scholarly journals Theories of a Stress-Coping Behavior: Searching for Neurocognitive Mechanisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-79
Author(s):  
Nina Yarosh ◽  
Nataliia Mateiko ◽  
Myroslav Savchyn ◽  
Mariia Zamishchak ◽  
Svitlana Zabolotska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Behavior Strategies ◽  
The Individual

The article proves that the main form of overcoming stress is coping behavior, which is understood as a purposeful social and neurophysiologically determined behavior that allows a person to cope with stress in ways that meet the characteristics of the individual and the situation. Coping behavior is considered a synonym for stress-coping behavior, which is expressed in the use of coping strategies by the individual. Personal characteristics and situational factors determine the choice of coping behavior strategies. The article aims to resolve the contradictions of multimodal approaches to the problem in question in the post-Soviet countries and group theories that include not only external social but also neurophysiological factors. The article shows that the choice of coping strategies mostly depends on personal and neurophysiological factors. These include neurophysiological reflexive or instinctive and higher ones: adequate self-concept, positive self-esteem, personality anxiety, cognitive style, and energy resources, which include endurance and temperament characteristics, intelligence, creativity, and locus of personality control. Overcoming a stressful situation is impossible without cognitive "processing," which becomes available through reflection. The influence of reflection on the choice of coping strategy of the individual is that reflective individuals choose more adaptive and effective strategies. The international relevance of the article lies in discovering neuroscientific aspects of the problem in question in the post-Soviet countries, which will allow these countries to contribute to the global scientific interdisciplinary discourse.

Features of coping behavior at students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (100) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
A. Zmaga ◽  
◽  
I. Martyniuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Psychological Determinants ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Behavior Strategies ◽  
Student Age ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Emotional Balance

The article deals with the theoretical and methodological basis of the study of coping strategies in the student age. It is noted that the importance of coping behavior is to solve the following important tasks in stressful situations: to find the meaning of the situation, to confront the stressor, to maintain relations with those who could be a potential helper in solving the crisis, to maintain emotional balance, to maintain the image of self,social identity and self-belief. Emphasis is placed on the following coping behavior strategies: solving a problem, managing one’s emotions, avoiding a stressful situation. It is noted that the most responsive strategy is to solve the problem. The assumption is made that there is a relationship between the psychological characteristics of the personality structure and the person’s choice of a strategy for behavior in the stress. Such characteristics can be features of thinking (criticality and flexibility), organizational and communication skills, personal readiness to act in situations of uncertainty, readiness to resolve conflicts. It is argued that the choice of coping strategies and their implementation are filled with age-related psychological personality traits. Respectively, in the student-age determinants of coping behavior may be specific internal characteristics of the individual, which are important for the purposeful learning of students adaptive, effective coping. An empirical study of psychological determinants of coping strategies in a student environment is highlighted.

Psychological Features of Manifestation of Coping-Resources of Schoolteachers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Nechytailo ◽  
Halyna Fesun ◽  
Tetiana Kanivets ◽  
Alla Simak
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Stress Resistance ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Individual

The article is devoted to the psychological peculiarities of the manifestation of coping-resources of educators. The teaching profession belongs to the category of professions especially vulnerable to stress, since the teacher has to solve various professional tasks in the absence of time and information, constant open contact with people, which entails considerable emotional energy. The professional activity of a modern teacher requires constant and maximum mobilization of their personal resources. Maintaining or enhancing a person's stress resistance is associated with finding and using resources well enough to help the educator overcome the negative effects of stressful situations. The article reveals such characteristics of personality and social environment that facilitate or make possible adaptation to life stresses, promotes the development of a means of overcoming it, and increases stress resistance. These personal structures help a person cope with threatening circumstances and facilitate adaptation. The author analyzes the scientific and psychological approaches to understand personal resources, determinants of the choice of coping-strategies, and the influence of the characteristics of professional activity on the behavior of the individual. Questions about structure, functions, and types of coping behavior are raised. According to the majority of modern researchers, the generalized classification of the methods of mastering stressful circumstances is analyzed: coping aimed at evaluation; problem-oriented coping; coping aimed at emotions. Also presented were the most up-to-date and most modern models of coping resources, which can be viewed from different angles to look at the choice of coping-resources by the personality of the teacher, taking into account the conditions of his professional activity. The organization and methods of conducted research of the features of manifestation of coping-resources in teachers are described. The presented quantitative and qualitative results are disclosed according to the stages of the study. In particular, the analysis of teacher’s coping-strategies depending on the level of emotional burnout, ways of overcoming difficult life situations, as well as the methods of coping-behavior of the respondents. Relationships between teachers' coping-resources and emotional and mental stress as well as the monotony of professional activities are also identified. Adaptive and non-adaptive coping behaviors are differentiated in terms of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral coping strategies are analyzed separately. Based on the theoretical analysis of the scientific literature and empirical research, the author substantiates the relevant conclusions and recommendations for school educators on the effective use of their own coping resources.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies of Healthcare Workers in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-83
Author(s):  
T.V. Doronina ◽  
A.E. Okulova ◽  
E.V. Arcishevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Behavior Strategies

In 2020, the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical workers who are fighting for the lives and health of patients in the "red zones" were on the front line in this struggle. The huge level of responsibility, the increasing duration of shifts, difficult working conditions, fears for their health and the health of their loved ones, and many other factors determined the fact that doctors themselves began to need support for their physical and psychological well-being. The purpose of our work was to study the level of perceived stress in the context of the features of coping strategies in medical professionals with different practical experience (students, practicing doctors) in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The total number of study participants was 59 people, including 35 experienced medical workers aged 33 to 72 years (M=47,88; SD=9,44) and 24 medical students aged 20 to 29 years (M=24,16; SD=3,21) without professional experience, but who voluntarily went to work in the "red zones" during the pandemic. As a result of the study, data were obtained on high levels of perceived stress and overstrain by medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is especially pronounced in students. The differences between experienced doctors and medical students were revealed according to the criterion of their preference for certain coping strategies, namely, the predominance of "Escape–avoidance" coping among students. The connection of dominant coping behavior strategies with the level of perceived stress is also established: students who resort to confrontational coping experience a higher level of perceived stress, and a decrease in their level of overexertion is associated with a greater degree of self-control strategy. Experienced doctors do not have both of these connections.

scholarly journals EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PERSONAL DETERMINANTS OF THE CHOICE OF COPING STRATEGIES OF SERVICEMEN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Yarmolchyk
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Modern Psychology ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Units

Today, the activities of military units become especially important in conditions of instability in the country. Consequently, the study of the psychological characteristics of such people becomes expedient. Modern types of combat are requirements that often exceed the capabilities and resources of the military. This, in turn, creates a need for a special type of personality - stable, socially active, with a high level of self-regulation and the ability to withstand pressure from adverse factors [9].In modern psychology, the individual way in which a person can cope with a complex, crisis situation is determined by the concept of coping behavior. The study of this concept is especially relevant for persons working in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Coping is a strategy of behavior in complex stressful situations, which is chosen by servicemen to deal with stress. This is a kind of response of the psyche, which is an adaptive mechanism at the time of negative impact. The choice of coping strategies is determined by a number of personality traits that determine the dominant pattern of behavior of a particular serviceman during decompression.

scholarly journals Importance of Gymnasium Students’ Anxiety, Identity Style and Stress Coping Strategies for Examination Stress Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Ruta Mazilauskaite
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Identity Style ◽  
Normative Identity ◽  
Stress Coping Strategies ◽  
Examination Stress ◽  
High Level

Examinations and their results often become perhaps the biggest challenge in young person’s life, which is associated with the course of later life. For this reason, a high level of stress is observed, which is maintained by both personal and situational factors. In this context, the objective of this study is to identify the links between the experienced anxiety, identity style, examinations stress and its coping strategies of the gymnasium students. The study involved 175 gymnasium students in grades 10 to 12. Of these, 109 were girls (62.3%) and 66 were boys (37.7%), aged 16 to 19 years of age (M = 17.27, SD = 0.92). Gymnasium students were given a questionnaire based on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, 1970), Identity Style Inventory Version 5 (ISI-5) (Berzonsky, Soenens, Luyckx, Smits, Papini, Goossens, 2013), the Stress Coping Questionnaire (Grakauskas, Valickas, 2006), and the Examination Stress Scale for Adolescent Students (Sung, Chao, 2014). It was found that the more frequent experience of stress in gymnasium students examinations was predicted by stronger trait and state anxiety, more frequent choice of informational, normative identity processing style and more frequent use of avoidance strategy in experiencing stress.

Coping Style and Its Role in Coping with Stressful Encounters

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 342-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Heszen-Niejodek
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Situational Factor ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Somatic Illness ◽  
The Individual

Early stress research tended to focus on the situational determinants of coping behavior, overlooking individual differences in responses. In this article an interactional approach to the description and explanation of coping with stress is suggested. It is presumed that coping behavior, like other forms of human behavior, depends on an interaction between situational and individual factors. From among individual factors, coping style is selected as a dispositional variable which indirectly determines coping behavior. This is defined as a repertoire of strategies available to cope with stressful encounters that are specific for an individual. A “trait-state” distinction is made between coping style as a disposition and actual coping behavior, a process composed of activated coping strategies. The attitude towards information concerning the stressful event is assumed to be the basic property of the individual coping style. Of the situational factors, controllability is regarded as a variable of special importance for coping behavior, because in controllable situations information processing concerning the stressor is adaptive, while in uncontrollable situations it has a little value. Two studies on coping with somatic illness, conducted by the author and her coworkers, are presented as examples of applying the interactional approach in research on coping with stress. In the second, more comprehensive and longitudinal study, 259 patients participated. Their coping style was evaluated using an adaptation of the MBSS. They represented illnesses differing in controllability. Results have confirmed the superiority of the interactional approach, compared with an approach including only the situational factor, in the explanation of coping behavior.

scholarly journals Theoretical Model of Personality’s Readiness for Self-development Formation

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
V. L. Blinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Community Sample ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Dominant Strategy ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Correlative Analysis ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Behavior Strategies

In this work the author discusses results of theoretical and empirical research on readiness for self-development, and on viability in connection with coping-strategies characteristics and protective behavior strategies. The author’s model of personality’s readiness for self-development is presented. The research was made on the student community sample collected from the students of Pedagogical Institute of Kazan Federal University (n = 188). Complex of methods was applied: «Readiness for self-development» test by V. L. Pavlov, «Coping with difficult life situations» questionnaire by D. A. Leontiev and E. I. Rasskazova, «Ego-protection» questionnaire by Plutchik, Kellerman, Conte, «WCQ questionnaire», «Dominant strategy of psychological protection» test by A. Mehrabian, methods of comparative and correlative analysis allowed pointing out structural organization of readiness to self-development: productive strategies of coping behavior, personal characteristics and resources. Applied aspect of the problem under study can by actualized in counseling practice of psychological services, and also in development of programs for overcoming self-development barriers in the students with low intensity of readiness for this process.

scholarly journals COVID-19: PSYCHOLOGICAL TIPS FOR ALL

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveed Shibli ◽  
Tariq Rashid ◽  
Ali Sher
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Severe Stress ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Individual Potential ◽  
The Individual

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE:  The world is facing a COVID-19 pandemic. The cure for the disease is yet to be established. This situation has created a severe stress-producing challenge for humankind.  It has been reported in few studies that human health and adaptability are dependent on and are related to hope level. How this connection could help humanity to face the COVID-19 challenge was the main focus of the present work. METHODOLOGY: A library research was conducted to explore the individual potential to increase 'hope’ and to evolve specialized instructions (tips) that could help to improve pandemic stress coping: It was convincing that increase in level of hope with due watchfulness is possible, that could contribute towards improving coping in the prevailing challenging, stressful situation. RESULTS: To exercise ‘tips’ to improve hope was found psychologically possible. It was also convincing that ‘tips’ by improving the ‘hope’ level would add to the surviving spirit and subsequent coping. CONCLUSION: Exercising ‘tips’ would improve pandemic stress coping.

scholarly journals The adaptive potential of the family as a factor of radicalization of the individual

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.А. Жемчугова
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Family System ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Adaptive Potential ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Поскольку профилактика приверженности личности тем или иным радикальным идеологиям является одним из приоритетных направлений общественного развития на уровне фундаментальных исследований важно определить ее закономерности и факторы. В данной статье представлены результаты анализа взаимосвязи способности семей лиц, подвергшихся влиянию идеологий терроризма и экстремизма, к адаптации в изменяющихся условиях реальности, устойчивости, гибкости и сплоченности семейной системы со способностью личности использовать наиболее эффективные стратегии совладающего поведения, следовательно, успешно преодолевать кризисные ситуации, социализироваться и противостоять воздействию радикальных идеологий. Приведены результаты анализа литературных источников, затрагивающих проблему влияния адаптационного потенциала семьи на формирование личности террориста и экстремиста. С помощью регрессионного анализа определена степень влияния адаптационного потенциала родительской семьи на то, какие способы функционирования избирает личность в нынешней семье. Представленные результаты позволяют определить ведущие стратегии социально-психологического сопровождения лиц, подверженных влиянию радикальных идеологий. Since the prevention of a person's adherence to certain radical ideologies is one of the priority directions of social development at the level of fundamental research, it is important to determine its patterns and factors. This article presents the results of the analysis of the relationship between the ability of families of people who have been influenced by the ideologies of terrorism and extremism to adapt to changing conditions of reality, stability, flexibility and cohesion of the family system with the ability of the individual to use the most effective strategies of coping behavior, therefore, successfully overcome crisis situations, socialize and resist the influence of radical ideologies. The results of the analysis of literary sources concerning the problem of the influence of the adaptive potential of the family on the formation of the personality of a terrorist and an extremist are presented. With the help of regression analysis, the degree of influence of the adaptive potential of the parent family on what ways of functioning a person chooses in the current family is determined. The presented results allow us to determine the leading strategies of socio-psychological support of persons affected by radical ideologies.

scholarly journals Features of Coping Strategies among Teachers with Various Teaching Experience and Speciality

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-655
Author(s):  
Anastasia A. Kiseleva ◽  
Mikhail Y. Kuzmin ◽  
Vladimir V. Kozlov
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Behavior Strategies ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Additional Education

Introduction. The choice of coping behavior strategies is a factor in increasing the efficiency of professional activities of educators. Despite the large number of publications on this topic, there is a lack of research on teachers’ choice factors regarding coping strategies. The authors suggest that the choice of coping strategies is determined not only by the teaching experience, but also by the special subject a teacher has to teach. Materials and Methods. The methods, used in the study are the following: Ways of Coping by R. Lazarus and S. Folkman and Questionnaire by E. Heim. The survey group was 475 teaching employees with various lengths of teaching experience and teaching specialities. For statistical processing, MANOVA, the Kruskal-Wallis H-test, and the χ² criterion were used. Results. In the course of analysis of variance, it was found that the choice of preferred coping strategies depends not only on the length of teaching experience, but also on the speciality area taught. This refers to both specific strategies (Distancing, Self-control and Positive Revaluation) and productive, relatively productive and unproductive strategies in general. Based on the severity of coping behavior strategies, two groups of pedagogical workers were identified: with a more evident (preschool educators, psychologists and subject teachers) and less evident (primary school teachers and teachers of additional education) coping strategies. Discussion and Conclusion. The specificity of the choice of both productive and unproductive strategies for coping behavior is determined not only by the length of teaching experience, but also by the specialization taught. The authors have highlighted coping strategies that are most typical for various groups of teaching staff. The results obtained can be useful for educational psychologists who provide psychological support for teams of educational organizations. The revealed specificity of coping behavior of teaching staff can serve as a basis for the development of preventive measures to offset professional burnout.

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