scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF COPING STRATEGIES AMONG RURAL FARMERS IN OKUNLAND, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA.

2022 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
FEMI AWE ◽  
Ruth Kolade
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Rural Farmers ◽  
Factors Influencing

Working Lesbians: Role Conflicts and Coping Strategies

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra A. Shachar ◽  
Lucia A. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mailing List ◽  
Role Conflicts ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Strategy Types ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
And Coping

This study investigated areas of interrole and intrarole conflict reported by 79 lesbian working women and factors influencing the types of coping strategies these women used. The three coping strategies identified by Hall (1972) were used to code responses to a questionnaire sent to women on the mailing list of a local lesbian newsletter. The most frequently reported interrole conflicts were between the work and lover roles, and the most frequently reported intrarole conflicts involved the work and daughter roles. Subjects viewed being lesbian as contributing little to their interrole conflicts and, as hypothesized, used predominantly role restructuring strategies (Types I and II) to deal with the conflicts. Also, as hypothesized, higher self-esteem was reported by individuals using restructuring strategies than by those using reactant strategies (Type III). In contrast, subjects viewed being lesbian as highly related to their intrarole conflicts, and, contrary to predictions, used reactive strategies almost as frequently as role restructuring strategies. Moreover, self-esteem did not differ among subjects using the three strategy types. The unexpected findings for intrarole conflict are discussed in terms of the potential benefits of reactant-avoidant strategies in work situations.

Household Responses to Food Shortages in Western Nepal

1997 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Panter-Brick ◽  
Mark Eggerman
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Subsistence Farmers ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Food Shortages ◽  
Household Coping Strategies ◽  
Household Responses ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Himalaya

Food shortages occur periodically and predictably in over- populated areas of the foothills of the Himalaya, leading to extensive outmigration and to indebtedness of farmers. A survey of four administrative areas and in-depth interviews of 120 households (a sample of diverse caste and ethnic groups, stratified by land area) was undertaken in two districts of western Nepal to document the severity of shortfall in local agricultural production and the range of household coping strategies. The duration of food shortages averaged 5 months of the year, but ranged enormously across households, with 4% of sample families being entirely landless. Out-migration, wage labor, petty trade, high-interest loans, and land mortgage were well-established coping strategies, beneficial for some families in generating income and the possibility for investment, but for others leading to progressively greater debt, economic marginalisation and impoverishment. This study highlights the importance of encouraging diversified strategies for subsistence farmers to ensure cash revenue, much of which is derived from debt and emigration, and reviews the geographical and socioeconomic factors influencing both constraints on household subsistence and responses to seasonal food deficits.

scholarly journals Use of Improved Production Technologies Among Goat Farmers in Abia State Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-106
Author(s):  
Leo O. Obinna ◽  
Samson Ejike Onu
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Rural Farmers ◽  
Technological Information ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Production Technologies

The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies among rural farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were, ascertain the extent of use of improved goat production technologies, determine factors influencing use of improved goat production technologies and identify constraints to access and use of improved goat production technologies. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was adopted in selecting 120 respondents. Data were collected through the use of questionnaire and analysed with frequency, percentage, mean and regression model. Respondents were aware of dipping (100%),deworming (99.2%) fostering of kids (93.3%) and colostrum feeding (71.7%), among others. On extent of use of improved goat production technologies, respondents highly used most of improved goat production technologies [grand mean = X̄ = 3.20]. All the respondents [100%] agreed that lack of access to credit was a constraint to use, 100% agreed on lack of credibility from source of technological information, 99.2% agreed that they were afraid of taking risk, 93.3% agreed on difficulty in technology application, among others. Age education, household size, farming experience, farm size, income and access to credit were the determinants of use of improved goat production technologies at 5% level of probability Greater use of available improved technologies will promote productivity, and therefore there is need for proper sensitization and awareness by relevant agencies. Again, credit should be made available to farmers by relevant governmental and nongovernmental agencies to increase the level of use of available improved technologies. Keywords: improved goat production technologies and farmers

scholarly journals Psychosocial factors influencing the experience of sustainability professionals

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Psychological Threat

Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain insight into psychosocial factors influencing sustainability professionals in their work to lead by influencing and improving pro-environmental decision-making in their organisations and to increase understanding of psychosocial factors that affect their effectiveness in achieving desired results. Design/methodology/approach Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis as a framework, the study enquires into the lived experience of six research subjects. The participants are sustainability professionals and leaders from the UK and Canada. The primary data source is semi-structured interviews, analysed with micro-discourse analysis. Findings Key psychosocial factors involved in participants’ experience are identified, specifically psychological threat-coping strategies, psychological needs, motivation and vitality, finding complex interactions between them. Tensions and trade-offs between competency, relatedness and autonomy needs and coping strategies such as suppression of negative emotion and “deep green” identity are modelled in diagrams to show the dynamics. How these tensions are negotiated has implications for psychological well-being and effectiveness. Practical/implications The concepts and models presented in this paper may be of practical use to sustainability professionals, environmentalists and organisation leaders, for example, in identifying interventions to develop inner resources, support authentic and effective action and disrupt maladaptive responses to ecological crisis. Originality/value The study contributes insight to understanding of underlying processes shaping environmental cognition and behaviour, particularly in relation to psychological threat-coping strategies and interacting factors. With a transdisciplinary approach, the methodology enables nuanced interpretation of complex phenomena to be generated.

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