Manifestations  of  the  coping strategies  used by  heads  of educational  institutions  in  relation  to the levels of work stress

The policy to return to work amidst the pandemic has caused anxiety among employees, including those who work at universities and colleges. In order to maintain organization’s performance in the era of COVID-19, the management needs to pay attention to employees’ adjustment and well-being. Moreover, figuring out employees’ anxiety level and safety behavior during the pandemic will help the managements ease their employees’ anxiety and improve their work performance. Thus, this study focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 on employees’ anxiety and safety behavior at higher educational institutions in Banjarmasin. A total of 78 responses were collected from employees of higher educational institutions in Banjarmasin. From the data analysis, it was found that physical concerns and psychological concerns had significant impacts on anxiety and safety behavior. This study offers suggestions for institutions to provide adequate protective equipment safety and enforce their human resource management to help their employees cope with new work environment.

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Energy Poverty and Its Implication on Standard of Living in Kirinyaga, Kenya

Journal of Energy ◽

10.1155/2018/3196567 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Christine W. Njiru ◽

Sammy C. Letema

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

Well Being ◽

Standard Of Living ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Rural County ◽

Fuel Wood ◽

Energy Poverty ◽

Standards Of Living ◽

Cooking Fuels ◽

Electricity Access

Energy poverty affects physical health, well-being, and ability to prosper. A large proportion of Kenyan population lack access to electricity because they are located far from the national grid where it is uneconomical to extend electricity. This paper assesses energy poverty situation in Kirinyaga and reviews its implication on standard of living. Kirinyaga is a rural county with the main economic activity being agriculture and a few agroprocessing factories. Most rural households in Kirinyaga rely on fuel wood to meet their basic energy requirements and lack access to electricity. Tea factories and educational institutions rely on fuel wood to minimize cost of electricity. Kirinyaga residents, therefore, experience energy poverty as indicated by low electricity access and reliance on traditional cooking fuels. Energy poverty in Kirinyaga has negative impact on indicators of standards of living, calorific intake, life expectancy, and literacy levels.

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Community-School Partnerships: Assisting Newcomer Youth In Montreal

10.32920/ryerson.14664765.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yamie Tremblay

Keyword(s):

Immigrant Students ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Qualitative Case Study ◽

Community Organizations ◽

Well Being ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

School Partnerships

As universal and mandatory institutions, schools are the first institutional frame of reference newcomer youth encounter upon their arrival in Canada, and as such they play a central role in their settlement process. Although the Quebec Ministry of Education provides guidelines regarding the integration of immigrant students into Quebec educational institutions, some secondary schools in Montreal seem unprepared to respond to theunique needs of newcomer youth.This qualitative case study involving six key informantsreveals that schools need experts from community organizations who have a greater capacity to assist youth in their settlement experiences. However, partnering between school and community organizations are often based on difficult and unequal relationships which have a negative impact on the programs and services offeredto newcomer students. It is crucial that the various ministries involved in the well-being of youth provide long-term funding for collaborative programs targeting newcomers. This could fortify programs that are already implemented, encourage new initiative, and spread them to educational institutions around the province.

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HUBUNGAN ANTARA STRES DENGAN STRATEGI KOPING MAHASISWA TAHUN PERTAMA AKADEMI KEPERAWATAN

JURNAL WACANA KESEHATAN ◽

10.52822/jwk.v2i1.44 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Uswatun Hasanah

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Light Stress ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Adaptive Coping ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Freshman Year ◽

And Coping

Students are individuals who are in the process of studying and enrolled is undergoing education at one of the universities. The new student is the status the student holds during his freshman year. Stress experienced by students in the first year gives a negative impact on physical and psychological conditions. This study aims to determine the relationship between stress and coping strategies. The research design used is descriptive correlation. This study uses cross sectional approach that is done sampling at the same time. The statistical test used is Chi Square test. The result of the analysis showed that from 81 students (69.23%) with light stress level, 77 students (95.1%) used adaptive coping strategy and among 36 stressed students there were 30 students (8.3%) with maladaptive coping strategy. The results suggest that there is a relationship between stress and coping strategies. Adaptive coping strategies are needed to be able to modify stress.

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COVID-19’s Impact on Substance Use and Well-Being of Younger Adult Cannabis Users in California: A Mixed Methods Inquiry

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/00220426211052673 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002204262110526

Author(s):

Ekaterina V. Fedorova ◽

Carolyn F. Wong ◽

Bridgid M. Conn ◽

Janna Ataiants ◽

Ellen Iverson ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Well Being ◽

Adaptive Coping ◽

Quantitative Sample ◽

The Impact ◽

Staying At Home

Few qualitative studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 on cannabis and alcohol use, and overall well-being among cannabis users. Cannabis users (aged 26-32) were surveyed quantitatively (n=158) and interviewed qualitatively (n=29) in April 2020–May 2021 in Los Angeles. 63.3% of the quantitative sample reported increasing use of either cannabis (29.1%) or alcohol (15.2%) or both (19.0%) following the COVID-19 outbreak. Qualitative data revealed that increases in cannabis and alcohol use were largely attributed to changes in employment and staying at home resulting in fewer impediments and boredom. Themes of loneliness and utilization of various coping strategies were more pronounced among those who increased cannabis and/or alcohol use. For some, increases in cannabis/alcohol use were temporary until participants adjusted to “a new normal” or embraced more adaptive coping strategies. Results suggest monitoring cannabis/alcohol use trends and identifying coping strategies to reduce the pandemic’s impact on substance use and mental health.

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Exploring lecturers' emotional challenges on their work performance at a rural university in Eastern Cape Province

African Journal of Gender, Society and Development (formerly Journal of Gender, Information and Development in Africa) ◽

10.31920/2634-3622/2020/v9n4a1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 13-31

Author(s):

Newlin Marongwe ◽

◽

Shakespeare Chiphambo ◽

Harry Kasumba

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Work Performance ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Well Being ◽

Eastern Cape Province ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

University Management ◽

Emotional Challenges ◽

The University

Lecturers' well-being is essential for successful education at any university. The paper seeks to explore the untold stories of emotional challenges faced by some lecturers in a rural institution of higher learning in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Today's universities are faced with myriad challenges, among them is lecturers' well-being. Lecturers‘ anxiety is now rampant but not enough attention is given to it since people assume that academics can cope with life's stresses. Exploring the problem and consequences on lecturers' work will provide strategies that could be implemented by the university management. The existential anxiety theory, qualitative-case study design and a purposeful sampling technique were used for the study. Interviews were utilised to collect data. Data presentation and analysis were done using verbatim quotations. The study established that university lecturers were overwhelmed by challenges such as job uncertainty, pressure to engage in research, supervision, frequent student unrest, dwindling resources, pressure to integrate information communication and technology in teaching and learning, and so forth. The study concluded that lecturers were facing a myriad of challenges that had a negative impact on the execution of their duties. The paper recommends that the university management should develop a model to address the lecturers' identified challenges.

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Coping Strategies and Subjective Well-being: Context Matters

Journal of Happiness Studies ◽

10.1007/s10902-021-00372-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rabea Fischer ◽

Jakob Scheunemann ◽

Steffen Moritz

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Online Survey ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Well Being ◽

Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽

Adaptive Coping ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Expressive Suppression

AbstractA growing body of research suggests that the functionality of coping strategies may in part depend on the context in which they are executed. Thus far, functionality has mostly been defined through the associations of coping strategies with psychopathology, particularly depression. Whether associations of coping strategies with proxies for happiness such as subjective well-being (SWB) are simply inverse remains to be shown. A total of n = 836 individuals from the U. S. general population participated in an online survey that included a revised version of the Maladaptive and Adaptive Coping Styles Questionnaire (MAX-R) that incorporates context-specific items, the Scale of Positive and Negative Affect (SPANE), the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and the Web Screening Questionnaire (WSQ). The MAX-R was submitted to an exploratory factor analysis. The factor analysis of the MAX-R yielded four subscales: adaptive, maladaptive, avoidance, and expressive suppression coping. Similar strategies in different contexts at times loaded on the same (e.g., maladaptive) or different (e.g., adaptive and avoidance) dimensions. Hierarchical multiple linear regression revealed significant associations of adaptive coping with SPANE (ß = 0.21), TSWLS (ß = 0.03), and PHQ-9 (ß = 0.07), all ps < .001, of maladaptive coping with SPANE (ß = − 0.19), TSWLS (ß = − 0.10), and PHQ-9 (ß = 0.02), all ps < .01, of avoidance with PHQ-9 (ß = 0.01, p < .001), and of expressive suppression with SPANE (ß = − 0.06) and TSWLS (ß = − 0.16), ps < .005. Final models explained 64.6% of variance in SPANE, 41.8% of variance in TSWLS, and 55% of variance in PHQ-9 score. In some instances, the functionality of coping strategies appears to be impacted by contextual factors. When investigating the overall benefit of use versus nonuse of coping strategies, their association with psychopathology measures and with subjective well-being should both be considered.

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PENGARUH STRES KERJA DAN KEPUASAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI

10.31227/osf.io/egvnq ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

melda salsabillah

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Job Stress ◽

Work Stress ◽

Work Performance ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Employee Performance ◽

Time Stress ◽

Positive Effect

The current performance of the organization is very low, so many employees cannot complete their work on time. stress and job satisfaction become very influential on employee performance. The purpose of this article is to determine work stress, and job satisfaction with the current performance of employees. The results of this article are: (1) Job Stress and job satisfaction directly have a significant effect on employee performance; (2) Job Stress negatively affects employee performance, which means that the higher the level of work stress the employee will have a negative impact in improving employee performance at this time; (3) Job satisfaction has a positive effect on employee performance meaning that the higher the level of job satisfaction will have a positive impact in improving employee performance. (4) employee performance (work performance) affects employees because it can measure the ability of employees

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Community-School Partnerships: Assisting Newcomer Youth In Montreal

10.32920/ryerson.14664765 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yamie Tremblay

Keyword(s):

Immigrant Students ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Qualitative Case Study ◽

Community Organizations ◽

Well Being ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

School Partnerships

As universal and mandatory institutions, schools are the first institutional frame of reference newcomer youth encounter upon their arrival in Canada, and as such they play a central role in their settlement process. Although the Quebec Ministry of Education provides guidelines regarding the integration of immigrant students into Quebec educational institutions, some secondary schools in Montreal seem unprepared to respond to theunique needs of newcomer youth.This qualitative case study involving six key informantsreveals that schools need experts from community organizations who have a greater capacity to assist youth in their settlement experiences. However, partnering between school and community organizations are often based on difficult and unequal relationships which have a negative impact on the programs and services offeredto newcomer students. It is crucial that the various ministries involved in the well-being of youth provide long-term funding for collaborative programs targeting newcomers. This could fortify programs that are already implemented, encourage new initiative, and spread them to educational institutions around the province.

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Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.634925 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Phillip (Xin) Cheng ◽

Haeme R. P. Park ◽

Justine M. Gatt

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Young Men ◽

Specific Effect ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Approach Coping ◽

The Usa ◽

The Impact ◽

Mental Well Being

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has led to lockdowns across the world with people being separated from their loved ones including partners, family, and friends. Here, using a large sample of 1,749 Australians and Americans, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 isolation on younger populations (13–25 years), and the influence of coping strategies and mental well-being on this impact. Overall, COVID-19 isolation had a more negative impact on adolescence (13–17 years) than young adulthood (18–25 years), but with no difference apparent between men and women, or between Australian and American residents. However, a deeper analysis revealed a gender-specific effect: the type of coping strategies differentially influenced the negative impact of COVID-19 isolation on men with various levels of well-being, an interaction effect not apparent in women. For men with lower levels of mental well-being, COVID-19 isolation appeared to have a less negative impact on them if they used more approach-oriented coping strategies (e.g., actively focusing on the problem). Our results provide cross-sectional evidence for a differential impact on young men at low levels of wellbeing by pandemic isolation. In sum, young men and adolescent boys with lower well-being coped better with COVID-19 isolation when they used more approach coping strategies.

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