scholarly journals Analysis of the styles of coping with stress in women in the preoperative period

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Szymoniak ◽  
Małgorzata Rychlicka ◽  
Małgorzata Zimny ◽  
Krystyna Czechowska ◽  
Regina Powirska-Swęd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Problem ◽  
Abdominal Cavity ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Preoperative Period ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
Surgical Gynecology ◽  
Task Oriented

AbstractIntroductionStress constitutes a serious social and health problem. At the beginning of the 21st century, it became a very common and popular topic in medicine. As such, it is important to conduct studies on the causes of preoperative stress and strategies of dealing with it, especially in a hospital environment. Our research results, alongside numerous other studies, show that the problem is still present.The aim of the study was to analyze the styles of coping with stress in women before surgeries using the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS).Materials and methodsThe study was conducted on 339 women admitted to a surgical gynecology clinic. A diagnostic survey with a questionnaire CISS was conducted.ResultsThe most dominant style of coping with stress is the avoidance-oriented style which is prevalent in 35.4% of respondents. The study shows that use of the avoidance-oriented style decreases with age (p = 0.007). Younger women try to avoid stress by socializing more frequently than older individuals. Less-educated women focus on avoiding stress more often (p = 0.017) than well-educated women who are more task-oriented (p = 0.011). Women with fewer past surgeries seek social contact to avoid stress more frequently (p = 0.019). Engaging in substitutive activities is more prevalent among women who underwent surgeries where the abdominal cavity is opened.Conclusions1. Gynecological surgeries are a source of stress and a great emotional burden for women. 2. Older, well-educated women show better skills in coping with preoperative stress. 3. Most respondents use the avoidance-oriented style.

scholarly journals Perception of Stress and Styles of Coping with It in Parents Giving Kangaroo Mother Care to Their Children during Hospitalization in NICU

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12694
Author(s):  
Barbara Zych ◽  
Witold Błaż ◽  
Ewa Dmoch-Gajzlerska ◽  
Katarzyna Kanadys ◽  
Anna Lewandowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Premature Baby ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Task Oriented

The experience of hospitalization of a newborn in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) may become distressing both for the baby and parent. The study aimed to assess the degree of parental stress and coping strategies in parents giving KMC to their babies hospitalized in NICU compared to the control group parents not giving KMC. The prospective observational study enrolled a cohort of 337 parents of premature babies hospitalized in NICU in 2016 in Eastern Poland. The Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations were used. The level of stress in parents giving KMC was defined as low or moderate. Analysis confirmed its greater presence in the group of parents initiating KMC late (2–3 weeks) compared to those starting this initiative in week 1 of a child’s life. An additional predictor of a higher level of stress in parents initiating KMC “late” was the hospital environment of a premature baby. Task oriented coping was the most common coping strategy in the study group. KMC and direct skin-to-skin contact of the parent with the baby was associated with a higher level of parental stress only initially and decreased with time and KMC frequency.

scholarly journals Coping with Stress and Pain in Hard and Soft Adventure Mountain Athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-172
Author(s):  
Piotr Próchniak
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Proactive Coping ◽  
Pain Coping ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Preventive Coping ◽  
The Future ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Behavioural Strategies

Several scales were used to assess the levels of coping with stress and pain of 97 Polish hard adventure mountain athletes (Mage = 30.50, SD = 9.45), who climb in winter using mountain ice axes, harnesses, hooks or ropes in high mountains, and 103 Polish soft adventure mountain athletes who summer hike in low mountains (Mage = 28.30, SD = 6.50). The results indicated significant differences between soft and hard adventure climbers in the ways climbers react to stress. The hard adventure climbing group had significantly higher means on the Preventive Coping, Proactive Coping, Task-Oriented Coping, Diverting Attention, Reinterpretation of Pain, Ignoring Pain, Coping Self-Statements and Behavioural Strategies than the soft adventure mountain athletes, but lower means on Emotion-Oriented Coping, Catastrophising and Praying/Hoping compared to the soft mountain athletes group. This study also examined the factor structure of the coping scales in the climbers’ samples. The results suggested that the coping scales contain the following three factors: Passive-Oriented Coping, Future-Oriented Coping and Appraisal-Oriented Coping. The extracted factors discriminate between soft and hard adventure mountain athletes. The hard adventure mountain athletes had significantly higher means on the Future-Oriented Coping and the Appraisal- Oriented Coping, and a lower mean on Passive-Oriented Coping than the soft mountain athletes group.

THE EFFECTS OF CLOTHING STYLE UPON THE REACTIONS OF A STRANGER

1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Judd ◽  
R. H. C. Bull ◽  
D. Gahagan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
Male Experimenter ◽  
Clothing Style ◽  
Market Researcher

Our reactions to a stranger can often be influenced by the clothes he wears. In this study a male experimenter, whilst posing as a market researcher, dressed either smartly or untidily. Style of dress was found to have a significant influence upon the number of agreements from both older and younger women to answer the interviewer's questions. Dress did not have a significant influence upon men and older individuals were more influenced by clothing than were the younger ones. The results of this study are believed to have implications for many kinds of interview settings.

Personality and temperamental determinants of styles of coping with stress in male and female football players

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Magdalena Naczk-Musiał
Keyword(s):  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Avoidance Coping ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Third ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
Task Oriented

The aim of this paper was to determine the patterns of personality and temperament conditions for coping with stress in football players. The study examined 252 people (168 men, 84 women, the average age was 24.09 years). The athletes were representatives of the Ekstraklasa, and the I and II football Liga. They formed 3 groups: the fi rst group comprised men from the Ekstraklasa, the second - men from the II Liga and the third - women from the Ekstraklasa and the I Liga. The research made use of the following tools: NEO- FFI Personality Inventory in the Polish adaptation by Zawadzki et al. (1998), FCB - TI Temperament Questionnaire (1997), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) by Endler and Parker, in the Polish adaptation by Strelau et al. (2007). Analysis of the results showed that agreeableness (AG), conscientiousness (CS) and perseverance (PE) proved to be important predictors of the task-oriented coping (TOC). Emotion-oriented coping (EOC) is conditioned by: neuroticism (NEU), agreeableness (AG), conscientiousness (CS) and perseverance (PE). In the case of avoidance coping (AOC), extraversion (E) and activity (A) turned out to be important predictors. However, the style of coping oriented towards engagement in substitute activities (involving in substitute activities - ISA) is conditioned by: neuroticism (NEU) and extraversion (E). Extraversion is also the predictor of dealing with stress oriented towards searching for social contacts (social contacts seeking – SCS).

Long-Term Mental Health Disability: Going to the Consumers to Assess Need in the Community

1986 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 357-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Orford
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problem ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Significant Measure ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
At Home

This research paper demonstrates the steps involved in setting up and carrying out a small descriptive survey of families where there is a person with a long-term mental health problem. The aim was to assess clients' needs for occupation and accommodation and to compare their responses with those of their carers. The results showed that clients themselves most frequently expressed a need for more social contact with others and that there was a significant measure of agreement with their carers in this area. Most carers but not clients, however, also expressed a need for clients to find new interests and a place of refuge when things get difficult at home.

scholarly journals Coping styles and aggressiveness in adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Łodygowska ◽  
Natalia Hendzelewska ◽  
Martyna Tyl
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Constructive Methods ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Introduction: Aggressiveness and aggression are important factors contributing to the functioning of young people and their adaptation to the environment. Despite numerous studies on aggression, there are actually no studies on methods of coping with stress among aggressive adolescents. Therefore, the aim of the presented research was to verify whether adolescents with different levels of aggressiveness/aggression reveal different tendencies in the use of styles of coping with stress.Materials and methods: We studied 135 adolescents (aged 16–18), using: 1) the Psychological Inventory of Aggression Syndrome (IPSA) by Gas – enabling identification of three main dimensions of aggression: S – self-aggression, U – internal aggression, and Z – external aggression; and 2) the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) by Endler and Parker, in the Polish adaptation by Strelau et al.Results: Based on their level of aggression, the participants were divided into three groups. Compared to their more aggressive peers, in stressful situations, adolescents scoring low on S, U, and Z significantly more frequently use task-oriented and significantly less frequently use emotion- and avoidance-oriented coping styles. There is a link between the level of aggressiveness/ aggression and the tendency to prefer emotion-focused coping and avoidance-oriented coping in the form of distraction, described as a tendency to engage in substitute activities.Conclusions: Elevated aggressiveness/aggression significantly limits the individual’s ability to use constructive methods of coping with stress.

scholarly journals Personal resources in coping with stress among paramedics part 2

2018 ◽  
Vol 187 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-104
Author(s):  
Marzena Netczuk-Gwozdziewicz
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Critical Situation ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
High Sense ◽  
Or Task

The purpose of this project was to determine the relationships between the sense of coherence and paramedics’ coping with stress styles. Owning such resources as high sense of coherence or task-oriented coping with stress style does not imply triggering them in encountering a critical situation. However, if triggered, they become an important variable acting as an intermediary between stressful events and coping. Two concepts serve as a theoretical basis: R. Lazarus’ transactional theory of stress and Antonovsky’s salutogenic theory.

Decision making and mental health across adulthood during social distancing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendra Leigh Seaman ◽  
Eric Juarez ◽  
Addison Troutman ◽  
Joanna Salerno ◽  
Silvia Samanez-Larkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Temporal Discounting ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Social Distancing

Covid-19-related social-distancing measures have dramatically limited physical social contact between individuals of all ages. We wondered how these new societal conditions would impact the choices of individuals of different ages and if social distancing measures would have a differential emotional impact on older individuals. Early media reports suggested that older adults were more likely to ignore social distancing guidelines. We conducted two online studies to examine temporal discounting of monetary, health, and social rewards, COVID-19 beliefs, social distancing behaviors, and mental health symptoms. We used the initial study (N = 233) to form our hypotheses about social distancing behaviors and we ran the second, pre-registered study (N = 243) to determine if these relationships replicated. We found that although older adults were more likely to prefer smaller, sooner (i.e., temporal discount) social and health-related rewards in decision-making tasks, there were no adult age differences in social distancing behavior. The increased motivation for immediate social contact in older age appears to be balanced by a similarly increased motivation for physical health. Although older adults reported being more likely to contract Covid-19 and experience more severe health consequences, they experienced fewer overall Covid-19-related mental health symptoms compared to younger adults. These data contradict media anecdotes and suggest that older adults are not only similarly compliant with distancing guidelines, but also are faring relatively better emotionally during the pandemic while overall mental health issues are higher than normal in the population.

Sense of efficiency and helplessness, fear and styles of coping with stress in adolescents practicing sports

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (86) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Joanna Basiaga-Pasternak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Students ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Somatic Anxiety ◽  
Sense Of Efficacy ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
Task Oriented

Introduction. Sense of efficacy is one of the important predictors of an athlete's efficiency [1]. The aim of the study was to show whether there is a relationship between the level of sense of efficacy vs. the sense of helplessness in girls and boys undertaking sports and level of anxiety (cognitive and somatic) as well as the dominant styles of coping with stress. Procedures. The study comprised 222 individuals - students of sport high-schools from the Małopolskie and Śląskie voivodeships (108 girls, average age =17.52 years and 114 boys, average age =18.47 years). The Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and World AttitudesQuestionnaire [Kwestionariusz Nastawień Intrapersonalnych, Interpersonalnych i Nastawień wobec Świata (KNIIŚ)] created by Ewa Wysocka was used [2] - the "Sense of efficacy" and "Sense of helplessness" scale (version for high-school students); Endler and Parker's "Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS)" in the Polish adaptation by Szczepaniak, Strelau, Wrześniewski [3] and "Reactions to Competition" by Smith, Smoll, Schutz in the Polish adaptation by Krawczyński, were also implemented [4]. Results. It has been shown in the research that respondents are dominated by a sense of efficacy over helplessness, a task-oriented style of coping with stress, and somatic fear before a start. In addition, it was found that there is a relationship between sense of efficacy and sense of helplessness with somatic anxiety that is moderated by sex, as well as a relationship between the sense of helplessness and the level of distraction, and a relationship between the sense of helplessness and the level of worrying that is also moderated by gender. Also observed was a correlation between the style of coping consisting in seeking social contacts with sense of helplessness among the surveyed girls. Conclusions. A practical postulate arises regarding strengthening sense of efficacy, especially among female competitors.

scholarly journals A Cognitive-Based Board Game With Augmented Reality for Older Adults: Development and Usability Study

10.2196/22007 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. e22007
Author(s):  
Yen-Fu Chen ◽  
Sylvia Janicki
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Game Design ◽  
User Study ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Augmented Reality Technology ◽  
Task Oriented

Background Older adults in Taiwan are advised to adopt regular physical and social activities for the maintenance of their cognitive and physical health. Games offer a means of engaging older individuals in these activities. For this study, a collaborative cognitive-based board game, Nostalgic Seekers, was designed and developed with augmented reality technology to support cognitive engagement in older adults. Objective A user study of the board game was conducted to understand how the game facilitates communication, problem solving, and emotional response in older players and whether augmented reality is a suitable technology in game design for these players. Methods A total of 23 participants aged 50 to 59 years were recruited to play and evaluate the game. In each session, participants’ interactions were observed and recorded, then analyzed through Bales’ interaction process analysis. Following each session, participants were interviewed to provide feedback on their experience. Results The quantitative analysis results showed that the participants engaged in task-oriented communication more frequently than social-emotional communication during the game. In particular, there was a high number of answers relative to questions. The analysis also showed a significant positive correlation between task-oriented acts and the game score. Qualitative analysis indicated that participants found the experience of playing the game enjoyable, nostalgic objects triggered positive emotional responses, and augmented reality technology was widely accepted by participants and provided effective engagement in the game. Conclusions Nostalgic Seekers provided cognitive exercise and social engagement to players and demonstrated the positive potential of integrating augmented reality technology into cognitive-based games for older adults. Future game designs could explore strategies for regular and continuous engagement.

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