scholarly journals “I Was Not Willing to Risk my Hajj”

Journeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
Nadia Caidi
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Information Avoidance ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Nature Of Information ◽  
Return Home ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Transformational Experiences

Information phenomena and behaviors underlie every aspect of contemporary life, including spiritual/religious experiences. Pilgrimage as an information context provides insights into the nature of information and knowledge in the lives of individuals undergoing such transformational experiences. Findings based on interviews with twelve Hajj pilgrims suggest that their information practices are varied and transcend both individual (cognitive, affective) and social processes (through shared imaginaries and a wide network of people and resources). As pilgrims prepare for and complete the rituals, then return home, they make use of a range of coping strategies from triangulation and validation to information avoidance. Examining the information strategies of Hajj pilgrims provide us with insights into their processes of negotiating meaning in shifting and unknown contexts.

scholarly journals Preparing to Take the Field: A Temporal Exploration of Stress, Emotion, and Coping in Elite Cricket

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam James Miles ◽  
Rich Neil ◽  
Jamie Barker
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Relational Theory ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this study was to explore the stress, emotion, and coping (SEC) experiences of elite cricketers leading up to and on the day of their first competitive fixture of the season. Four elite male cricketers (M = 21.25, SD = 1.5) completed Stress and Emotion Diaries (SEDs) for the 7-day period leading up to and on the day of their first competitive fixture of the season. We then interviewed the cricketers to explore the content of the SEDs in more detail. We used semistructured interviews to glean insight into the stressors, cognitions, emotions, coping strategies, and behaviors. Inductive and deductive content data analysis provided a holistic and temporal exploration of the SEC process underpinned by the cognitive-motivational-relational theory of emotions (Lazarus, 1999). The results highlighted the ongoing and continuous nature of the SEC process while illustrating the coping strategies the cricketers used leading up to and on the day of competition.

Comprehensive Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ring
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Patient Preferences ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Comprehensive Care ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
And Training

Illness is a combination of pathophysiology and associated thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Given the large number of treatments that are discretionary and preference sensitive, one goal is accurate diagnosis of patient preferences. Reliance on biomedical treatments (e.g., medication and procedures) may overlook important opportunities for improved health such as amelioration of stress and distress and training in more effective coping strategies.

scholarly journals Effect of Coping Strategies Education on Knowledge and Behaviors of Women Experienced Workplace Bullying

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Shimaa M. H. Ali ◽  
Eman M. M. Elsherbeny ◽  
Mervat A. Ahmed ◽  
Hussein M. M. F. Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Behaviors

Context: Workplace bullying is defined as the perceived situation in which an employee is systematically and repeatedly the target of work-related or personal harmful acts. Workplace bullying is an occupational stressor shown to have particular detrimental health outcomes for those targeted. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of coping strategies education on knowledge and behaviors of women experienced workplace bullying. Methods: A quasi-experimental (pre/posttest) design was used to achieve this study's aim. The study was conducted at Beni-Suef University affiliated to the Ministry of Higher Education. The study conducted on a convenient sample of 500 women working at Beni-Suef University. They included 360 employee women from different age groups, educational backgrounds, and job positions. The sample also includes 100 nurses and 40 workers. The study used two tools. The researcher designed a structured interview questionnaire to assess the women's socio-demographic profile and their knowledge regarding workplace bullying. The second tool was a coping behavior checklist for workplace bullying designed by the researcher to assess the women's behaviors toward workplace bullying. Results: shows that 36.0% of the studied women were in the age group ≥30 with a mean age of 34.38±4.33. Half of the studied women suffering from all mentioned health effects, followed by absenteeism 15%, then depression 12%, and 7% suffering decreased self-esteem, the least health problems 6% was for a physical problem (cardiovascular, diabetes mellites, and neuromuscular problems). The study reveals a statistically significant improvement of women's knowledge regarding workplace bullying at post compared to pre educational intervention and at follow up phase compared to the post-intervention phase at p <0.001. The results also show a highly statistically significant improvement in the women's behaviors toward workplace bullying between pre and post-intervention phases and between post and follow up phases of intervention at p <0.001. Conclusion: The research hypotheses were supported. The women exposed to the coping strategies education had improved knowledge and behaviors compared to their pre-education level. Effective organizational interventions are recommended to help prevent and address bullying incidents, and robust legislative mechanisms are also recommended to allow for restitution and compensation, particularly for women.

scholarly journals Initial psychometric studies of the Emotional Self-Regulation Scale: Adult and child-youth versions

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Porto NORONHA ◽  
Makilim Nunes BAPTISTA ◽  
Helder Henrique Viana BATISTA
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Human Adaptation ◽  
Healthy Human ◽  
Reliability Indices ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Psychometric Studies

Abstract Emotional self-regulation is the ability to moderate attention and behaviors from different circumstances and events, and is associated to the healthy human adaptation. The present study sought for validity evidences based on the internalstructure of the Adult and the Child-Youth Emotional Self-Regulation Scale and their reliability indices. The adult version was answered by 802 adults and the child-youth one was answered by 600 children and adolescents. The four-factorsolution was the most adequate in both versions. The externalization of aggression (adult version) and experience evaluation (children’s version) factors, and three other factors (appropriate coping strategies, pessimism and paralysis) were foundwith similar nomenclatures in the two scales. The reliability indices ranged between 0.69 and 0.98 (adult version) and 0.91 and 0.95 (child-youth version). In both versions, the factorial loads were higher than 0.50, explaining 62.7% (adultversion) and 64.2% (child version) of the total variance. The results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.

scholarly journals Understanding the Emotion Coping Strategies During Public Emergencies – From the Perspective of Psychological Distance

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Sun ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Fangmin Li
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Psychological Distance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
Independent Information ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
Emotion Coping ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

Research has investigated behavioral coping strategies for the negative emotions that public emergencies elicit. Accordingly, our current research explored how people coped with negative emotions in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, from a cognitive perspective. Building on the theory of psychological distance and self-construal, we proposed that people who experienced fear, sadness and anxiety responded with independent-self construal, focusing on information that related to themselves and the novel virus (independent information). On the other hand, people who experienced fear, sadness and anger responded with interdependent-self construal, focusing on information that pertained to “us”, the virus and nature (interdependent information). We collected data from 1,142 participants at both the initial peak of the outbreak and when its spread had subsided. Based on this longitudinal data, we examined the effectiveness of these strategies, and our findings suggested that independent information was effective in decreasing fear and anxiety, while interdependent information effectively mitigated sadness. The findings could help researchers, practitioners, governments, and organizations to implement appropriate information strategies to regulate individuals’ negative emotions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Coping With Adolescents Affected by Anorexia Nervosa: The Role of Parental Personality Traits

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Maria Monteleone ◽  
Alberta Mereu ◽  
Giammarco Cascino ◽  
Maria Chiara Castiglioni ◽  
Chiara Marchetto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Parental Coping ◽  
Family Coping ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Illness Duration ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
Affected Relative ◽  
Character Inventory

IntroductionAnorexia nervosa (AN) promotes psychological distress in caregivers who adopt different coping strategies. Dysfunctional caregiving styles exacerbate further distress in the patient promoting the maintenance of the illness. We aimed to assess the possible contribution of personality traits of caregivers to the adoption of different coping strategies to deal with the affected relative.MethodsAbout 87 adolescents with AN were recruited. Their parents completed the Family Coping Questionnaire for Eating Disorders (FCQ-EDs) and the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R). Differences between mothers and fathers were assessed through the independent sample t-test. Multivariate regression analyses were run to assess if personality traits, the occurrence of psychiatry conditions in the parents, the marital status, and the duration of the illness predicted parental coping strategies.ResultsThe group of mothers showed higher levels of avoidance and seeking for information coping strategies than the sample of fathers. Lower illness duration predicted higher collusion with the illness in both parents. Harm avoidance, cooperativeness, and self-directedness positively predicted parental coercion, collusion, and seeking for information strategies with some differences between mothers and fathers.DiscussionIllness duration and personality traits of parents affect the type of parental coping strategies developed to face AN in adolescents. These variables should be considered in the assessment of families of adolescents with AN and may be addressed to promote more fine-tuned clinical interventions for caregivers.

Validation of an Instrument to Measure Patients' Intentions and Ability to Change Attitudes and Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arndt Büssing ◽  
Désirée Poier ◽  
Romy Lauche ◽  
Gustav Dobos ◽  
Holger Cramer
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Chronic Pain Conditions ◽  
Health Situation

Background: The efficacy of specific interventions also of mind-body medicine is also dependent on the patients' ability to engage in these interventions and to perceive and change health-affecting attitudes and behaviors. The aim was to validate a 13-item instrument to measure (1) the patients' perception of specific attitudes and behaviors that are assumed to have a negative influence on the health situation, (2) their intention to change them, and (3) the implementation of the intended changes in their life affairs. Patients and Methods: Anonymous cross-sectional survey among 512 patients with chronic pain conditions (mean age 42.6 ± 11.4 years; 58% women) using standardized instruments. Results: After the elimination of 4 items, an explorative factor analysis of the 9 remaining items indicated 2 factors that would explain 57% of the variance: Perceptions/Intentions (5 items; Cronbach's alpha = 0.75) and Ability/ Implementation (4 items; alpha = 0.77). Factor 2 correlated moderately to strongly with internal adaptive coping strategies (AKU) and situational awareness (CPSC), and weakly with mental health (SF-36), life satisfaction (BMLSS), and low depressive symptoms (BDI) and escape from illness (Escape). Factor 1 correlated weakly with age and adaptive coping strategies (AKU). Conclusions: The final 9-item Perception, Intention and Ability to Change (PIAC) scale was approved as a short, practicable and promising instrument, which should be further evaluated in the context of training and intervention programs, particularly with respect to its predictive relevance.

Drugs, Alcohol, and How I Feel (Sessions 13 to 18)

2016 ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Tania Lecomte ◽  
Claude Leclerc ◽  
Til Wykes
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
The Third ◽  
And Behaviors

This chapter describes the third section of the workbook, which focuses on the emotional and behavioral manifestations of distress, as well as on self-esteem, and further develops the concept of coping strategies. Distress, specifically substance misuse and suicidal thoughts, is not specific to individuals with psychosis but is prevalent in this population. CBTp therapists will focus on distress but will also focus on strengths and goals, which means the therapy will target not only psychotic symptoms but also other distressing emotions and behaviors. Similarly, the therapy should focus on the person’s strengths, capacities, and goals that go beyond distress reduction. The chapter takes each session of the third section of the workbook and explains in detail the purpose of each activity, how to conduct it, and gives clinical examples to illustrate participants’ reactions to these sessions.

scholarly journals Coping self-efficacy influences health information avoidance

2020 ◽  
pp. 135910532096566
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Hua ◽  
Jennifer L. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Information Avoidance ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Good Target ◽  
And Coping ◽  
General Self Efficacy

Avoiding information about one’s health can have long-term implications for health and well-being. Two studies examined the relationship between health information avoidance and coping self-efficacy, or a sense that one can effectively cope. In Study 1, coping self-efficacy, but not general self-efficacy, was associated with information avoidance. In Study 2, participants who reflected on their positive coping strategies were less likely to avoid learning their risk for disease as compared to those who did not reflect on their coping strategies. These findings suggest that coping self-efficacy is a good target for future interventions aimed at reducing health information avoidance.

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