Selected determinants of spirituality among nurses

AbstractIntroduction. Spirituality has a multi-dimensional nature which influences the professional activities of nurses in a caring profession.Aim. Identifying selected determinants of spirituality among nurses and their relationship with socio-demographic factors.Material and methods. Research was conducted in 2018 on 144 nurses. All of the respondents were active in their profession. The research was made with diagnostic survey method using standardized research tools, including a Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ), the Spiritual Transcendence Scale (STS), and the Brief Religious Coping (RCOPE) questionnaire, (BR).Results. It was established that age and professional seniority positively correlate with Religious Attitude (SDQ), p<0.05; Transcendence Proper (STS), p<0.01; and with positive religious stress-coping strategies (BR), p<0.01. It shows that a declaration of relationship to faith positively correlates with the subscales of the questionnaire (SDQ), i.e. Religious Attitude (r=0.247, p<0.01), Ethical sensitivity (rho=0.230, p<0.01), and Harmony (r=0.218, p<0.05). Moreover, a strong correlation was confirmed with Transcendence Proper (STS), r=0.40, p<0.01, and with positive religious strategies for coping with stress (BR), r=0.505, p<0.01, and declared relationship to faith.Conclusions. The dimensions of spirituality are significantly related to age, seniority, declaration of attitude to faith, and positive religious stress-coping strategies. Predictors of spirituality among nurses are place of residence, spiritual openness and negative religious stress-coping strategies.

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Stress Coping Strategies for 8- and 9-year-old Children

Studia Edukacyjne ◽

10.14746/se.2020.57.1 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 7-15

Author(s):

Małgorzata Cywińska

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Developmental Process ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Know How ◽

Research Activities ◽

Early School ◽

Emotionally Focused ◽

Stress Coping Strategies

Stress is an integral part of our lives. It also applies to our childhood. That is why it is so important to know how children cope with stress (how they learn coping strategies) and to equip them with the skill set to cope constructively with stressful situations throughout life. This article describes strategies for coping with stress that are characteristic for children at the end of early school education. They have been identified in the course of my own research aimed at characterizing child stress and relate to a fragment of research activities aimed at 8- and 9-year-old children. The research established that in some children the developmental process of coping with stress has started: children look for, investigate, and think how to cope with difficulties. In this struggle, however, they focus on people ho could be a source of support for them in coping with stressful situations. Among children’s stress coping strategies, an important role is also played by emotionally focused strategies, which are aimed at reducing negative emotions and arousing positive emotions.

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Strategi Coping Stress pada Ibu Hamil di Masa Pendemi Covid 19

Jurnal Kebidanan Harapan Ibu Pekalongan ◽

10.37402/jurbidhip.vol8.iss2.141 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 100-106

Author(s):

Isnaeni Rofiqoch ◽

Sawitri Dewi ◽

Diah Atmarina Yuliani

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Community Health Center ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Coping Mechanism ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Collection Method ◽

Stress Coping Strategies ◽

Depth Interviews

Pregnancy is a time of determining the welfare and development of the fetus in the womb. During pregnancy many women experience psychological changes, so a method is needed to reduce the problems that arise during the pregnancy process, this method is called a coping strategy. The purpose of this study was to identify coping strategies for stress in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in the South Purwokerto Community Health Center, Banyumas Regency. This research is a qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The data collection method in this research is carried out by in-depth interviews. This research is expected to be able to dig up information about what psychological problems are faced by pregnant women and how they solve the problems faced during the covid 19 pandemic. The main informant in the meantime is mother pregnant, supporting informants are midwives and family members (husband, mother or sibling) as triangulation. The results of this study stress coping strategies during pregnancy are needed to reduce problems during pregnancy. This strategy for coping with stress during pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic is carried out with the mechanism of Emotional Focused Coping and Problem Facus Coping. Although the Emotional Focused Coping mechanism is more dominantly used by pregnant women because pregnant women are women where women prioritize feelings over logic.

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Appraisal of Strategy Adopted by Construction Professionals for Coping with Stress

Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit Proceedings ◽

10.29173/mocs118 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 389-396

Author(s):

Temidayo O. Osunsanmi ◽

Ayodeji E. Oke ◽

Clinton O. Aigbavboa

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Project Managers ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Construction Firms ◽

It Acceptance ◽

Stress Coping Strategies ◽

Third Dimension ◽

Gathering Data

Stress has been identified as a significant hindrance to construction professional’s performance on site. Unfortunately, stress cannot be eliminated on site, but it can only be managed with different stress coping strategies. Therefore, this study aimed at appraising the strategy adopted by construction professionals for coping with stress. Although past studies have examined strategies adopted for dealing with the stress from two dimensions namely: problem-solving and emotional based stress coping strategies. This study introduced the third dimension and called it acceptance a hybrid of previous dimensions. It also appraised the strategy adopted by construction professionals for coping with stress based on their working experience. Convenience sampling method was used in gathering data from selected construction professionals in Lagos state Nigeria. A total of 62 questionnaires were obtained from the professionals out of 70 that were distributed. The data were analysed with statistical package for social science (SPSS version 24), using, mean score and Kruskal Wallis test. The findings from the Kruskal Wallis revealed that the strategy for coping with stress coping is dependent on the construction professionals working experience. The study concludes that communication is a crucial element for coping with construction stress. The study recommends that construction firms and project managers should provide opportunities for construction workers to communicate among themselves. The findings from this study will be useful for project managers and construction firms in Nigeria towards ameliorating the adverse effect of stress among construction professionals.

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Coping with Stress: How Hotel Employees Fight to Work

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su131910887 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (19) ◽

pp. 10887

Author(s):

Caiwei Ma ◽

Lianping Ren ◽

Jingxin Zhao

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Effective Stress ◽

Emotional Labor ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Work Force ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Hotel Employees ◽

Stress Coping Strategies

Working in hospitality establishments involves high levels of stress, partially due to the anti-social shift rotations and the high levels of emotional labor needed. Unmanaged stress often leads to psychological and even physical diseases, which harm both individual career development and hotel operations. Thus, it is of great importance to identify effective stress coping strategies to maintain a sustainable hotel work force. Stress coping behavior varies among different demographics and generations. Commonly used stress coping scales were established almost 40 years ago, and under the context of daily events, and may not be applicable in today’s hospitality context. Thus, this study was designed to investigate effective stress coping strategies among today’s hotel employees. Data were collected from 470 hotel employees in 37 cities in China. The results identified 12 effective coping strategies that fell under three dimensions: distraction, sharing, and self-indulgence. The findings contribute to scholarly knowledge of stress coping. Managerial implications are also discussed.

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Emotional Intelligence and Stress Coping Strategies of Medical Residents

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences ◽

10.33607/bjshs.v4i115.818 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (115) ◽

Author(s):

Gintarė Montvilaitė ◽

Dalia Antinienė

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Control ◽

Medical Residents ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Personal Factors ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Emotional Coping ◽

Stress Coping Strategies

Background. Everyday medical residents experience stress related to academic, professional, and personal factors (Alosaimi, Alghamdi, Aladwani, Kazim, & Almufleh, 2016; Dave, Parikh, Vankar, & Valipay, 2018), therefore it is important to take care of their psychosocial well-being. Traits of medical residents that are important for well-being are related to control of emotional information, and abilities that provide for effective handling of stressful situations are important as well. The objective of the present study was to assess correlations between emotional intelligence and stress coping strategies of medical residents. Methods. The study sample consisted of medical residents (n = 108). The following questionnaires were used: TEIQue-SF and Coping Styles Questionnaire. Questionnaires were sent to personal electronic addresses and target groups of social networks. Paper-based questionnaires were presented in the work and gathering places of subjects.Results. Emotional intelligence was higher than average, and the most expressed trait was the overall sense of well-being (in relation to emotionality, self-control and sociability). Sociability and self-control were more expressed in men than in women. Rational coping with stress was the most characteristic for medical residents (in relation to emotional coping, detached and avoidance coping). Women were more than men inclined to use emotional coping while men were more inclined than women to use detached coping.Conclusions. Statistically significant correlation existed between emotional intelligence and stress coping strategies of medical residents. Positive correlation was determined between emotional intelligence and adaptive stress coping strategies, while negative correlation was observed between emotional intelligence and maladaptive stress coping strategies. Keywords: resident doctors, stress, emotional intelligence as a trait, coping with stress.

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Stress coping strategies among online gamers: A study among university students in Medan, Indonesia

Psikologia: Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi ◽

10.32734/psikologia.v15i1.4437 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 26-32

Author(s):

Lusi Juliana Manalu ◽

Indri Kemala Nasution

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Stress Coping Strategies

The present study examines strategies of coping with stress among active online gamers in Medan, Indonesia. The study involved 400 students that could be classified as disordered gamers. The results show that the majority of participants tended to use a less useful coping strategy (36 percent), about 30 percent used an emotion-focused coping strategy, about 28 percent used a problem-focused strategy, and about 5 percent used other strategies that could not be classified. Studi ini mengkaji strategi mengatasi stres di kalangan gamer online aktif di Medan, Indonesia. Penelitian ini melibatkan 400 mahasiswa-mahasiswi yang dapat digolongkan sebagai disordered gamers. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas partisipan cenderung menggunakan strategi less useful coping (36 persen), sekitar 30 persen menggunakan strategi emotion-focused coping, sekitar 28 persen menggunakan strategi problem-focused, dan sekitar 5 persen menggunakan strategi lain yang tidak dapat diklasifikasikan.

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Decision Making Styles and Stress Coping Strategies among Alochol Addicts

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0301.084 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Parameswari. J

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Place Of Residence ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Self Blame ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Stress Coping Strategies

In a demanding situation, a normal healthy adult makes decision based on experience, expertise or seeking knowledge from others or rely on own intuition. But a person under the influence of alcohol tends to be impulsive which hinders his effective decision making process. Situations demanding deeper levels of thought can cause stress. A person under the influence of drug may not be able to assess the problem clearly and therefore may not use an appropriate strategy. With this hypothetical belief, the present study was done to know if styles of making decision have a significant influence on stress coping strategies of alcohol addicts. Further the researcher also want to know if there was significant difference in stress coping strategies used among addicts based on their age and place of residence. The sample for the study was the alcohol addicts seeking treatment in de-addiction centers in Salem and Erode (Tamil Nadu). 150 alcohol addicts were randomly chosen form 8 centers. Regression and t-test were used to analyse the collected data. The results revealed that vigilance style of making decision has a significant influence on acceptance, refocus on planning and catastrophizing strategies of coping with stress. There was a significant difference in self-blame, other blame and positive refocusing based on the age of the addicts. Further there was a significant difference in rumination and refocus on planning among alcohol addicts based on their place of residence.

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