scholarly journals Informational Coping Style and Depressive Symptoms in Family Decision Makers

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 410-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Hickman ◽  
Barbara J. Daly ◽  
Sara L. Douglas ◽  
John M. Clochesy
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Role Stress ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Family Decision

Background Overwhelmed family decision makers of chronically critically ill patients must comprehend vital information to make complex treatment decisions that are consistent with patients’ preferences. Exploration of informational coping styles of family decision makers may yield evidence for tailored communication practices supporting the psychological and informational needs of family decision makers. Objectives To describe patterns in the demographic characteristics and informational coping styles of family decision makers; to assess differences in informational satisfaction, role stress, and depressive symptoms between family decision makers classified as monitors and as blunters; and to describe the predictive associations between informational coping styles, informational satisfaction, and role stress on depressive symptoms in family decision makers. Methods A secondary data analysis of 210 family decision makers of cognitively impaired patients who required 3 days or more of mechanical ventilation. On enrollment, decision makers completed the abbreviated Miller Behavioral Style Scale to assess informational coping styles, the Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey’s informational subscale to assess informational satisfaction, a single-item measure of role stress, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale to assess depressive symptoms. Results No associations emerged between demographic characteristics and informational coping styles of family decision makers. Monitors had higher depression scores than did blunters. Both information coping style and informational satisfaction influenced depressive symptoms; however, role stress was the most significant predictor. Conclusions Family decision makers classified as monitors were at higher risk for depression than were those who seem to avoid information. Targeting monitors with additional psychological and informational support may mitigate their psychological impairment.

Coping styles among post-myocardial infarction patients with depressive symptoms

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 371-371
Author(s):  
R. Bagherian ◽  
M. Maroufi ◽  
F. Said Zare ◽  
P. Niksirat
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Post Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference

ObjectiveAlthough the adverse impact of post-myocardial infarction (MI) depressive symptoms on prognosis of heart disease has been found, the link between coping strategies and post-MI depressive symptoms has yet been unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between coping styles and post-MI depressive symptoms.MethodsIn a cross sectional study one hundred consecutive patients following MI admitted to the CCU wards of hospitals in Isfahan were selected in respect of inclusive and exclusive criteria. The patients completed Jalowiec Coping questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Norbeck Social Support questionnaire. Then the data was analysed by using MANCOVA and Covariance.ResultsThe findings indicated that 31% were the MI patients with depressive symptoms. The results of MANCOVA showed significant difference between two groups with and without depressive symptoms in coping styles (F = 2/185, P = 0.036). Also, the results of covariance indicated significant differences in coping styles including optimistic coping style (F = 3.754, P = 0.05) and supportant coping style (F = 6.66, P = 0.019). However, there was no significant difference in other coping styles between two groups.ConclusionThe low tendency toward optimistic and supportant coping styles seem to play an important role in experiencing depressive symptoms among post-MI patients. Lock of optimism in dealing with life events is one of equivalents to hopelessness in Attribution theory explaining depression. Investigation of relationship between religious beliefs and effective coping styles would be worthwhile.

scholarly journals The Interactive Effects of Cognition on Coping Styles among Chinese during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3148
Author(s):  
Zemin Cai ◽  
Shukai Zheng ◽  
Yanhong Huang ◽  
William W. Au ◽  
Zhaolong Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Negative Coping

Background: The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has seriously affected people’s life. The main aim of our investigation was to determine the interactive effects of disease awareness on coping style among Chinese residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A total of 616 Chinese residents from 28 provinces were recruited to participate in this investigation. A questionnaire was used to collect demographic characteristics, cognition of COVID-19, and disease-related stress sources. Coping styles were assessed via the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ). Results: The survey showed that the main source of information on COVID-19 was different in relation to gender, age, educational level, and occupation (p < 0.001). People’s knowledge of the disease, preventive measures, and stress factors were different in relation to demographic characteristics (p < 0.001). Compared with the baseline values, the scores of positive coping and negative coping based on SCSQ in relation to gender, age, educational level, and occupation were statistically significant (p < 0.001, except for participants older than 60 years). Different educational levels corresponded to statistical significant differences in positive coping (p = 0.004) but not in negative coping. Conclusions: During the pandemic, people with different characteristics had different levels of preventive measures’ awareness, which influenced their coping styles. Therefore, during public health emergencies, knowledge of prevention and control measures should be efficiently provided to allow more effective coping styles.

scholarly journals Maternal Coping Style and Perceived Adequacy of Income Predict CRH Levels at 14-20 Weeks of Gestation

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwen Latendresse ◽  
Roberta Jeanne Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Life Orientation Test ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Behavioral Variables ◽  
Maternal Coping

Objective: This exploratory study examines the role of psychosocial—behavioral variables as predictors of elevated corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) at 14—20 weeks of gestation. Method: One hundred and twenty women were enrolled into the study. Blood samples were collected at 14—20 weeks of pregnancy and assayed for CRH. Participants completed questionnaires that included the Perceived Stress Scale, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies (CES) Depression Scale, the Pregnancy-Specific Anxiety (PAS) Scale, the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, the Life Orientation Test, the Brief COPE scale, and questions regarding violence/abuse, and work, sleep, and nutritional patterns. Results: Pregnant women with high CRH levels (15 pcg/ml and above) perceived their income to be inadequate, slept more hours at night, stood more hours during the day, and used the coping styles of disengagement or religion but not humor. Logistic regression identified three predictors for high CRH (accounting for 42.2% of the variance): perceived inadequacy of income and the use of ‘‘religion’’ and ‘‘disengagement’’ to cope with stress. Conclusions: These results are the first known to identify coping style and perceived income inadequacy as predictors of high CRH. Women with perceived inadequacy of income had almost three times the odds for high CRH. Women who used religion or disengagement to cope with stress had 14 times and 7 times the odds for high CRH levels, respectively. Higher CRH levels are associated with preterm birth (PTB). Thus, it may be important to include maternal coping style and perceptions of income inadequacy in future investigations of CRH levels and PTB.

Predictors of Job Satisfaction in Female Farmers Aged 50 and Over: Implications for Occupational Health Nurses

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 526-532
Author(s):  
Cheryl D. Witt ◽  
Deborah B. Reed ◽  
Mary Kay Rayens ◽  
Sharon Hunsucker
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
The United States ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Farm Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
Female Farmers

Background: Over the past three decades, the number of female farmers in the United States has increased to nearly 1 million, yet research on this occupational group is limited. Job stress arising from job dissatisfaction in other occupations is associated with both acute and chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of demographic characteristics, agricultural occupational factors, and health indicators with farm-work satisfaction among female farmers. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the Sustained Work Indicators of Older Farmers Study (2002–2006) was used to examine older female farmers ( N = 332) from North Carolina and Kentucky. This secondary data analysis used farm-work questions adapted from the Kentucky Farm Health and Hazard Surveillance Project to measure demographics and occupational factors, the 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale to measure depressive symptoms, and a single item from the National Health Interview Survey to measure self-perceived health status. Findings: Controlling for demographic characteristics, work factors, and health indicators, the female farmers were more likely to report satisfaction with farm work when they had performed a greater number of agricultural tasks in the past year and if they had lower levels of depressive symptoms. Conclusions/Application to Practice: This study provides an initial basis for further research with women working in agriculture. Occupational health nurses, particularly those practicing in agricultural areas, can enhance their quality of care by having a greater understanding of the factors associated with farming and farm life that affect female farmers’ overall health.

Depressive symptoms of informal caregivers are associated with those of community-dwelling dependent care recipients

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1310-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachiko Izawa ◽  
Jun Hasegawa ◽  
Hiromi Enoki ◽  
Akihisa Iguch ◽  
Masafumi Kuzuya
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Recipients

ABSTRACTBackground: The relationship between care recipients’ depressive symptoms and those of caregivers remains unknown. We evaluated the association between the depressive status of caregivers and that of community-dwelling disabled care recipients.Methods: A prospective cohort study of 893 care recipients and paired caregivers was conducted. The care recipients were all eligible for a universal-coverage long-term care insurance program and their ages ranged from 65 to 104 years. They and their paired caregivers (age range 31–90 years) completed the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15, score range: 0–15) assessment at baseline. The GDS-15 was used to measure the depression of caregivers and recipients with a threshold of <6/6+. The data included each care recipient's demographic characteristics, overall health status, basic activities of daily living, and comorbidities. The data also included the caregiver's demographic characteristics, including the caregiver's relationship to the recipient, and the caregiver's subjective burden as assessed by the Japanese version of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI).Results: The mean GDS-15 scores of care recipients and caregivers were 6.7 points and 5.6 points, respectively. There was a positive correlation between the GDS-15 scores of caregivers and care recipients (r = 0.307, p<0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusting for potential confounders including ZBI score indicated that the depressive symptoms of caregivers were associated with those whose care recipients were in the groups with moderate and high GDS-15 scores (OR: 1.97, 95% CI: 1.39–2.81, OR: 3.13, 95% CI: 1.87–5.24, respectively).Conclusion: Caregivers’ depressive symptoms are associated with the depressive mood of the care recipients even after adjusting for confounders including caregiver burden.

scholarly journals Predicting hopelessness by coping styles, depression and meaning in lifeBaşa çıkma stilleri, depresyon ve yaşamda anlamın umutsuzluğu yordama düzeyi

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firdevs Savi Çakar ◽  
Zeynep Karataş ◽  
Özlem Tagay
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Beck Hopelessness Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Senior Students

The aim of this study is to determine whether levels of hopelessness are predicted by variables of coping styles, depression and meaning in life. This research is in survey model and the study was conducted with 152 teacher candidates (68 males, 84 females) who were senior students of the faculty of educational. It is used Beck Hopelessness Scale, Coping Styles Survey Short Form, Beck Depression Scale and Meaning in Life Scale. For the analysis of data, progressive regression analysis and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient were used.In this respect, coping style,  depression  andmeaning in life are significantly predicted the sense of students’ hopelessness. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, başa çıkma stilleri, depresyon ve yaşamda anlamın umutsuzluğu anlamlı düzeyde yordayıp yordamadığının saptanmasıdır. Bu araştırma betimsel bir çalışma olup, çalışma grubunu Eğitim Fakültesi son sınıfında okuyan 152 öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada kullanılan ölçme araçları Beck Umutsuzluk Ölçeği, Başa Çıkma Stilleri Ölçeği Kısa Formu, Beck Depresyon Ölçeği ve Yaşamda Anlam Ölçeği’dir. Araştırmanın verilerinin analizi Pearson Momentler Çarpımı Korelasyon Katsayısı ve Aşamalı Regresyon Analizi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu doğrultuda başa çıkma stilleri, depresyon ve yaşamda anlam eğitim fakültesi son sınıf öğrencilerinin umutsuzluğunu anlamlı düzeyde yordamaktadır.

scholarly journals Gender differences in coping styles of patients with depression: A comparative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
Anita Rani Saha ◽  
Farah Deeba
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Hospital Anxiety ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Convenience Sampling

The present study was undertaken to investigate the gender differences in coping styles of patient with depression. Three types of coping styles were measured: problem focused, emotion focused and dysfunctional copings. The sample consisted of 101 participants (Male = 61, 60.4%) and (Female = 40, 39.6%) diagnosed with depression who were selected through convenience sampling technique from different hospitals of Dhaka city. Depression scale (DS), adapted Bengali version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and adapted Bengali version of COPE scale were used to assess different variables for the present study. Results of the study indicated that male patients were tending to use more problem focused coping styles than females and female patients were tending to use more dysfunctional coping style than male. There was no gender difference found in the groups on emotion focused coping style. Based on the findings developing a better therapeutic intervention to treat depression, was discussed. Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 27(2): 145-154, 2018 (July)

scholarly journals Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: identifying direct, meditating and moderating predictors from path analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e021142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berhanie Getnet ◽  
Girmay Medhin ◽  
Atalay Alem
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Exposure To Trauma

ObjectiveThis study aimed at testing the significance of mediating and moderating roles of sense of coherence, adaptive coping styles and social support in the relationship between exposure to trauma and psychological symptoms in a refugee population in sub-Saharan Africa.MethodsA cross-sectional survey design was employed to collect data. The study was carried out in Mai Aini refugee camp in Ethiopia. A total of 562 adult Eritrean refugees aged 18–74 years were selected randomly to screen for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and to examine associated factors. Data were collected using the premigration and postmigration living difficulties checklist, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale, Primary Care PTSD Screener, coping style scale, Sense of Coherence scale and Oslo Social Support scale. Path modelling was used to test the mediation and moderation effects of prespecified factors.ResultsPremigration living difficulties were associated directly with symptoms of PTSD (β=0.09, p<0.05), and associated indirectly with PTSD symptoms in paths through duration of stay in the camp, sense of coherence, postmigration living difficulties, task-oriented coping style and depressive symptoms (β=0.26, p<0.01). Premigration and postmigration living difficulties were associated directly with depressive symptoms with standardised estimate of β=0.35(p<0.001) and β=0.23(p<0.05), respectively. Postmigration living difficulties were associated indirectly with PTSD through paths of sense of coherence, task-oriented coping style and depressive symptoms (β=0.13; p<0.01). Social support moderated the effect of postmigration living difficulties on depressive symptoms (p<0.05). Emotion-oriented coping style moderated the effect of premigration threat for abuse on PTSD (β=−0.18, p<0.001) and depressive (β=−0.12, p<0.01) symptoms, as well as moderating threat to life on PTSD symptoms (β=−0.13, p<0.001).ConclusionsSense of coherence and task-oriented coping style showed a partial mediating effect on the association between exposure to trauma and symptoms of PTSD. An emotion-oriented coping style and social support moderated the effect of premigration and postmigration living difficulties, respectively. Fostering social support, task-oriented and emotion-oriented coping styles may be beneficial for these refugees.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Self-Neglect and Associated Factors Among Disability Elderly in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Dong ◽  
Longfeng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
Convenience Sample

Abstract Purpose: To assess the prevalence of self-neglect and associated factors among disability elderly(age≥65 years) in China.Patients and methods: Patients aged 65 years or above were enrolled from two communities in Shenyang,China. A convenience sample of 230 disability elderly responded to the questionnaire survey. The data were collected by a series of questionnaires consisting of socio-economic and demographic characteristics, Barthel Index(BI), Elder Self-Neglect Assessment(ESNA), Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form(GDS-SF), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support(MSPSS), and Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE). Kruskal-Wallis test or Mann-Whitney U test was used to examine the differences of self-neglect among different demographic characteristics as appropriate.Multiple linear regression model was performed to identify which factors were independent predictors of self-neglect.Results: An overall self-neglect rate of 86.0% was registered. The study reveals that disability elderly's self-neglect correlates positively with the degree of disability and depressive symptoms. On the contrary, monthly income and perceived social support were negatively associated with self-neglect.Conclusion: In this study, the prevalence of self-neglect is high among disability elderly. Lower monthly income, decreased physical functioning, depressive symptoms, and poor perceived social support were contributing factors for self-neglect among disability elderly.

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