Mature Coping Research Articles

Research on Coping Style, Social Support and Psychological Health Among Undergraduate Nursing Students

The purpose of this study was to compare coping style, social support and psychological health of nursing students during mid period of clinical practice in Wuhan and Peking, China and determine the relationship of copying styles, the social support and the mental health among undergraduate nursing students by Folkman and Lazarus’s Coping Style, Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) and SCL-90 questionnaire. The result was that (1) tring to find a solution to the problem was the first coping style; (2) no significant difference of coping styles between Wuhan and Peking (p ＞0.05), significant differences of family support and total social support (P＜0.01) and other support (P＜0.05). No significant difference was present in friend support (p＞0.05), differences on mean score of SCL-90, as well as depression, anxiety, phobia, schizophrenia factor and hostility factor score; (3)negative correlations were found between mature coping style and SCL-90 total score (r = ﹣0.54, p < 0.05), while positive correlations related to immature coping style (r =0.28, p < 0.01) and total score of SCL-90, no relation between mixed coping and total score of SCL-90 (r =0.17, p＞0.05), SCL-90 total score had a negative correlation to family support, friend support, other support and total score of perceived social support (r =﹣0.292, ﹣0.287,﹣0.290,﹣0.416, p < 0.01). Mature coping style is related to higher psychological health. The family support, social support and mental health level of undergraduate nursing students in Peking are higher than in Wuhan. The higher social support perceived by undergraduate nursing students, the better mental health they reported.

Influences of reading therapy on self-efficacy and coping style of nurses in cancer hospitals

Objective To eplore the influences of reading therapy on self-efficacy and coping style of nurses in cancer hospitals. Methods From January 2016 to January 2017, a total of 60 nurses were recruited to attend reading therapy training by purposive sampling method. All the participants were assessed by General Self-efficacy Scale and Coping Style Questionnaire before and after the training. Results After the training, the scores of self-efficacy of the nurses increased from (2.57±0.51) to (2.78±0.44) , and the difference was statistically significant (t=-2.415, P=0.017) . The scores of solving-problem, seeking for help and fantasy sub-scales after reading therapy training were (0.84±0.11) , (0.78±0.13) and (0.38±0.20) , and those before training were (0.73±0.18) , (0.63±0.19) and (0.47±0.14) , the differences were statistically significant (t=-4.039, -5.047, 2.856; P<0.01) . Conclusions Reading therapy can significantly improve the self-efficacy and mature coping style of nurses in cancer hospitals, and promote the development of mental health. Key words: Nurses; Reading therapy; Self-efficacy; Coping style

An analysis of coping styles and subjective well-being among nurses in the emergency treatment room of grade A tertiary hospitals in a province of China

Objective: To investigate the coping styles and subjective well-being of nurses in the emergency treatment room of grade A tertiary hospitals in a province of China, and to explore the relationship between coping styles and subjective well-being. Methods: In January 2016, 189 nurses in the emergency treatment room were selected from 9 grade A tertiary hospitals in a province of China by random sampling. The general data, coping styles, and subjective well-being of these nurses were analyzed using the general questionnaire, coping style questionnaire, and Campbell index of well-being scale, respectively. Results: The total score of subjective well-being of nurses in the emergency treatment room was 7.54, and the subjective well-being was significantly different between the nurses with different professional titles and between those with different education levels (F=3.46 and 3.47, both P<0.05). The score of illusion coping style differed significantly across the nurses of different ages (F=5.17, P<0.05) , the scores of self-reproach, illusion, and withdrawal coping styles differed significantly across the nurses with different nursing years (F=3.99, 5.30, and 4.97, all P<0.05) , and the score of illusion coping style differed significantly across the nurses with different education levels (F=5.09, P<0.05). Most (71.9%) of the nurses in the emergency treatment room adopted the mature coping style. Subjective well-being was positively correlated with problem-solving, help-seeking, and rationalization (r=0.232, 0.018, and 0.167, all P<0.05) and negatively correlated with withdrawal (r=-0.146, P<0.05) . Conclusion: Most nurses in the emergency treatment room adopt the mature coping style. Their subjective well-being and coping style vary with different ages, nursing years, professional titles, and education levels, and the subjective well-being is relatively low.

The Cyber Self: Facebook as a Predictor of Well‐being

AbstractGrowing research suggests that Facebook may relate to users’ self‐esteem, identity perceptions, and cognitive function by facilitating identity exploration and minimizing self‐deception. The present study empirically investigated this possibility. A cross‐sectional correlational design with a web‐based survey was utilized. Participants (N = 446) were 24.3% male (N = 118), 67.2% female (N = 326), 2% transgender/in transition (N = 2). 59.6% of participants were ages 18–32 (N = 289) while 13.6% were age 23–27 (N = 66) and 18.3% over age 28 (N = 89). High frequency Facebook use significantly positively correlated with mature defense style (p &lt; 0.05, r = 0.13). High self‐esteem significantly positively correlated with mature defense styles (p &lt; 0.01, r = 0.24) and negatively with immature styles (p &lt; 0.05, r = −0.13). High frequency Facebook use also significantly positively correlated with Actualization Potential (p &lt; 0.01, r = 0.20). In summary, higher levels of Facebook use appear to correlate with positive attributes such as low self‐deception, mature coping, high self‐esteem, and high actualization potential. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.

Application of Self-Efficacy for the Regulation of Coping Styles and Mental Healt in Disaster Education

This study was to investigate the effect of self-efficacy on coping styles and the regulatory role of mental healt in the disaster nursing education of nursing undergraduates to strengthen the education of mental healt in them and improve their abilities to cope with disaster relief. 403 nursing undergraduates who had passed the assessment of knowledge and skills related to disaster relief were chosen to receive a questionnaire survey. GSES, CSQ and PHI were applied for the correlation analysis and multiple hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that self-efficacy has a significantly positive prediction effect on the mature coping style. In the prediction of coping styles based on self-efficacy, SOM, ANX and HMA played a regulatory role. It is concluded that students with higher self-efficacy were inclined to adopt the mature coping style, and the somatotization symptom and emotional state of mental healt can play a significant regulation role in the influence of self-efficacy on coping styles.

Social and psychological factors of the suicidal tendencies of Chinese medical students.

BackgroundOver the past few decades, concern about suicide by college students has been on the rise worldwide, in general and in China particularly. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of social and psychological factors on the suicidal tendencies of Chinese medical students.FindingsOf the 540 students surveyed, 48 had a suicidal tendency to some extent. The highest rate of suicide was observed for fourth-year students, followed by the fifth-year, first-year, third-year, and second-year students. Female students and students not satisfied with their major had a higher rate of suicidal tendency. However, mature coping strategies had a protective effect on suicide. The stepwise regression analysis shows that academic burden, grade, and introversion/extraversion are the most significant risk factors for the suicidal tendency of Chinese medical students.ConclusionSuicide is affected by demographic risk factors as well as psychological factors. Our results lend support to a multi-factorial approach to the understanding and prevention of suicide by college students.

Coping Strategies as a Mediator of Posttraumatic Growth among Adult Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake

ObjectiveBy testing the mediating effect of coping strategies on the relationship between social support (SS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG), the aim of this research was to develop a new approach for the study of post-disaster psychological intervention.MethodsA mediating effect model analysis was conducted on 2080 adult survivors selected from 19 of the counties hardest-hit by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The Social Support Rating Scale and the Coping Scale were used to predict the PTG.ResultsA bivariate correlation analysis showed that there was a correlation between posttraumatic growth, social support and coping strategies. The mediation analysis revealed that coping strategies played a mediating role between social support and posttraumatic growth in survivors after the earthquake.ConclusionThe results demonstrated that mental health programs for survivors need to focus on the establishment of a good social support network, which was found to be conductive to maintaining and increasing mental health levels. At the same time, adequate social support is able to assist survivors in adopting mature coping strategies, such as problem solving and asking for help. Hence, social support was found to play a vital role in balancing and protecting mental health.

The role of experiential avoidance in the relationship between faith maturity, religious coping, and psychological adjustment among Christian university students

In the current study, the authors investigated the relationship between faith maturity, religious coping, experiential avoidance (EA), and psychological maladjustment (depression, anxiety, and stress) among a sample of Christian college students (N = 84). Findings revealed a strong positive correlation between faith maturity and positive religious coping, and weak negative correlations between faith maturity and negative religious coping and maladjustment. Moreover, a weak negative correlation emerged between positive religious coping and maladjustment, as well as a moderate positive correlation between negative religious coping and maladjustment. Finally, consistent with the proposed hypothesis, EA partially mediated the link between negative religious coping and psychological maladjustment, although EA played no mediating role with positive religious coping and maladjustment. Further studies are needed to replicate and generalise these preliminary findings.

Feature and relationship of the male inmates self-control, automatic thoughts and coping style

Objective To explore the features of male prisoners' self-control, automatic thought and coping style, and the relationship between them. Methods Randomly selected 725 male prisoners tested by Self-control Scale, the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire and Coping-style Inventory. Results (1) High-age male inmates self-control score was significantly higher than the low ages(F=12.063, P<0.01), high-education male inmates self-control score was significantly higher than the low-education ones(F=2.990, P=0.030). (2)The self-control was significantly correlated with all factors of coping style for male inmates(r=0.203-0.381, P<0.01). Low self-control corresponds to immature coping style, high self-control corresponds to mature coping style. (3) Automatic thought was significantly correlated with coping styles of male inmate factors(r=0.085-0.603, P<0.01). Negative automatic thoughts were more likely to use immature coping style. Conclusions Low self-control and immature coping style may be psychological factors influence crime, if necessary, give appropriate counseling of poor self-control and immature coping styles inmates. Key words: Male prisoners; Self-control; Automatic thoughts; Coping style

Correlation study of personality characteristic and coping style on the management of departments division among new nurses

Objective To analyze the relation between personality characteristics,coping styles and division management,so as to understand the relationship between mental health status,personality characteristics,and workplace of new nurses during the adapting period of department environment,and improve the quality of care.Methods Totals of 61 nurses who were assigned to a comprehensive hospital in 2010 as the experimental group,and other 65 nurses who were assigned to the hospital in 2009 as the control group.The experimental group adopted the management of department division by analyzing the personality traits,coping style assessment and nurse leadership style,while the control group was randomly division.Intervention effects were evaluated respectively in before division,6 months and 18 months after division.Results There were six nurses left in control group,the left rate was 9％,while no one left in experimental group.Hostility factor score of SCL-90 of experimental group was lower than that in control group after 6 months of division (t =3.12,P ＜0.01),as well as the scores of retreat of coping style and rationalization factor (t =3.75,3.35,respectively;P ＜ 0.01).Forcing factor score of SCL-90,and self-reproach factor score of coping in experimental group were lower than that in control group (t =2.02,2.68,respectively ; P ＜ 0.05),while EPQL factor score was significantly higher than that in control group(t =2.20,P ＜ 0.01) after 18 months of division.Conclusions According to the psychological characteristics and coping style of new nurses,and leadership style of head nurses to divide the department for new nurses can improve mental health of the new nurses,promote them to adopt mature and positive coping styles to the stress,and promote their loyalty for the nursing and the stability of nurses team. Key words: Nurse ; Division; Personality characteristic ; Coping style

Coping style and mental health on high school students

Objective: To explore the coping style of high school students and its relationship to mental health. Methods: Make a survey upon 320 students through coping style questionnaire and MSMH. Results: High school students often resort to problem solving and appeal to coping factors. No distinct gender difference is found in coping style. There are different degrees of correlation between coping style and mental health. Remarkable grade difference is shown in the factor of appealing in coping style and the three factors of compulsion, anxiety and mental imbalance in mental health. Conclusion: Relatively mature coping style has come into existence among high school students, but more guidance and assistance are in need in cultivating the coping style and improving the mental health.

Mental health, duration of unemployment, and coping strategy: a cross-sectional study of unemployed migrant workers in eastern china during the economic crisis

Background20 million migrant workers in China lost their jobs during the economic crisis of 2008. Both urban migration and unemployment have long been documented to be associated with vulnerability to mental problems. This study aims to examine the mental health of unemployed migrant workers in Eastern China and its relation to duration of unemployment and coping strategy during the recent economic crisis.MethodsThe data were collected through interview-based survey with a sample of 210 unemployed migrant workers in Zhejiang Province of China from 2008 to 2009. Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, Coping Strategies Questionnaire, and seven short demographic questions were used.ResultsThe majority of the unemployed migrant workers were found to be young male manufacturing industry workers with short-term unemployment and a relatively low education level. Nearly 50% of unemployed migrant workers were classified as mentally unhealthy and the most frequently reported symptom was depression. Compared with the adult norm of 1986, 2003, and 2007 in China, unemployed migrants had more mental problems. Long-term unemployed migrant workers had more psychiatric symptoms than the short-term unemployed workers and employed migrant workers. Unemployed migrant workers with immature coping strategies expressed significantly more psychiatric symptoms than those with mixed and mature coping strategies. Duration of unemployment and two coping strategies, problem-solving and self-blaming, predicted the mental problems of unemployed migrant workers.ConclusionsThe results indicated that mental health status of unemployed migrant workers in Eastern China was poorer than the national adult norm. More psychiatric symptoms are evidenced among unemployed migrant workers who lost their jobs for a long term and who had immature coping strategies. These findings can be used for prevention and intervention of mental illness among unemployed migrant workers.

A survey on the personality and coping style of only child nurses

Objective To understand the coping style and personality of only child nurses provide basis for training only child nurses. Methods 103 nurses were investigated with Copying Style Inventory and 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). Results According to the value of coping style, there were no significant differences between the only child nurses and those who were not only child nurses (P＞0.05).Score of self-discipline, 1 factor of 16PF, had significant difference between the only child nurses and those who were not only child nurses (P＜0.05). There were different levels and properties of correlations between many factors of 16PF and the rationalization, self-accusation, help-seeking, fancying, withdrawal of the coping style.Conclusions The only child nurses have maturity coping style and steady personality. Key words: Only child; Nurse; Personality; Coping style

Change in Coping Strategies Following Intensive Intervention for Special‐service Military Personnel as Civil Emergency Responders

To evaluate the effectiveness of a coping training program for the Chinese Special-Service Military Personnel (SSMP) as civil emergency responders. A parallel control trial was carried out in four special-service units (camps) stationed in Chongqing, China from Feb. 14th to May 30th, 2009. A total of 396 subjects were recruited and were randomly divided into an intervention group (n=201) and a control group (n=195) by clustering. Over the trial, participants in the intervention group received an additional coping-training program with 14 weekly two-hour sessions while the control group continued their normal work. Of all 396 participants, 343 attended all the sessions and completed the given measures. In comparison to their own scores in coping strategies at pre-intervention, significant and positive changes were observed in the intervention group (n=176) at post-intervention. Except for the strategy of self-blaming, the coping strategies including problem-solving, help-seeking, avoidance, fantasy and rationalization were improved. The descending order of the absolute change values over the trial in 5 coping strategies was fantasy, help-seeking, avoidance, problem-solving and rationalization. In addition, most subscales of social support and self-consistency, as powerful predictors of coping strategies, changed significantly over the intervention, while these changes were not observed in the control group (n=167). With the combined use of modular contents and procedural methods, our intervention not only led to fewer choices of immature coping strategies like fantasy, escape and rationalization, but also raised the use of mature coping strategies such as problem-solving and help-seeking. Accordingly, the intervention will be very helpful for regular coping training of Special-Service Units, something which can be verified and generalized for the whole SSMP in a future study.

Correlated study on subjective well-being and coping methods of the elderly in the earthquake-stricken area

Objective To explore the subjective well-being (SWB) and coping methods of the elderly in the earthquake-stricken areas and the correlations between them, and to provide theoretic basis for the government to solve the related problems of older persons and post-disaster psychological nursing. Methods A total of 101 old persons in earthquake-stricken area were investigated with MUNSH and Coping Methods Questionnaire, and the correlated analysis between them was performed. Results The mean score of the old persons' SWB in the earthquake-stricken areas was (34.35 ± 10.66). The mean scores in PA and PE were higher than those in NA and NE. Among the factors of coping methods, solving problems and seeking assistance were the highest. The old persons' SWE and positive factors ( PA and PE) were positively correlated to the factors of solving problems and seeking assistance respectively ( P ＜ 0.01 ), and the SWE were negatively correlated to fantasy, retreating, self-blaming and rationalizing ( P ＜ 0.05 ). Conclusions Most of the elderly in earthquake-stricken areas adopted mature coping methods and comparatively had better subjective well-being. Great attention should be paid to those who adopted immature copying methods in order to improve their SWB. Key words: The earthquake-stricken areas; The elderly; Subjective well-being; Coping methods; Psychology

The Humanism is in the Details: An Insider’s Account of Humanistic Modifications to a Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program in a Maximum-Security Prison

The cognitive-behavioral and humanistic approaches to treatment are often considered to be inherently at odds with one another, because cognitive-behavioral programs often follow a rigid format whereas humanistic programs explicitly accommodate the individuality of offenders. Drawing on observations from an in-depth, on-site immersion in a prison treatment program, the authors demonstrate that these seemingly disparate approaches can be merged in practice with positive results, particularly when used in conjunction with an emphasis on mature coping skills.

The Study on the Relations among Perfectionism &amp; Coping Style &amp; Interpersonal Relationship of University Students

The target of this thesis is to study the relations among the perfectionism, the coping style and the interpersonal relationship of university students. The main study methods are to make the use of Frost multi-dimensional perfectionism scale, coping style questionnaire and university student interpersonal relationship comprehensive diagnostic scale to measure 350 university students. The results of the study show that: (1) There is a significant negative correlation between the perfectionism and the mature coping style of university students, whereas there is a significant positive correlation between the perfectionism and the immature coping style. (2)There is a significant positive correlation between the perfectionism and the interpersonal relationship. (3)There is a significant positive correlation between the interpersonal relationship and immature/mixture coping style, whereas there is a significant negative correlation between the interpersonal relationship and mature coping style.(4)The concerning mistakes (CM), the action procrastination (AP), mixture and mature coping style can predict the perplexity of conversation distinctly.(5)The AP,personal standard (PS), immature and mature coping style can predict the perplexity of social intercourse & making friend distinctly.(6)The CM, parent criticism (PC) and mixture coping style can predict the perplexity of dealing with people distinctly.(7)The CM,AP, PS, parent expectation (PE), mixture and mature coping style can predict the perplexity of relating to the opposite sex distinctly. Therefore the conclusion of the thesis is as follows: there are close relations among perfectionism, coping style and interpersonal relationship; the perfectionism and coping style affect the interpersonal relationship of university students to a significant extent.

The coping strategies and social support features of the patients with vision impairment

Objective To explore social support and coping style in patients with visual impairment.Methods 102 patients with visual impairment and 99 normal controls were evaluated by Social Support Rating Scale and Trait Coping Style Questionnaire.and the results of two groups were compared.Results The patients with visual impairment got significantly lower scores of perceived social support than that of the control group(sub-jective social support:22.30±1.63 vs 23.76±5.51,P<0.01;total score of social support:38.24±7.35 vs 41.36±6.65,P＜0.01).The patients with visual impairment got significantly lower scores of positive coping style than that of the control group.The mature coping style is positively correlated with social support in patients with visual impairment.Conclusion The patients with visual imlpairment have got relatively lower perceived social support and applied more unmature coping styles.The nurses should help the patients to improve their social support level and encourage them to use more made coping style. Key words: Visual impairment; Coping style; Social support

The investigation on both coping mode of patients with visual impairment and its affecting factors

Objective To explore both the coping mode and its affecting factors of patients with visual impairment.Methods A total of 109 case of visual impairmem patients were investigated on their reply mode and its affecting factors by adopting Coping Mode Scale and Basic-ophthalmological information questionnaires.Results Solving the problem Was the most applied coping mode in the subjects ofthis group.Other coping mode in ordedy were asking for help;retreating,rational,ation;imagination and self-abusing.Factors such as education,the place forliving and relationship amongfamily could affect patients'coping mode.Conclusion The pafients with visual impairments applied various kinds of coping modes.Nursing staff should pay more attention to evaluating the applying modes 0f patients.Based on patients' characteristics,they should provide guidance and help for patients to adopt mature coping mode and to relieve their pressures. Key words: Visual impairment; Coping mode; Affecting factors

Effect of self-esteem and coping style on mental health of undergraduates

Objective To explore the effect and the interaction model of self-esteem and coping style on mental health of undergraduates.Methods 577 undergraduates were surveyed by SCL-90,CSQ and SES.Results A 17.3%variance of mental health could be explained by self-esteem,unmature and mature coping style,while,unmature,mature coping style demonstrate respectively 16.2%,24.7%indirect effect of total effect through self-esteem on mental health.Conclusion Advancing copying competence and self-acceptance is a way to keep mental health of undergraduates while facing frustration and difficulties. Key words: Self-esteem; Coping style; Mental health