scholarly journals Relationship between organizational and psychological characteristics of general secondary education institutions and headmasters' coping strategies

Author(s):  
Yuliya Snigur ◽  

Introduction. The use of adequate stress-coping strategies by the headmasters of general secondary education institutions involves the study of these institutions' organizational and psychological characteristics that affect headmasters' choice of stress-coping strategies. Methods. The following instruments were used to collect and analyze data «How is your organization developing?» (V. Siegert, L. Lang, modification by L. Karamushka), «A Method of research into coping behavior in stressful situations» (S. Norman, D. Endler, D. James, M. Parker; adaptation by T. Krukova), and a passport-questionnaire. Aim: to analyze the relationship between organizational and psychological characteristics of general secondary education institutions and headmasters' stress-coping strategies. Results. Statistically significant relationships, both positive and negative, have been found between the organizational and psychological characteristics of general secondary education institutions and their headmasters' stress-coping strategies. It was shown that the higher the level of organizational development of general secondary education institutions, the more frequently their headmasters used such a coping strategy as social support seeking, but as the number of headmasters in one institution increased, the frequency of use of this coping strategy decreased. It was also shown that as the administrative status of the town/city where the general secondary education institution was located increased, the frequency of headmasters' use of such coping strategies as avoidance and distraction increased, too. Conclusions. The findings can be helpful in managing general secondary education institutions, in particular, in headmasters' choosing adequate stress-coping strategies.

Author(s):  
Yulia Snigur ◽  

Introduction. The need for effective coping strategies to be used by the principals of secondary education institutions necessitates the study of the psychological factors associated with the coping strategies, in particular, secondary education institution principals' activity and optimism. Aim: to investigate the relationship between the secondary education institution principals' activity and optimism and their coping strategies. Mehods. N. Vodopyanova and N. Stein Otimism and Activity Scale and the Coping Behavior in Stressful Situations by Norman, D. Endler, D. James, and M. Parker (adapted by T. Krukova). Results. The secondary education institution principals were found to have low activity and optimism. In relation to the levels of their activity and optimism, the secondary education institution principals were divided into "realists", "passive optimists", "passive pessimists", and "active pessimists". Secondary education institution principals' activity and optimism had positive statistically significant relationships with such principals' coping strategies as “social support seeking” and “avoidance”, and a negative statistically significant relationship with the coping strategy called "emotional orientation" (according to the psychological types of secondary education institution principals). Conclusions. The findings can facilitate secondary education institution principals' choice of effective coping strategies.


TEME ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1245
Author(s):  
Milica Ristić ◽  
Blagica Zlatković

This study examined whether there were statistically significant differences in the level of expression of certain stress coping strategies during exam-taking among students. What was also tested was the correlation of coping strategies with the satisfaction with one’s performance on the written exam, and also whether certain exam coping strategies and satisfaction with one’s performance could be statistically significant predictors of the grade students obtained on the exam. The sample included 111 students (28 male and 83 female) attending the second year of the Pedagogical Faculty in Vranje. Before the written exam, the students completed the α scale from the KON6 test battery, which served as a measure of anxiety. The main idea in applying this scale was to assess whether students appraised the upcoming exam as a source of stress. Immediately after they finished the exam, they were given the Coping with test situation scale. In the end, the students were asked to rate how satisfied they were with their performance on the previously completed written exam. The results of ANOVA with repeated measures have shown that there was a statistically significant difference regarding the level of expression of certain stress coping strategies during the exam, where the most prominent was the problem-focused one. Satisfaction with one’s performance on exam was in the statistically significant negative correlation with emotion-focused and imagination/distraction coping strategies. Statistically significant predictors of students’ grades proved to be the satisfaction with their own test performance and imagination/distraction coping strategy. Although the results indicated that the problem-focused coping strategy is the most prominent one, the imagination/distraction coping strategy is the one that had the most influential negative impact on the exam performance.


Author(s):  
Thi Lip Sam ◽  
Lim Hock Eam

This study finds that the work stress levels that are faced by ICT personnel range from mild to moderate. The estimated probit model finds that there is personality differentiation in the effectiveness of stress coping strategies. The significant and effective coping strategy is “seeking treatment”. The “escape from situation” coping strategy is found to be significant but ineffective. Thus, it is recommended that in alleviating work stress, “seeking treatment” is the best strategy. It is found that the high risk group that have higher work stress are non-Malays, married, field of specialization of accounting/business/ economics, job status of junior management, and less than 2 years of services.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10887
Author(s):  
Caiwei Ma ◽  
Lianping Ren ◽  
Jingxin Zhao

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.


Salud Mental ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-184
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Garza Varela ◽  
Carlos de la Cruz-de la Cruz ◽  
Jessica Giselle Leija Guerrero ◽  
Karen Estefanía Sánchez Rodríguez ◽  
Omar Kawas Valle

Introduction. The stress coping strategies people rely on impact their psychological well-being and may be related to the risk of developing psychopathology in the short- and long-term after an unfortunate event. Objective. To define the main stress coping strategies in our region as a first step in assessing the risk of developing psychopathology derived from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Method. This is an observational, cross-sectional, analytical study that includes 396 participants over 18 years of age residents of the state of Nuevo Leon. Using an online form, the participants were asked to complete the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CAE). Results. In general, after two months of mitigation measures in Mexico, positive reappraisal was the stress coping strategy with the highest score in the population studied. We found higher scores on negative auto-focused and overt emotional expression on the comparation between sociodemographic subgroups. Discussion and conclusion. The present study shows that, in our community, positive reappraisal was the stress coping strategy with the highest score. Positive reappraisal is an active form of coping associated with greater psychological well-being and fewer risk of developing psychopathology in the short and long term. Based on this, our hypothesis is that the predominant use of this strategy could translate into a higher psychological well-being during and after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the studied sample.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Lusi Juliana Manalu ◽  
Indri Kemala Nasution

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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