Relationships Among Personality, Coping Style, and Negative Emotional Response in Earthquake Survivors

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhui Xiang ◽  
Ruifang Wang ◽  
Yiqi Jiang ◽  
Lei Mo
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Neo Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
The Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Response Group ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Earthquake Survivors

We investigated the relationships among the severity of negative emotional response, personality, and coping style of adults affected by the Wenchuan earthquake. Participants completed the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, the Coping Style Questionnaire, and the Mental Health Scale 2 weeks after the earthquake. Most survivors in the high negative emotion group suffered property damage, saw corpses, had relatives who were killed, or witnessed houses collapsing. Compared with the low negative emotional response group, the high negative emotional response group demonstrated more prominent openness to fantasy, excitement seeking, tender-mindedness, and openness to feelings, and less prominent gregariousness, compliance, competence, deliberation, and optimism. Further, people in the high negative emotional response group tended to use the coping styles of avoiding problems, fantasizing, self-blaming, and asking for help. The traits of openness to fantasy and optimism and the coping styles of problem avoidance and self-blame predicted whether individuals experienced high or low negative emotional response. These findings can help governing authorities to make a timely intervention after a natural disaster in order to reduce the effects of negative emotional response for earthquake survivors.

Quality of life and mood in patients with advanced cancer: Associations with prognostic understanding and coping style.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 76-76
Author(s):  
Ryan David Nipp ◽  
Areej El-Jawahri ◽  
William F. Pirl ◽  
Joel Fishbein ◽  
Samantha M.C. Moran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Cutoff Score ◽  
Cancer Type ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Gi Cancer ◽  
And Coping

76 Background: Patients’ prognostic understanding and coping styles influence their treatment decisions, but how these factors relate to their quality of life (QOL) and mood has not been well described. We sought to examine the associations of patients’ prognostic understanding and coping style with their QOL and mood. Methods: As part of an ongoing trial of early palliative care, we are assessing baseline QOL (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General), mood (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), coping (Brief Cope) and prognostic understanding in patients within 8 weeks of diagnosis of advanced lung or gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. To determine associations, we used linear and logistic regression, controlling for patients’ age, sex, cancer type and marital status. Results: Of 300 participants (mean age = 64.7 years; 138 (46%) female), 132 (44%) had GI cancer and 168 (56%) had lung cancer. Using cutoff score > 7 for the HADS, 61 (20%) and 85 (28%) reported depression and anxiety. 138 (49%) reported their prognosis as terminal. A terminal perception of prognosis was associated with lower QOL and higher rates of anxiety. Emotional support, acceptance, and active coping styles were associated with better QOL and mood. Denial and self blame were associated with worse QOL and mood. Conclusions: These data demonstrate that acknowledging a terminal prognosis may be associated with greater physical and psychological distress, or conversely, patients with worse QOL and mood may better appreciate the gravity of their illness. Certain coping styles (self blame and denial) are associated with lower QOL and higher distress. Understanding the relationships among patients’ prognostic awareness, coping styles, QOL and mood will allow us to develop more effective supportive care interventions. Clinical trial information: NCT01401907. [Table: see text]

Risk communication: The roles of message appeal and coping style

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 773-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikyoung Kim ◽  
Yoonhyeung Choi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Message Processing ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Emotional Appeals ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Message Appeals ◽  
And Coping

We examined the main effect of message appeal (emotional and logical) and coping style (monitors and blunters) and the interaction effect between the two on risk message processing outcomes. Participants were 74 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who read news stories about tornadoes, then rated their risk message processing outcomes. Results showed that emotional appeals led to a higher risk perception, probability of risk occurrence, and more accurate recognition memory than did logical appeals. Further, we found significant interaction effects between message appeal and coping style on risk perception. When message appeals were emotional, monitors perceived a higher risk and probability of risk occurrence than did blunters; however, when message appeals were logical, this difference between monitors and blunters disappeared. The findings suggest that (a) emotional appeals should be included in risk communication and (b) coping styles should be considered in effective risk communication.

scholarly journals The relationship between levels of resilience and coping styles in chiropractic students and perceived levels of stress and well-being

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley I. Innes
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The University ◽  
Chiropractic Students ◽  
The Relationship

Objective The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between chiropractic students' coping styles and levels of resilience with their physical injuries, perceived levels of stress, and well-being. Methods A questionnaire was distributed to the entire student body of the chiropractic program at Murdoch University, and gathered demographic variables and responses to the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Perceived Levels of Stress Scale, Everyday Feelings Questionnaire, and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations. Linear regression analysis was used to calculate for significant relationships. Results Of 244 students, 194 (81%) completed the surveys. Being female and not having recovered from an injury within 12 months was significantly associated with lower levels of well-being and higher levels of stress. Being female, possessing an increased use of an emotional-based coping style, and having lower levels of well-being were associated with higher levels of stress (R2 = 0.65, F(6,164) = 50.47, p < .001). Lower levels of well-being were associated with being female, higher perceived levels of stress, lower levels of resilience, and an increased use emotional coping styles (R2 = 0.64, F[6,164] = 49.5, p < .001). Conclusion It is possible to identify chiropractic students at the university who are at risk of experiencing low levels of well-being and high levels of stress. These students may benefit from interventions aimed at enhancing their coping style choices and increasing their resilience levels. Future studies are recommended to see if these findings are consistent across chiropractic programs nationally and internationally.

Social Support Outside the Workplace, Coping Styles, and Burnout in a Cohort of EMS Providers From Minnesota

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 414-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori L. Boland ◽  
Pamela J. Mink ◽  
Jonathan W. Kamrud ◽  
Jessica N. Jeruzal ◽  
Andrew C. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Occupational Burnout ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
Workforce Engagement ◽  
And Coping

Occupational burnout has been linked to the delivery of lower quality of care in some health care professions, including with turnover intentions and absenteeism in emergency medical services (EMS) workers. Thus, studies that identify factors associated with burnout may be integral to optimizing quality and workforce engagement among EMS professionals. A survey was conducted to assess social support outside the workplace, coping styles, and occupational burnout in a cohort of EMS providers from Minnesota. Surveys were returned by 217 providers (54% response), of which 167 had provided data on burnout, social support, and coping styles and were included in the analysis. The mean age was 41 years, 62% were male, and the prevalence of burnout was 17%. After adjustment for age and EMS tenure, the odds of burnout was higher among those characterized as socially isolated as compared with providers who were integrated socially or moderately integrated (odds ratio = 3.52; 95% confidence interval = [1.13, 10.98]). Common coping responses included planning, positive reframing, and active coping, while behavioral disengagement and denial were rarely used. Lack of social networks outside the workplace and frequent use of self-blame, food, or substance use as coping strategies were associated with burnout. Conversely, social integration and use of religion and instrumental support to cope with stressors were associated with reduced burnout.

The Influence of College Students' Coping Styles on Perceived Self-Efficacy in Managing Inferiority

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 949-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changxiu Shi ◽  
Xiaojun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
General Self Efficacy

We examined the influence of college students' coping styles on perceived self-efficacy, through the mediating effect of general self-efficacy, in managing inferiority. A sample of 206 college students completed a Coping Style Questionnaire, the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale of Chinese college students, and a general self-efficacy scale. The results showed the following: (a) there were significant correlations among the problem solving, self-blame, and fantasy coping styles, and general self-efficacy and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority; (b) the problem solving and self-blame coping styles indirectly predicted perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority by general self-efficacy, and general self-efficacy played a partial mediating role between the problem solving and self-blame coping styles and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority; and (c) gender played a moderating role between coping style and perceived self-efficacy in managing inferiority. The results are important for counseling to enhance regulatory emotional self-efficacy.

Risk Factors and Coping Style Affect Health Outcomes in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiung-Yu Huang ◽  
Hui-Ling Lai ◽  
Yung-Chuan Lu ◽  
Wen-Kuei Chen ◽  
Shu-Ching Chi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Duration Of Diabetes ◽  
And Coping

Objective: Most psychosocial interventions among individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) target depressive symptoms (DSs) rather than causal antecedents that lead to DSs or affect health-related quality of life (HrQoL). This research investigated a conceptual model of the effects of risk factors and coping styles on HrQoL and DSs in patients with T2DM. Method: A descriptive, correlational design was used with a convenience sample of 241 adults with T2DM aged ≥ 20 years recruited from a hospital metabolic outpatient department. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, the modified Ways of Coping Checklist, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, the Short Form 36 Health Survey, and physiological examination. HbA1C was collected from participants’ medical records. Structural equation modeling techniques were used to analyze relationships among risk factors, mediators, and HrQoL. Results: Younger age, more education, and longer duration of diabetes predicted better physical quality of life. Duration of diabetes and three coping styles predicted DSs. Longer duration of diabetes and lower fasting glucose predicted better mental quality of life. Three coping styles acted as mediators between risk factors and health, that is, active and minimizing styles promoted positive outcomes, while avoidance promoted negative outcomes. Conclusions: This integrated model provides a holistic picture of how risk factors and coping style influence HrQoL and DSs in individuals with T2DM. Nurses could use active coping strategies in cognitive behavioral therapy to enhance glycemic control in patients with T2DM.

scholarly journals The psychological distress and coping styles in the early stages of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic in the general mainland Chinese population: a web-based survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-yao Wang ◽  
Qian Xia ◽  
Zhen-zhen Xiong ◽  
Zhi-xiong Li ◽  
Wei-yi Xiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
General Population ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Epidemic Outbreak ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Negative Coping ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
And Coping

AbstractBackgroundAs the epidemic outbreak of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), general population may experience psychological distress. Evidence has suggested that negative coping styles may be related to subsequent mental illness. Therefore, we investigate the general population’s psychological distress and coping styles in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak.MethodsA cross-sectional battery of surveys was conducted from February 1-4, 2020. The Kessler 6 psychological distress scale, the simplified coping style questionnaire and a general information questionnaire were administered on-line to a convenience sample of 1599 in China. Spearman’s correlation was used to measure the correlations among category variables.ResultsGeneral population’s psychological distress were significant differences based on age, marriage, epidemic contact characteristics, concern with media reports, and perceived impacts of the epidemic outbreak (all p <0.001) except gender (p=0.316). Those with a history of visiting Wuhan and a history of epidemics occurring in the community, more concern with media reports, perceived more severe impacts and negative coping style had a higher level of psychological distress, which was significantly positively correlated with a history of visiting Wuhan (r=0.548, p<0.001), a history of epidemics occurring in the community (r=0.219, p<0.001), and concern with media reports (r=0.192, p<0.001). Coping styles were significantly different across all category variables (all p <0.001), and negatively correlated with other category variables (all p<0.01) except age and marriage. Psychological distress was significantly negatively correlated with the coping style (r=-0.573, p<0.01).ConclusionsIn the early stages of COVID-19, general population with epidemic contact characteristics, excessive concern with media reports, and perceived more severe impacts have higher levels of psychological distress. Psychological distress was significantly negatively correlated with the coping style. Interventions should be implemented early, especially for those population with a high level of psychological distress and/or with a negative coping style.

Differences in agency? How adolescents from 18 countries perceive and cope with their futures

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge Seiffge-Krenke ◽  
Malte Persike ◽  
Cecilia Chau ◽  
Leo B. Hendry ◽  
Marion Kloepp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Positive Orientation ◽  
Stress Perception ◽  
Developmental Context ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
Coping Competence ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
And Coping

This study investigated how N = 5,126 adolescents (mean age of 15 years) from 18 countries perceive and cope with future- and school-related stress. The adolescents completed the Problem Questionnaire (PQ), which assesses stress, and the Coping Across Situations Questionnaire (CASQ), which assesses three coping styles (reflection/support-seeking, emotional outlet, and withdrawal/denial). Across countries, adolescents reported considerably higher levels of future-related stress than school-related stress. The adolescents actively coped with stressors in both domains and seldom relied on emotional outlet or withdrawal/denial. A clustering of the countries according to socioeconomic criteria and geographical proximity demonstrated that adolescents from the continental group of countries showed low stress and high coping. Adolescents in the east/Asia group showed medium stress and low coping and those in the south group showed high stress and low coping. Developmental context was more strongly associated with stress perception and coping, style than age or gender, a finding relevant for prevention approaches aiming to endorse positive orientation to the future and improve coping competence.

The influencing factors and coping styles of mental health stress responses of stroke caregivers

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Zhe Liu ◽  
Malizia King
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND: For family caregivers, sudden stroke events and heavy caring works are stressful events. At present, controversies about the factors affecting caregivers’ stress response and their correlation with coping styles still exist. OBJECTIVE: To explore the influencing factors and coping styles of mental health stress responses of stroke caregivers and promote caregivers to adopt positive coping styles for diseases and caring works. METHODS: The convenience sampling method is used to select stroke caregivers as the research objects. The general information questionnaires, Relative Stress Scale (RSS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Social Support Rate Scale (SSRS), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) are utilized for investigation. RESULTS: 205 valid questionnaires are returned. Analysis suggests that the influential factors of mental health stress responses of stroke caregivers include the course of the disease, the impact of the disease on economic conditions, obligation to take care of other family members, understanding of stroke-associated diseases, and whether the patient is at risk. Social support and self-efficacy are negatively correlated with stress responses, while negative coping style is significantly positively correlated with stress responses. CONCLUSIONS: By increasing social support and self-efficacy, medical workers can guide stroke caregivers to take positive coping styles, thereby reducing their mental health stress responses.

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