scholarly journals Workplace Violence: Effects on Job Performance and Coping Strategies among Physicians

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 126-131
Author(s):  
Ehab Abo-Ali ◽  
Hanaa Zayed ◽  
Salwa Atlam
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
And Coping

Relationship between Optimism and Coping Strategies in the Work Environment

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1179-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Strutton ◽  
James Lumpkin
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Coping Tactics

The work environment is often stressful; however, the specific coping strategies used by individuals to deal with such stress have received limited attention. While the benefits associated with optimism have long been touted, little insight has been developed regarding the mechanism(s) that may contribute to optimists' superior job performance. It is possible that optimism is associated with higher performance because it influences the coping strategies used by salespeople. This possibility was addressed in a cross-sectional study of 101 salespeople. Dispositionally optimistic salespersons were observed to rely more on problem-focused coping strategies, while pessimists engaged in emotion-focused coping. But the specific coping tactics that emerged and the extent to which these tactics were used differed substantially from those which research conducted in other, nonsales settings would have predicted.

Realizing Challenges and Guarding Against Threats: Interactive Effects of Regulatory Focus and Stress on Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 3011-3037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Byron ◽  
Suzanne J. Peterson ◽  
Zhen Zhang ◽  
Jeffery A. LePine
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Prevention Focus ◽  
Promotion Focus ◽  
Challenge Stress ◽  
Hindrance Stress ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Self-regulation seems crucial to understanding how employees perform under stress because employees must regulate their thoughts, feelings, and behavior to deal effectively with work stress. Integrating regulatory focus theory and the challenge–hindrance stressor framework, we theorized that the effects of regulatory focus on job performance would vary as a function of the level of stress employees experience. Specifically, we contend that employees are more efficacious and motivated (and thus perform better) when they have established goal and coping strategies that allow them to cope with the stress they face; those lacking in these strategies are likely to find the stress overwhelming and taxing (and perform worse). Using multisource data of 160 salespersons, we investigated this relationship with two measures of job performance. We found that challenge stress moderates the relationship between promotion focus and job performance: When challenge stress is high, promotion focus is positively related to job performance; when low, promotion focus is negatively or not significantly related to job performance. We also found that hindrance stress moderates the relationship between prevention focus and job performance: When hindrance stress is low, prevention focus is negatively related to job performance, but when high, prevention focus is positively related to job performance. Moreover, we find some support for three-way interactions suggesting that using mismatched goal and coping strategies is especially harmful. Our results explain performance differences in high-stress situations and highlight the important role of self-regulation when employees are in stressful conditions.

The Self-Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis (SEMS) Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 352-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Bonino ◽  
Federica Graziano ◽  
Martina Borghi ◽  
Davide Marengo ◽  
Giorgia Molinengo ◽  
...  
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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