry to develop the ability to catch, grasp, and airlift their prey at a different speed, altitude, and resistance. The main findings of this study were: (i) The rapid increase of the raptors’ speed; (ii) the muscular growth and endurance, and (iii) successful reintroduction of a wild bird.

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