Development of a Law Enforcement Stress and Coping Questionnaire

This paper describes the construction of a self-report checklist designed to examine experiences of stressful routine occupational events and life events, coping responses, and psychological distress among law enforcement officers. The checklist items were derived from existing scales and are designed to examine a cognitive phenomenological model of stress and coping and testing the goodness of fit hypothesis.

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Perceived Stress and Coping Among Law Enforcement Officers: an Empirical Analysis of Patrol Versus Non-patrol Officers in Illinois, USA

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology ◽

10.1007/s11896-019-09356-z ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 48-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Natalia Ermasova ◽

Ardis D. Cross ◽

Evgenia Ermasova

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Law Enforcement Officers ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Patrol Officers ◽

And Coping

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The Coping Scales From the German Stress and Coping Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000530 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 545-553 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Heike Eschenbeck ◽

Uwe Heim-Dreger ◽

Denise Kerkhoff ◽

Carl-Walter Kohlmann ◽

Arnold Lohaus ◽

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Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Self Report ◽

Partial Metric ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Language Version ◽

English Speaking ◽

And Coping

Abstract. The coping scales from the Stress and Coping Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (SSKJ 3–8; Lohaus, Eschenbeck, Kohlmann, & Klein-Heßling, 2018 ) are subscales of a theoretically based and empirically validated self-report instrument for assessing, originally in the German language, the five strategies of seeking social support, problem solving, avoidant coping, palliative emotion regulation, and anger-related emotion regulation. The present study examined factorial structure, measurement invariance, and internal consistency across five different language versions: English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. The original German version was compared to each language version separately. Participants were 5,271 children and adolescents recruited from primary and secondary schools from Germany ( n = 3,177), France ( n = 329), Russia ( n = 378), the Dominican Republic ( n = 243), Ukraine ( n = 437), and several English-speaking countries such as Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, and the USA (English-speaking sample: n = 707). For the five different language versions of the SSKJ 3–8 coping questionnaire, confirmatory factor analyses showed configural as well as metric and partial scalar invariance (French) or partial metric invariance (English, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian). Internal consistency coefficients of the coping scales were also acceptable to good. Significance of the results was discussed with special emphasis on cross-cultural research on individual differences in coping.

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The influence of family therapy on psychological stress and social adaptability of depressed patients

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-213503 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Qinghua Chen ◽

Wenqing Zhao ◽

Qun Li ◽

Harnof Sagi

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Family Therapy ◽

Psychological Stress ◽

Life Events ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Control Group ◽

Social Adaptability ◽

And Coping

BACKGROUND: with the increase of study and life pressure, the number of depressed college students showed an increasing trend year by year, and the drug treatment alone could not achieve a comprehensive recovery of depression patients, so it was more necessary to pay attention to the spiritual treatment. OBJECTIVE: this research aimed to better understand the relationship between college students’ depression and life events, social support, psychological pressure, and coping style, and the influence of systematic family therapy on depression degree, psychological stress, and social adaptability of college students with depression. METHODS: in this study, 105 college students with depression were selected as the research object, and healthy college students were taken as the control group. Through questionnaire, the differences in life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles between the groups were compared. The correlation between the degree of depression and various variables were analyzed, and the impact path of each variable on depression was analyzed using the path analysis model. Depression patients were then divided into a conventional group treating with conventional medications and an observation group treating with systematic family interventions. Differences in Hamilton Depression Scale-17, (HAMD-17), CPSS, and Social Adaptive Functioning Evaluation (SAFE) scores were compared and analyzed between the two groups before treatment (T1), during the treatment (T2), and after treatment(T3). RESULTS: there were significant differences in scores of life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles between the healthy control group and the depressed patients (P < 0.05). There was an obvious correlation between different depression degrees and life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles (P < 0.05). Life events, social support, and psychological stress had a direct and significant impact on depression (0.250, 0.218, and 0.392; P < 0.05), and they also had an indirect and significant impact on depression through coping styles (P < 0.05). The systematic family treatment model could significantly reduce HAMD-17 and CPSS scores (P < 0.05), and significantly improve SAFE scores (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: adverse life events, lack of social support, excessive psychological stress, and negative coping styles can aggravate college students’ depression. Systematic family therapy can improve the degree of depression, reduce the psychological stress, and enhance the social adaptability of college students with depression.

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The Coping Process: Cognitive Appraisals of Stress, Coping Strategies, and Coping Effectiveness

The Sport Psychologist ◽

10.1123/tsp.17.4.406 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 406-425 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Mi-Sook Kim ◽

Joan L. Duda

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Cognitive Appraisals ◽

Intercollegiate Athletes ◽

Coping Responses ◽

Coping Process ◽

Path Analyses ◽

Stress Coping Strategies ◽

And Coping

This study examined the effectiveness of the reported coping responses utilized by 318 U.S. and 404 Korean athletes based on the Outcome model (i.e., considers perceived immediate and long-term outcomes) and the Goodness-of-Fit model (i.e., considers the fit between situational appraisal and coping strategies employed). Intercollegiate athletes provided information regarding frequency of psychological difficulties experienced during competition, their perceived controllability over such difficulties, and the reported coping strategies utilized to counter this particular stressor. Recursive path analyses revealed that both Active/Problem-Focused and Avoidance/Withdrawal coping were deemed immediately effective during competition. Active/Problem-Focused and Avoidance/Withdrawal coping strategies were, respectively, positively and negatively associated with all three long-term variables. Results partially supported the Goodness-of-Fit model among both Korean and U.S. athletes.

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Early Infant Temperament and Maternal Expectations Related to Maternal Adaptation

International Journal of Behavioral Development ◽

10.1177/016502549001300204 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 199-214 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Berit Hagekull ◽

Gunilla Bohlin

Keyword(s):

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Interactive Effects ◽

Infant Temperament ◽

Role Satisfaction ◽

Early Infant ◽

Maternal Adaptation ◽

And Coping ◽

Maternal Expectations ◽

First Time

The contribution to an explanation of early maternal adaptation by mothers' expectations for child behaviour as compared to their descriptions of infant temperament was investigated within the framework of a goodness of fit model (Lerner & Lerner, 1983). Analyses were made separately for primiparas (n = 45) and multiparas (n = 74). Expectations and temperament were measured for the dimensions of regularity, approach-withdrawal and manageability with questionnaires completed at infant age 6 weeks (expectations) and 4 months (temperament). Data on maternal adaptation (role satisfaction, irritability, stress, and coping) were obtained in interviews shortly after the temperament questionnaire was completed and at infant age 10 months (role satisfaction). The results showed that descriptions of actual temperament were more predictive of adaptational experiences than were mothers' expectations. Infant temperament, especially the dimensions of manageability and regularity, was more important for multiparous mothers than for first-time mothers. The interactive effects predicted from the good-ness of fit model were not found. The results were discussed from the perspective of the different situations prevailing for first-time and multiparous mothers.

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RISK PERCEPTION, STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN TWO CATASTROPHE RISK SITUATIONS

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2003.31.1.61 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Esperanza López-Vázquez ◽

Maria Luisa Marván

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Important Variable ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Stress Reactions ◽

Passive Coping ◽

Coping Responses ◽

Catastrophe Risk ◽

And Coping ◽

Industrial Risks

This study examined the influence of risk perception on stress reactions and coping strategies in 191 Mexican people who had experienced a catastrophe either natural (SR group) or industrial (IR group), and who are still exposed to the same kind of risks. Results showed that for the IR group and for people who rank industrial risks as the highest priority, from among a list of risks, the stress levels were higher and coping strategies were passive. There were significant correlations between feelings of insecurity and both stress level and passive coping strategies. The results demonstrate that risk perception is an important variable influencing both stress and coping responses in a catastrophe risk situation.

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“I think I have a problem”. Disclosure of mental health difficulties by friends.

10.31237/osf.io/qt4fz ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alexandra Lampard-Scotford

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Young People ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Mental Health Issue ◽

Future Research ◽

Coping Responses ◽

Mental Health Difficulties ◽

And Coping

Amidst concerns that the prevalence of young people experiencing a mental health issue is increasing, it is important to understand young people’s responses to mental illness disclosures. Drawing on data from one-on-one interviews with six participants aged between 19 and 22, this paper demonstrates how perceived barriers, age and context changes, and stress and coping responses effect a young person’s response to a mental illness disclosure from friends, and how these responses serve to either prevent or facilitate future help-seeking. Consequently, participants suggested stigma was the most significant impediment to help-seeking behaviours in young people with MHPs. Age and context differences were also highlighted, alongside their effect on the participants’ stress and coping responses to disclosures and perceptions of barriers in mental health. Implications for future research and practice are also outlined.

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A Study to Assess the Impact of Covid-19 on Stress and Coping Responses among General Population

Asian Journal of Applied Science and Technology ◽

10.38177/ajast.2021.5304 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 05 (03) ◽

pp. 35-42

Author(s):

Cecyli C. ◽

Yuvarani M.

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Coping Responses ◽

And Coping ◽

The Impact

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Self-harm in adolescents: self-report survey in schools in Scotland

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.bp.107.047704 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 194 (1) ◽

pp. 68-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 130

Author(s):

Rory C. O'Connor ◽

Susan Rasmussen ◽

Jeremy Miles ◽

Keith Hawton

Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Multivariate Analyses ◽

Self Report ◽

Emotional Literacy ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Factors Associated ◽

The Past ◽

Self Harm ◽

Low Levels ◽

And Coping

BackgroundThe suicide rate in Scotland is twice as high as that in England. However, the prevalence of self-harm is unknown.AimsTo determine the prevalence of self-harm in adolescents in Scotland and the factors associated with it.MethodA total of 2008 pupils aged 15–16 years completed an anonymous lifestyle and coping survey. Information was obtained on demographic characteristics, lifestyle, life events and problems, social influences, psychological variables and self-harm.ResultsSelf-harm was reported by 13.8% of the respondents. The majority (71%) of those who had self-harmed had done so in the past 12 months and girls were approximately 3.4 times more likely to report self-harm than boys. In multivariate analyses, smoking, bullying, worries about sexual orientation, self-harm by family and anxiety were associated with self-harm in both genders. In addition, drug use, physical abuse, serious boy/girlfriend problems, self-harm by friends and low levels of optimism were also associated with self-harm in girls.ConclusionsDespite markedly different national suicide rates, the prevalence of self-harm in Scotland is similar to that in England with girls at least three times more likely to report self-harm than boys. The findings suggest a role for emotional literacy programmes in schools and highlight the importance of promoting positive mental health among adolescents.

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