Features of Coping Professional Behavior of Social Workers Providing Assistance to Clients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
O.B. Polyakova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Professional Behavior ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
Coping Behaviors

the features of coping professional behavior of social workers who provide assistance to clients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have been identified – above the average degree of building interpersonal interaction (models of prosocial coping nature of activity, maintaining loyalty and contact with colleagues and clients, establishing positive mutual relationships of a personal plan); design and problem solving (analytical approach to problem solving, voluntary problem-focused efforts to change stressful situations); seeking social support (a prosocial model of coping behavior, efforts to find effective, informational, material and emotional support and help from colleagues and clients); self-control (efforts to self-regulate actions and feelings). It was found that the higher the search for social support, positive revaluation and acceptance of responsibility, the higher the building of interpersonal interaction, prudent coping behaviors and acceptance of responsibility and problem solving. It has been proven that the higher the search for social support, positive reappraisal and problem solving, the lower are aggressive and manipulative actions, assertiveness and problem avoidance

scholarly journals Stress Sources of Physical Therapy Students’ and Behaviors of Coping in Clinical Practice: A Palestinian Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 004695802094464
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ayed ◽  
Mosab Amoudi
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Physical Therapy Students ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
And Coping

Physical therapy students will be exposed to stressors across clinical practice. The aggregate stress conveys to the new behavioral responses occur through the clinical training. The study aimed to examine the stress sources faced by physical therapy students and behaviors of coping used in their clinical practice. A cross-section study with a sample of 83 physical therapy students. Data were collected through Perceived Stress Scale and Coping Behavioral Inventory Scale. The mean of perceived stress by the respondents was 66.3 (standard deviation [SD] = 17.01) and the coping behaviors mean was 35.15 (SD = 9.67). The most common type of factor stressors perceived was looking for care of patients (M = 16.6 ± 4.4) and the most common coping behavior was problem solving (M = 13.8±6.6). The study confirmed that the perceived stress and coping behaviors of physical therapy students were moderate in clinical practice. Stress from the care of patients is the greatest stressful, and problem solving was the greatest coping.

scholarly journals Anxiety, Perceived Stress And Coping Strategies In Nursing Students: A Cross-sectional, Correlational, Descriptive Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽  
Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽  
Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale

Abstract Background: For many nursing students, clinical training represents a stressful experience. The levels of stress and anxiety may vary during students’ educational training, depending on their ability to adopt behavioral strategies for coping with stress, and other factors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress, and the coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71± 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). Approximately half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Senior nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r =-.452, p<.01), self-criticism (r =.408 p<.01), wishful thinking (r =.459, p<.01), social support(r =-.220, p<.01), cognitive restructuring (r =-.375, p<.01), and social withdrawal (r =.388, p<.01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions: Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress, in addition there was a significant correlation with anxiety. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs to help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

scholarly journals GAMBARAN COPING GAY MUSLIM TERKAIT KONFLIK IDENTITAS

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Made Dwi Faradina ◽  
Yohanes Kartika Herdiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Self Control

Menurut Erickson (dalam Papalia & Old, 2001) identitas diri adalah proses menjadi seseorang yang unik dengan peran yang penting dalam hidup. Terdapat berbagai jenis identitas diri yang terbentuk pada diri seseorang seperti identitas gender, identitas agama, identitas seksual dan masih banyak lagi. Identitas homoseksual dan identitas keagamaan merupakan identitas yang saling bertentangan yang dibuktikan dengan adanya nilai-nilai dalam agama yang menentang keberadaan dari kaum homoseksual sehingga individu yang memiliki kedua jenis identitas tersebut akan mengalami suatu konflik identitas. Untuk dapat mengatasi konflik identitas tersebut kemudian dibutuhkan suatu strategi coping yang tepat dan efektif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan bagaimana gambaran bentuk coping pada gay Muslim terkait konflik identitas. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus yang mewawancarai tiga subjek laki-laki yang memiliki orientasi seksual sebagai homoseksual gay dan beragama Islam. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis theoretical coding. Hasil yang didapatkan dari penelitian ini adalah jenis coping yang dipilih oleh homoseksual untuk menghadapi konflik identitas adalah dengan menggunakan problem-focused coping dengan strategi playful problem solving dengan mengurangi aktivitas seks bersama pasangan homoseksual. Selain itu homoseksual juga menggunakan jenis emotional-focused coping dengan strategi seeking social support dengan bercerita dan menerima nasehat dari teman, positive repraisal dengan kembali rajin beribadah, self-control dengan mengontrol diri agar tidak terlalu jauh terjerumus ke dalam dunia negatif homoseksual dan accepting responsibility dengan mengakui kesalahan menjadi homoseksual dan bertanggung jawab dengan keputusan menjadi homoseksual.   Kata kunci: Gay, konflik identitas, coping.

scholarly journals Strategies for coping with family members of patients with mental disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Alcalá Pompeo ◽  
Arélica de Carvalho ◽  
Aline Morgado Olive ◽  
Maria da Graça Girade Souza ◽  
Sueli Aparecida Frari Galera
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Mothers And Fathers

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the coping strategies of family members of patients with mental disorders and relate them to family member sociodemographic variables and to the patient's clinical variables. Method: this was a descriptive study conducted at a psychiatric hospital in the interior of the state of São Paulo, with 40 family members of hospitalized patients over the age of 18, and who followed the patient before and during hospitalization. We used tools to characterize the subjects and the Folkman and Lazarus Inventory of Coping Strategies. Results: the coping strategies most often used by family members were social support and problem solving. Mothers and fathers used more functional strategies (self-control p=0.037, positive reappraisal p=0.037, and social support p=0,021). We found no significant differences between the strategies and other variables examined. Conclusion: despite the suffering resulting from the illness of a dear one, family members make more use of functional strategies, allowing them to cope with adversities in a more well-adjusted way.

scholarly journals THE FEATURES OF COPING STRATEGIES IN ADOLESCENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-98
Author(s):  
Olesia Prokofieva ◽  
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Olga Prokofieva ◽  
Bogdan Smirnov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Normative Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Difficult Situations

The article considers the features of coping strategies in adolescence. The article aim is to study and analyze adolescents’ coping strategies and the coping features characteristic for delinquent adolescents. To achieve this goal, the authors solved the following tasks: to analyze the peculiarities of coping behavior in adolescence and to determine its connection with behavioral disorders, to identify life situations especially difficult for adolescents, to identify leading coping strategies in adolescents and to conduct comparative analysis of coping strategies used by delinquent adolescents and adolescents with normative behavior. The authors analyzed maladaptive coping strategies: confrontation strategy, escape-avoidance strategy, distancing strategy; as well as adaptive coping strategies: positive reassessment, self-control and responsibility, social support and planning. Overcoming difficult life situations requires mobilization of personal resources, which is manifested in coping strategies. Their features largely depend on personal characteristics, life experience and situational factors that determine the individual uniqueness of mastering strategies. Among the variety of coping strategies, there are emotional, cognitive and behavioral coping. The coping strategies that focus on problem solving, seeking social support and avoidance are basic. The authors conducted the study with two groups of adolescents with normative and delinquent behavior and found that adolescents with normative behavior, unlike delinquents, were not prone to aggressive efforts and risks in solving difficult situations. At the same time, delinquent adolescents were characterized by maladaptive coping strategies. Copings are aimed at adapting a person to the requirements of a situation, mitigating its requirements, avoiding or getting used to them. In general, it reduces the impact of a difficult situation, ensures and maintains an individual’s physical and mental health, well-being, and satisfaction with social relations. The obtained results indicate that adolescents with normative behavior in difficult life situations are more active in making arbitrary, problem-focused efforts to change the situation; they make more efforts to analyze ways to solve the problem than delinquent adolescents. Adolescents with normative behavior are prone to: planning, positive reassessment, self-control, acceptance of responsibility, and also have a low level of stress in copings. Delinquents clearly have a tendency to the maladaptive “avoiding problem” strategy. They are prone to confrontation, avoidance, detonation. Delinquent adolescents experience more difficult situations. The coping system of adolescents with delinquent behavior is more intense, which indicates that they experience higher levels of stress. In adolescence, coping behavior is actively formed and is a prerequisite for psychological well-being. It aims to improve adolescents’ adaptation and is manifested through a set of coping strategies. The studied causes of delinquent behavior show that they are closely related to coping strategies. When delinquency is development, maladaptive behavioral patterns are formed that prevent adequate coping with stressful situations. This is confirmed by the data obtained during the study. A comparison of coping strategies of the studied groups shows a qualitative difference in the structure of coping in difficult life situations for adolescents with normative and delinquent behavior. The data obtained will expand the understanding of the causes underlying adolescents’ destructive behavior. The authors’ study is of practical importance, its results can be used by psychologists and social educators to identify ways to optimize mental development of all adolescents and adolescents with delinquent behavior, in particular through the purposeful formation of more effective coping strategies.

STRATEGI COPING REMAJA HAMIL DILUAR NIKAH DALAM MENGHADAPI KECEMASAN PASCA MELAHIRKAN DI DESA SUNGAI LIMAU SEBATIK TENGAH

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Imam Suprabowo ◽  
Nurasyikin
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Self Control

ABSTRAK Kehamilan diluar nikah tentunya menimbulkan banyak permasalahan terlebih kepada seorang remaja. Kehamilan yang dialami seorang remaja tersebut biasanya merupakan pengalaman pertama bagi dirinya sehingga banyak hal belum dipahaminya. Perasaan cemas akan muncul sebagaimana remaja tersebut takut untuk menghadapi segala setuasi selanjutnya yang bakal terjadi, selama kehamilan, persalinan bahkan setelah persalinan perasaan cemas itu tetap ada. Sehingga untuk mengatasi permasalahan remaja yang hamil diluar nikah tentunya membutuhkan strategi Coping agar seorang remaja tersebut bisa menghadapi kecemasa-kecemasan tersebut. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui strategi coping remaja hamil diluar nikah dalam menghadapi kecemasan pasca melahirkan di Desa Sungai Limau, Sebatik Tengah. Jenis penelitian adalah deskritif kualitatif menggunakan metode dan pengumpulan data berupa observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi serta menggunakan metode analisis data. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 8 remaja yang hamil diluar nikah pasca melahirkan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa remaja yang hamil diluar nikah menimbulkan kecemasan-kecemasan dimana kecemasan tersebut bersumber dari hami diluar nikah dan bagaimana ia menghadapi keadaan setelah melahirkan anak hamil diluar nikah. Jadi dari kecemasan tersebut subjek mengkombinasikan beberapa strategi coping. Strategi Coping yang digunakan subjek adalah Problem Focused Coping diarahkan pada pengurangan tuntutan pada situasi yang menekan atau memperluas sumbernya.; Confrontive Coping merupakan suatu usaha yang ditandai oleh sifat yang agresif untuk mengubah situasi, Planful Problem-Solving merupakan suatu menganalisa situasi yang menimbulkan masalah serta berusaha mencari solusi secara langsung terhadap masalah yang dihadapi, Seeking Social Support strategi suatu usaha yang ditandai dengan cara mencari nasehat,informasi atau dukungan emosional dari orang lain dan Emotion Focused Coping Strategi coping ini berfokus pada emosi seorang individu, sehingga strategi ini juga disebut strategi emosi atau kognitif yang mengubah cara pandang seorang individu terhadap situasi yang menekan.; Distansing suatu usahan yang mengeluarkan upaya kognitif untuk melepaskan diri dari masalah, Self-Control strategi individu mencoba untuk mengatur perasaan diri sendiri, Accepting Responsibility strategi individu yang menerima dirinya memiliki peran dalam masalah yang dihadapi, Positif Reappraisal bereaksi dengan menciptakan makna positif yang bertujuan untuk mengembangkan diri dalam hal-hal yang religious, Escape Avoidance menghindari terhadap masalah yang dialaminya.. Kata kunci: Remaja, Hamil diluar Nikah, Kecemasan,Strategi Coping

Coping Behavior of Women with Cancer (Case of Patients with Breast Cancer)

2021 ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
D.A. Tsiring ◽  
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I.N. Pakhomova ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Cancer Case ◽  
Malignant Neoplasms ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Age Related

The problem of survival and effectiveness of treatment for cancer is an urgent and socially significant task of modern science. Today, medicine is focused on improving the survival rate of patients with malignant neoplasms, increasing their life expectancy, and maintaining the life quality of this category of patients. Support for cancer patients is a priority in medical and psychological research, in which it is particularly important to identify the prerequisites of the disease, survival factors and psychological resources for adaptation to the disease. Breast cancer is accompanied by strong emotional stress, has a psychotraumatic effect on the patient and affects many aspects of life. The role of coping with the diagnosis, as well as with the stress caused by a long treatment process, is currently insufficiently studied. In this regard, the purpose of this work was to study coping behavior in women with breast cancer for a period of up to six months after diagnosis. It was a longitudinal study that last for three years. This article reflects the results of the first section of our study. We have found that women with breast cancer tend to suppress emotional responses and control their own experiences. When studying the age-related features of coping behavior, we found that 30-to 40-year-old women are more likely to use avoiding, social and confrontational coping than older women. Married women prefer to look for positive aspects in the current difficult life conditions, rather than unmarried. Coping behavior of women who have a job differs from coping behavior of women who have no job. The former are more likely to use such strategies as Confrontational coping, Search for social support, Escape-avoidance, Planning a solution to the problem. In addition, we found that the level of education is associated with the choice of coping strategies. For example, women with higher education tend to plan for resolving difficulties, maintain self-control, seek conditional benefits from the current situation, and are more likely to seek social support than women with secondary vocational education. The study of coping behavior in women with breast cancer as part of a longitudinal study reveals the specifics and dynamics of overcoming difficulties at the initial and subsequent stages of treatment. The identified differences will serve as the basis for creating a program for developing coping behavior and a program for psychological support of patients with cancer, as well as for further empirical study of other psychological factors of survival and disease course in patients with malignant neoplasms.

Coping Strategies and Anxiety in Italian Adolescents

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 835-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Nigro
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
Italian Adolescents

203 Italian adolescents completed an Italian modified version of the Amirkhan's Coping Strategy Indicator and the Italian version of the Spielberger, et al. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Three brief stories were presented to the subjects who were requested to put themselves in the protagonist's place and to indicate the extent to which they would use specific coping behaviors to deal with one of the three stressful events. Analysis of variance 3 × 2 (stressor by sex) showed effects due to the sex of the respondent on Seeking Social Support and to stressor on the subscales Problem Solving and Avoidance. A negative correlation was observed between scores on Trait Anxiety and Problem Solving and a positive one between scores on Trait Anxiety and Avoidance. Results seem to confirm the hypothesis that both situational antecedents and anxiety affect the choice of coping strategies. Further implications of finding were discussed.

scholarly journals Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a cross-sectional, correlational, descriptive study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽  
Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽  
Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale

Abstract Background For many nursing students, clinical training represents a stressful experience. The levels of stress and anxiety may vary during students’ educational training, depending on their ability to adopt behavioral strategies for coping with stress, and other factors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress, and the coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results The mean age of participants was 20.71 ± 3.89 years (range 18–46 years). Approximately half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Senior nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r = 0.463, p < .000) and also for trait anxiety (r = 0.718, p < .000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r = −.452, p < .01), self-criticism (r = .408 p < .01), wishful thinking (r = .459, p < .01), social support(r = −.220, p < .01), cognitive restructuring (r = −.375, p < .01), and social withdrawal (r = .388, p < .01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress, in addition there was a significant correlation with anxiety. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs to help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

scholarly journals Anxiety, Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Descriptive Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽  
Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽  
Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Background: Clinical training is recognized as being a stressful experience for many nursing students. The levels of stress and anxiety may increase or decrease during their educational training depending on coping behavior strategies and other factors. The objective of this was to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: Perceived Stress Scale; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho.Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71± 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). One half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean of Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Veteran nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r =-.452, p<.01), self-criticism(r =.408 p<.01), wishful thinking(r =.459, p<.01), social support(r =-.220, p<.01), cognitive restructuring(r =-.375, p<.01), and social withdrawal(r =.388, p<.01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring.Conclusions: Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress and the correlation with anxiety was significant. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs that could help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

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