Selection Of Coping Strategies Research Articles

FEATURES OF COPING STRATEGIES IN CONDITIONS OF UNCERTAINTY OF WARTIME

Relevance. The purpose of this article is to empirically investigate the discrepancies in the selection of coping strategies among groups of people during war under various conditions of uncertainty. Methodology. The sample consists of 186 residents of Ukrainian cities who live under various conditions of uncertainty. Methods: author’s questionnaire, methods: «Test for psychological diagnostics of coping mechanisms (E. Heim)», «The Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12) (N. Carleton, adaptation by H. Gromova)»; mathematical methods for processing empirical data using the IBM SPSS Statistics 26 package. Results. Respondent groups, based on their location relative to the front line, show statistically significant discrepancies in cognitive and behavioral coping strategies. The empirical study’s analysis showed that individuals living in the front and near-front zones often compare their problems with others and downplay their difficulties more frequently (41,94%) than those living further from the front line (21.94%). Furthermore, individuals closer to the front line show a higher tendency to employ the adaptive coping strategy «altruism» (19.35%), that is, they offer help to others in overcoming difficulties more often than those living further from the front line (6.45%). Both groups predominantly employ relatively adaptive coping strategies. However, a divergence in problem-solving approaches exists: individuals in the front and near-front zones typically avoid problem-solving by engaging in a favorite activity, whereas the other group tends to evade problem-solving by resorting to alcohol, medicines, sedatives, or indulging in tasty food. The study did not identify statistically significant differences between groups regarding intolerance to uncertainty.

Validation of the Chinese version of the coping strategies for victims of cyberbullying scale

BackgroundAlthough abundant evidence has confirmed cyberbullying as a global online risk, little is known about the coping strategies employed by victims and those who experiencing bullying. A validated scale for coping with cyberbullying could inform evidence-based social services and enable comparative studies of this phenomenon among victims from different backgrounds. This study aims to validate the Coping Strategies for Victims of Cyberbullying (CSVC) scale among Chinese adolescents and to compare its effectiveness between victims and bully-victims (individuals with dual roles).MethodsA 25-item CSVC scale was translated and adapted for cultural relevance in the Chinese context. A sample of 1,716 adolescents, aged 13–18 years, from two middle schools and one high school in China, was recruited. Both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted.ResultsThe EFA revealed that the Chinese version of the CSVC scale had satisfactory validity. The CFA demonstrated a good fit for the eight-factor model in assessing different coping strategies for cyberbullying. Differences in the selection of coping strategies were observed between the general adolescent population and sexual and gender minorities.ConclusionsFuture intervention studies may use this validated scale to educate adolescents, both those affected by cyberbullying and those who are not, to learn a broader range of coping strategies and to choose more effective ones.

Anxiety Disorders: The Relationship between Insight and Metacognition.

The exploration of metacognition in relation to anxiety has received considerable attention in recent decades. Research indicates that it plays a role in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders while also providing benefits, including the ability to assess situations, modify behaviors, and make informed decisions. We propose that having an awareness of a disorder, also known as insight, is related to metacognition in anxiety. This relationship stems from the ability it provides individuals to recognize their mental state through reflection on personal experiences. We discuss the impact of insight and metacognition on decision-making, treatment-seeking behaviors, and coping strategy selection. Understanding the concept of insight in anxiety disorders, as compared to other mental disorders like psychosis, requires exploring its complexities while carefully considering the balance of harms and benefits. While the medicalization of symptoms in psychosis is widely regarded as clearly beneficial, evaluating the role of insight in anxiety disorders demands a more nuanced understanding. Gaining a fuller perspective on patients' beliefs can impact their behaviors and decision-making. Clinicians can achieve this by encouraging active self-reflection to increase awareness, which includes evaluating both severity and impact on daily functioning. This also involves expressing experiences and exploring attributions of anxiety. This practical approach enables clinicians to understand engagement and treatment-seeking behaviors, allowing them to tailor treatment plans and develop effective coping and management strategies. Ultimately, this knowledge promotes a deeper comprehension of insight into anxiety disorders.

Research on the Manufacturer’s Strategies under Different Supply Interruption Risk Based on Supply Chain Resilience

In order to study the selection of coping strategies for the manufacturer facing different supply interruption risks, this paper constructs a supply chain consisting of one manufacturer and one supplier and uses no-taking coping strategies as the benchmark model to analyze the resilience of supply chain formed by the manufacturer’s adoption of penalty mechanism, emergency supplier mechanism, and strategic investment mechanism. The research shows that in the face of various levels of supply interruption risk, the manufacturer adopting a strategic investment mechanism will achieve high resilience, enabling the manufacturer and supplier to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. In some cases of high interruption risk, the manufacturer adopting an emergency supplier mechanism can achieve higher chain resilience compared with not taking emergency measures, but its ability to improve supply chain resilience is weaker than that of a strategic investment mechanism. The penalty mechanism is applicable to situations where some interruption risk is characterized by low risk, and in such cases, both the penalty mechanism and the strategic investment mechanism can enhance the resilience of the supply chain.

How Financial Distress Affect The Coping Strategy? Case Of Indonesian MSME’s During The Covid-19 Outbreak

This research intends to examine the effect of financial distress, self-efficacy, and leadership skills on coping strategy in time of COVID-19 pandemic. This study focuses on the coping strategy implementation of MSMEs in Indonesia during economic downturn due to the pandemic. We examine 125 MSMEs in Indonesia as our respondents. We employ multinomial logistics regression technique to test the hypotheses. Our findings show that financial distress negatively affects the choice of coping strategy. On the other hand, self-efficacy and leadership skills have a positive impact on coping strategy. Financial distress, self-efficacy, and leadership skills are empirically proven as the determinant factors that influence the coping strategy selection process during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research uses a new perspective of financial distress scales and leadership skills aspects as a new insight in coping strategy decision making process. This study contributes to the development literature on coping strategy and its determinant factors during crisis conditions. practically, this research has implications to the development of coping strategy models and its influenced factors for business practitioners, especially on how to develop coping models during crisis condition.

Family Functioning Against Problem Solving Coping Adolescent Victims of Bullying

Bullying generally has a negative impact on the victim's mentality. Victims of bullying have a negative impact on themselves and the environment if not addressed immediately. Family functioning is one of the factors that can minimize the occurrence of bullying. Through problem solving coping, children imitate what parents usually do in solving a problem. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods, using interviews and observations as data collection techniques. The results of this study indicate that problem solving in the family plays an important role in family functioning, along with the selection of coping strategies used in solving a problem. Coping strategies used by a child are innate constructs from parents and tend to be stable over time.

Exploring the Effectiveness of Counseling Intervention on Sedative Drug Addiction at Penjara Kajang

The COVID-19 pandemic which strike Malaysia and worldwide is a nightmare for most individuals. It brought various implications that in turn change the pattern of human’s life. There are some individuals who fail to adapt causing them to experience emotional disturbances that contribute to mental health problems. It also contributes to various social problems including drug abuse, domestic violence, divorce and others. Hence, this study was conducted to identify the causes and effects of sedative drug abuse as well as to examine the level of effectiveness of counseling interventions and coping strategies in solving this problem. This study was conducted qualitatively involving interview sessions and individual counseling sessions to one of the detainees in Kajang Prison who was involved in sedative drug abuse. The implementation of counseling sessions through Motivational Interviewing (MI) approach and Reality Therapy were conducted. The use of Motivational Interviewing in the initial session is seen to be effective in increasing client motivation. While the use of reality theory is seen to help clients in making decisions, plan and taking action. In conclusion, the right and proper counselling approach can help clients in the issue of drug addiction as well as the selection of coping strategies in dealing with the problems faced.

Abstract 13214: Coping With Heart Failure: Association Between Coping Strategies and Health Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure

Introduction: Coping is an essential element of self-management in chronic conditions such as heart failure (HF) where patients experience poor physical and emotional health outcomes. Coping strategies (problem-focused, active, and avoidant) often determine patients’ well-being. Although multiple factors are known to be associated with the selection of coping strategies in HF, the evidence is limited and inconclusive. Specifically, clarity on the association between HF patients’ demographics (age, sex, education, income), disease duration, and symptom severity with coping strategies is needed. Research Questions: This in-progress study seeks answers to the following questions: 1) Identify the association between demographics, disease duration, and symptom severity and coping strategies (problem-focused, active and avoidant); 2) Examine the association between the three types of coping strategies and physical and emotional health status outcomes; 3) Describe the mediating effect of coping strategies on the relationship between the reported symptom severity and subsequent physical and emotional health outcomes. Conceptual framework: This study is guided by the Stress and Coping model that consists of three components: antecedents of stress, coping strategies, and adaptational outcomes. Methods: This in-progress study uses a cross-sectional descriptive design examining associations and potential mediators. A total of 112 HF patients will be recruited online using ResearchMatch , a secure online tool that aims to match researchers with target participants, and in-person from cardiovascular clinics in Michigan. The inclusion criteria are: 1) HF diagnosis, 2) a New York Heart Association classification ≥ II; 3) aged over 18; 4) speak and read in English. The Brief COPE and the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) will be used to measure coping strategies and health outcomes, respectively. A mediation model was proposed to illustrate the mechanism in which coping mediates the influence of symptom severity on health status outcomes. Conclusion: This study will provide insight into coping strategies utilized by HF patients and highlight the influence of demographics, disease duration, and symptom severity on coping.

FACTORS AFFECTING COPING STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH WORKERS IN DEALING STIGMA DUE TO COVID-19

Coping strategies used by health workers in dealing with community stigma due to Covid-19 are varied. The influencing factors include individual characteristics such as gender, marital status, profession, education level, marital status, salary, sift and others. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence health workers in the selection of coping strategies. The design of this study was cross-sectional. The population is health workers who work in health services in Indonesia with a total of 530 samples through incidental sampling technique. The research instrument used a Brief Cope Inventory which consists of 28 question items with 14 subscale items. Data analysis used univariate, bivariate and multivariate. The coefficient of determination obtained is 0.125, meaning that the variability of the dependent variable that can be explained by independent variability is 12.5% ​​or about 87.5% the rest is explained by other factors outside the model, which means that it cannot be explained by the model including physical health factors and psychology.

A fish keeper's life lessons: Implications for resilience promotion.

A self-care crisis follows a predictable, four-step pattern: Tension-building, flood zone, recovery, equilibrium. When we learn to identify our tension-building signals and intervene quickly by using tailored coping strategies, we often are able to alleviate emotional distress and regain equilibrium. This article identifies three self-reflective exercises that could be used to increase insight, identify early signals of self-care tension-building, and encourage intentional selection of coping strategies.

Symptoms of Adjustment Disorder after an accidental injury: risk and protective factors

Symptoms of Adjustment Disorder after an accidental injury: risk and protective factors Objectives: The identification of protective and risk factors for symptoms of adjustment disorder (AD) after an accident injury. Methods: In this prospective long-term study, data from 73 patients with ankle and lower leg fractures were analyzed. Symptoms of AD were assessed at enrollment (T0), 1 month (T1) and 12 months (T2) after injury. In addition, questionnaires regarding adverse childhood experiences, coping strategies and the number of stressors during the last year were obtained. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) was conducted at T1 and T2. Results: 4.1 % of patients met the criteria for AD at T1 and 2.7 % at T2. Acceptance coping predicted a lower level of AD symptoms 1 year after the injury (β = -.42, p <.001). Conclusions: It could be confirmed that the selection of coping strategies predicts the level of AD symptoms 12 months after the injury. The results show that acceptance is a protective factor for AD and contribute to a better understanding of a little-researched diagnosis.

Contextual Behavioral Approaches to Understanding Body Image Threats and Coping in Youth: A Qualitative Study

Adolescence involves significant developmental changes and challenges including heightened body image concerns. However, there is limited research on adaptive ways of responding to perceived threats to body image. This study uses body image flexibility, derived from contextual behavioral perspectives, and coping theories to explore young people’s responses to body image threats. High school and university students (12 male, 15 female) aged 12 to 24 years were recruited from educational institutions in a metropolitan area of Australia. Thematic analysis of semistructured interviews identified themes related to body image threats from internal and external sources. In response to these threats, young people reported coping by changing the content of, and how they related to, perceived threats, and seeking social support. In addition, young people viewed coping as a dynamic process that changed over time and across situations. Reported processes of attending to, and allowing, momentary negative experiences and connecting with other important life domains were consistent with body image flexibility. The coping context affected the selection of coping strategies, with body image flexibility facilitating more adaptive coping for some participants. Further investigation of contextual behavioral approaches, such as body image flexibility, could help to better understand and promote adaptive body image coping in youth.

Coping with COVID-19 and movement control order (MCO): experiences of university students in Malaysia

This study examined how university students in Malaysia coped with the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on movement (also known as MCO). A total of 983 students participated in a survey conducted online between April 20 and May 24, 2020. The psychological impact was measured using Zung's Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS). The students were assessed on the usage of adaptive (humanitarian and seeking social support) and maladaptive coping strategies (acceptance and mental disengagement). The results showed that the students used maladaptive coping strategies more than adaptive coping strategies to deal with anxiety caused by the pandemic and the effect of restriction of movement. Seeking social support and acceptance coping strategies were significantly associated with the level of anxiety. The student's gender, age, ethnicity, level and type of study, and living arrangement were associated with coping strategies. The students' selection of coping strategies mirrors typical Asian culture, that is, submissiveness. The study proposes several practical and professional suggestions to address students' mental health issues.

The relationship between self-esteem of nurses and their choice of strategies to cope with workload burden

Aim: To identify coping strategies nurses working in clinical practice use to manage workload, and, subsequently, to determine whether the choice of coping strategies is related to self-esteem. Design: Quantitative cross-sectional study. Methods: The sample consisted of 509 nurses. Two coping strategies questionnaires &#8211; Brief COPE and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale &#8211; RSES were used to collect data. The data were evaluated by descriptive statistical methods and analysed via ANOVA. Results: Nurses prefer to adopt a range of adaptive coping strategies rather than maladaptive coping strategies. The most frequently chosen adaptive coping strategies used by nurses in clinical practice are acceptance, planning, and active coping. We found that selection of coping strategies is closely related to self-esteem. We registered a significant difference in preferences for adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies as follows: nurses with high self-esteem scores (RSES) preferred adaptive coping strategies: active coping (p = 0.017), positive reframing (p = 0.001), planning (p = 0.020), and acceptance (p = 0.045). We identified selection of maladaptive coping strategies in nurses with average and low self-esteem scale results, i.e.: denial (p = 0.000), disengaged behaviour (p = 0.001), and self-blaming (p = 0.000). Conclusion: The results of the study suggest that it is important to support nurses&#8217; self-esteem since this influences choice of adaptive coping strategies. These are an effective means of coping with the burden on nurses, which directly affects the quality of nursing care provided to patients in clinical practice.

Abstract 260: Coping and Health Related Quality of Life in Patients With Heart Failure: A Scoping Review

Purpose: Heart failure (HF) is associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) secondary to decrements in functional status. Patients’ adoption of coping strategies may affect their HRQoL. The review purpose was to characterize what is known about factors that impact selection of coping strategies that contribute to HRQoL among HF patients. Research Question/Hypothesis: What is known about: 1) the impact of coping strategies on HRQoL among patients with HF; and 2) factors affecting the adoption of coping strategies? Theoretical framework/rationale: This review was guided by Lazarus and Folkman’s stress and coping theory. Methods: A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework and a modified Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Databases searched included PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. Keywords included: cope, coping, HF, congestive HF, HRQoL, coping strategies. Two investigators came to consensus on publications meeting eligibility criteria. Results: 674 articles were identified of which 471 articles were screened by title and abstract after duplicates were removed, with 27 meeting eligibility. 25 studies were quantitative and 2 qualitative. Six studies were randomized controlled trials, 18 were cross-sectional, and one was longitudinal. Participants’ ages ranged in age from 49-79. Most studies (n=18) reported a significant impact of coping strategies on HRQoL in HF patients, and six studies reported minimum to no impact. Factors that influenced the adoption of coping strategies were reported (n=7 studies): age, gender, religious belief, culture, depression and illness severity. Four of the seven studies reported depression as a significant factor in adopting coping strategies. Conclusion: Most studies found a significant impact on HRQoL through coping among HF patients. However, the majority of studies were cross-sectional in design, highlighting difficulties in determining causal relationships and changes over time. While only seven studies addressed factors that led to the use of coping strategies in HF, the leading contributors were sociodemographics along with depression. This review provides an overview of the state of science; lack of experimental studies suggests a gap in the literature and a need to explore this area of research.

Stress and its management by students in the field of education

Background: ‪The subject matter of the submitted survey was to determine what coping strategies are used to manage stress by university students in the field of education. Material and methods: ‪The research group included 51 university students of the Faculty of Education in a combined type of study (the students teach at high schools concurrently with their studies). To collect data, the standardised Stress Coping Style Questionnaire, SVF-78 was used. Results: ‪There is a statistically significant difference between the variables. Men prefer negative coping strategies to a lower extent than women, with statistical significance. Conclusions: ‪The submitted survey focused on coping strategies used for managing stress by university students in a combined type of study of education-related fields (who already work as teachers). They were teachers at high schools with leaving examinations and teachers at vocational schools without leaving examinations. Individual results of a broader study indicate significance of the independent variable of gender in relation to the selection of coping strategies.

Consumer Perceived Risk, Involvement and Risk Coping Strategies: A Comparative Study in Product-Service Purchase Situations

The literature on services marketing holds that a number of unique characteristics separate services from tangible products. These distinguishing characteristics make service more difficult to evaluate than goods and the knowledge developed from experience in physical product marketing is not sufficient to understand service consumer behaviour. From this ferment this study is designed to examine some consumer behavior related conceptsperceived risk, and consumer involvement (CI) -and risk coping strategies in service purchase situations and compare them withproduct purchase situations. The objectives of the study are (a) to examine whether the differences between product and services influence the degree of association between the perceived risk and the consumer involvement, (b) to investigate whether the differences between product and services influence the consumer s risk coping strategy selection, and (c) to discuss the strategic implications for service marketers. The study is basically an empirical descriptive in nature. A sample survey was conducted with a help of structured questionnaire to collect data. The degree of association between the perceived risk and the consumer involvement was measured by calculating Pearson correlation coefficient. And, the association between the product category and the risk coping strategy selection of consumers was tested by performing Chi-Square test. The results of the tests show that (a) there is a positive relationship between the degree of perceived risk and the consumer involvement in both purchase situations, and (b) the differences between product and services influence the degree of association between the perceived risk and the consumer involvement. The results also show that the coping strategies vary in terms of the degree of perceived risk. The study recommend that services marketers should understand degree of risk the service customers perceive, their degree of involvement and coping strategies to develop their marketing programmes.

Organized Civil Society Under Authoritarian Populism: Cases from Ecuador

AbstractThis article examines how civil society organizations (CSOs) in Latin America cope with authoritarian populism. In particular, it outlines cases of coping and adaptive strategies by CSOs in Ecuador during the years of President Rafael Correa’s presidency (2007–2017). Ecuador provides an example of an authoritarian, leftist populist administration; thus situating our discussion in the general civil society-government relations literature, we link together trends of authoritarianism and populism and its implications on CSOs. Using a qualitative-interpretive approach with long-term fieldwork in Ecuador, we outline a selection of coping strategies used by organized civil society that include formal, semi-formal and informal organizational configurations.

COPING STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING STRESS BY ATHLETES

Skilled athletes encounter numerous stress factors at various stages of their sports activity. To achieve success in their professional activity, athletes have to increase their own stress resistance, using different techniques and methods. Successful mastery and choice of coping strategies determine the response of a skilled athlete to internal and external stress factors, which actualizes the study of issues related to stress management in the course of professional activity. Objective. Coverage of contemporary foreign theoretico-methodical foundations of stress resistance and the use of coping strategies in sport and the identification of modern conceptual and categorical apparatus used by leading foreign scientists. Methods. Analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization. Results. Based on the analysis of existing theoretico-analytical researches, modern approaches to the problem of stress and formation of stress resistance are considered. Features of individual coping strategy usage by athle­tes engaged in mixed martial arts are determined. The peculiarities of coping strategy selection and influence of personal factor on their use are revealed. New types of coping strategies for stress management are described. Availability of a strong correlation between the effectiveness of one coping strategy and possibility to choose another one, if needed, is described.

Coping and Life Satisfaction: Mediating Role of Ego-Resiliency in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Objective: Ego-resiliency is attributed the status of a “meta resource” that is responsible for a flexible selection of coping strategies depending on the requirements of a specific difficult situation. A considerably burdensome critical life event is the development of a chronic illness such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Apart from coping with the symptoms, a fundamental task confronting patients is maintaining their quality of life. This raises the question of whether ego-resiliency serves as a mediator between coping strategies and quality of life. Materials and Methods: 210 RA patients were invited to participate in this study. They were requested to complete a questionnaire that included the Satisfaction with Life scale, the stress coping inventory Mini-COPE, and the Ego-Resiliency scale. The collected data were analyzed by a simple mediation procedure and estimation of simple correlation coefficients. Results: The analysis demonstrated that ego-resiliency (r = 0.46; p < 0.001) and emotion-focused coping (r = 0.39; p < 0.001) determined life satisfaction. Additionally, ego-resiliency mediated the relation between emotion-oriented coping strategies and life satisfaction. Partial mediation was observed (a = 0.45**; b = 0.36**; c = 0.39**; c’ =0.22**; R² = 0.24; F = 35.65; p < 0.001). Conclusion: Our observations partly support the assumption about a controlling role of ego-resiliency in the process of selecting coping strategies according to demands of situations.