Turkish Validation of the Emotional Approach Coping Scale

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mithat Durak ◽  
Emre Senol-Durak
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Approach Coping ◽  
Emotional Approach Coping ◽  
Turkish Validation ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Emotional Approach

The Emotional Approach Coping Scale is frequently used to assess coping, which consists of emotional processing and emotional expression. The present aim was to examine the psychometric properties of this scale by utilizing two independent samples: university students ( n = 481) and community members ( n = 284). Based on goodness-of-fit indices in confirmatory factor analysis, a two-factor model yielded significant findings in these samples. The results of multigroup analysis revealed that the theoretical structure of the dispositional Emotional Approach Coping Scale was the same for men and women. In addition to sufficient internal consistency and test-retest reliability, the relationships between the Emotional Approach Coping Scale and five conceptually related measures (coping styles, positive affect, negative affect, depression, and trait anxiety) demonstrated concurrent validity. Furthermore, the present study provides a map of emotional approach coping styles in a non-Western culture.

Coping through Emotional Approach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia I. Moreno ◽  
Joshua F. Wiley ◽  
Annette L. Stanton
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Approach Coping ◽  
Emotional Approach Coping ◽  
Core Components ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Emotional Approach

Emotional approach coping (EAC) is a construct encompassing the intentional use of emotional processing and expression to manage adverse circumstances. Emotional processing is defined by attempts to acknowledge, explore, and understand one’s emotions, and emotional expression is defined by verbal/nonverbal efforts to communicate one’s emotional experience. Research demonstrates that EAC enhances adjustment to stressors, including infertility, sexual assault, diabetes, and cancer. In particular, findings suggest that EAC is most beneficial in response to uncontrollable stressors and in the context of receptive social environments. Although emotional processing and expression are core components of many clinical approaches, measurement of EAC within intervention studies is limited. Further study of the pathways by which EAC confers benefit also is needed. An improved understanding of who benefits from EAC in which contexts and how these benefits accrue will require continued integration of findings from stress and coping research, emotion science, and clinical studies.

scholarly journals Metacognitive Beliefs, Positive States of Mind, and Emotional Approach Coping as the Predictors of Medical Compliance in Patients with Cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soodabeh Bassak Nejad ◽  
Asieyeh Kargar ◽  
Najmeh Hamid ◽  
Sassan Razmjoo
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
States Of Mind ◽  
Approach Coping ◽  
Emotional Approach Coping ◽  
Metacognitive Beliefs ◽  
Adherence Scale ◽  
Medical Compliance ◽  
Emotional Approach

Background: Medical compliance plays an essential role in the control of cancer and psychological factors such as metacognitive beliefs, positive psychology, and coping styles which are among the predictors of medical compliance. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine how much metacognitive beliefs, positive states of mind, and emotional approach coping can predict medical compliance in patients with breast cancer. Methods: This was a descriptive correlational study. By available sampling method, 154 women with breast cancer who were medically treated and had inclusion criteria, responded to the Morisky Medication Adherence scale (MMAS), Metacognitive Beliefs questionnaire (MCBQ), Positive states of mind (PSOM) scale, and emotional approach coping (EAC) scale. Stepwise multiple regression analysis by SPSS statistics version 24 was applied for data analysis. Results: There was a significant correlation between positive states of mind and metacognitive beliefs and between emotional approach coping with medical compliance (P < 0.05). Positive states of mind and metacognitive beliefs were the best predictors of medical compliance (P < 0.001), while the emotional approach coping could not predict medical compliance. Results also showed that positive states of mind (β = 0. 51) have the greatest predictive power to medical compliance, and the variable of emotional approach coping is not effective in predicting. Conclusions: Research findings suggest that positive states of mind and orientation toward metacognitive beliefs can control anxiety among patients and predict medical compliance in patients with breast cancer but research about emotional approach coping needs to more investigation.

scholarly journals Emotion regulation in patients with rheumatic diseases: validity and responsiveness of the Emotional Approach Coping Scale (EAC)

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi A Zangi ◽  
Andrew Garratt ◽  
Kåre Birger Hagen ◽  
Annette L Stanton ◽  
Petter Mowinckel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Rheumatic Diseases ◽  
Approach Coping ◽  
Emotional Approach Coping ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Emotional Approach

Maladaptive and Adaptive Cognitions About the Self and Others: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Brief Core Schemas Scales

2022 ◽  
pp. 003329412110636
Author(s):  
Bruno Faustino
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
Dysfunctional Cognitions ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The presence of dysfunctional cognitions about how individuals see themselves and others is a hallmark of psychopathology. The Brief Core Schemas Scale (BCSS) was developed to evaluate adaptive and dysfunctional beliefs about the self and others. This study describes the first psychometric analysis of the BCSS in the Portuguese population. Participants were recruited from community ( N = 320, Mage=27.31, DP = 12.75). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to confirm the BCSS factorial structure. Four-factor model revealed moderate to adequate goodness-of-fit indices (χ2/df = 717.1, (246) p = .01; SRMR = .044; RMSEA = .077; CFI/TLI < .90). Negative views of the self and others correlated positively with early maladaptive schemas, distress, and symptomatology and correlated negatively with psychological well-being. An inversed correlational pattern was found with the positive views of the self and others. Despite the model's moderate adherence to the data, results suggest that the BCSS may be an asset in the assessment of dysfunctional and adaptive cognitions about the self and others. Further analysis is required to deepen the psychometric properties of the BCSS in the Portuguese population.

Coping Through Emotional Approach: Emerging Evidence for the Utility of Processing and Expressing Emotions in Responding to Stressors

2009 ◽  
pp. 224-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette L. Stanton ◽  
Sarah J. Sullivan ◽  
Jennifer L. Austenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Cognitive Appraisals ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Approach Coping ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Intervention Trials ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Emotional Approach

Emotional approach coping (EAC) is a construct encompassing the intentional use of emotional processing and emotional expression in efforts to manage adverse circumstances. The construct was developed in an attempt to reconcile a discrepancy between the empirical coping literature, in which an association between the use of emotion-focused coping and maladjustment often is reported, and literature in other areas describing the adaptive roles of emotional processing and expression. At least two significant limitations in the way emotion-focused coping has been operationalized help explain this discrepancy: widely disparate coping strategies, both approach-oriented and avoidance-oriented, are designated as emotion-focused coping in the literature, and some emotion-focused coping items in published measures are confounded with expressions of distress or self-deprecation. To address these problems in measurement, the EAC scale was developed. The measure includes two correlated but distinct subscales: Emotional Processing (i.e., attempts to acknowledge, explore, and understand emotions) and Emotional Expression (i.e., verbal and/or nonverbal efforts to communicate or symbolize emotional experience). Recent research using this psychometrically sound measure has provided evidence that EAC enhances adjustment to stressors including infertility, sexual assault, and breast cancer. The findings are not uniform, however, and further study of moderators such as the interpersonal context, the nature of the stressor, cognitive appraisals of the stressor, and individual differences is needed, along with additional study of mechanisms for the effects of EAC. Although emotional processing and expression are core components of many clinical approaches, specific measurement of EAC thus far has been limited to only a few clinical intervention trials. An understanding of who benefits from EAC in which contexts and how these benefits accrue will require continued integration of findings from stress and coping research, emotion science, and clinical studies.

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