Use Of Different Coping Strategies Research Articles

Stress management: how does the academic staff cope with it? a cross-sectional study at the university of Udine

BackgroundIncreasing work-related stress in academia can have an impact on physical and mental health. The aim of this study was to analyse the coping strategies of staff employed at the University of Udine and to verify whether sociodemographic data, professional position, and the presence of anxiety or depression symptoms are related to the use of different coping strategies.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study between June and December 2020 using the Brief COPE questionnaire. We correlated coping strategies with professional position, sociodemographic data, and the presence of anxiety or depressive symptoms measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 and the General Anxiety Disorder–7.ResultsA total of 366 people participated in the study, including 109 junior academics, 146 senior academics, and 111 administrative staff (response rate 23.6%). The three most frequently used coping strategies in terms of approach coping style were planning (6.77 ± 1.41), active coping (6.58 ± 1.45) and acceptance (6.23 ± 1.44). Women were more likely than men to report using approach and avoidant coping strategies (p < 0.001). Positive reframing and religion were most commonly used by administrative staff (p < 0.05), in contrast to junior academics, who were more likely to use substances and self-blame (p < 0.05). Anxiety was found to correlate with self-blame (OR 1.94) as a coping strategy, while depression was associated with venting (OR 2.83), self-blame (OR 3.27), and humor (OR 3.02).ConclusionIdentifying profiles of coping strategies can help higher education institutions to implement support strategies for the academic community, ultimately promoting healthier lives and more effective teaching and research. Our study has shown that women and junior academics among staff at the Udine University would benefit from a tailored health promotion intervention that encourages the use of approach coping styles to reduce their risk of developing anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Navigating narcolepsy: exploring coping strategies and their association with quality of life in patients with narcolepsy type 1

Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by symptoms such as excessive daytime sleepiness, sudden sleep episodes, disrupted nocturnal sleep, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations, which significantly impact the overall well-being and quality of life of individuals. While psychological factors have gained attention, there is limited research on the coping strategies employed by patients with NT1 and their association with quality of life. This study aimed to compare coping strategies in patients with NT1 and controls, as well as assess the relationship between coping strategies and quality of life in patients with NT1. A total of 122 individuals diagnosed with NT1 and 138 controls were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed questionnaires assessing coping strategies and health-related quality of life. A Mann–Whitney U test was conducted to compare the use of different coping strategies by patients with NT1 and controls. Spearman's rho correlation was performed to examine the association between coping strategies and quality of life in the NT1 group. Results showed that patients with NT1 exhibited differences in the use of coping strategies compared to controls. They reported lower use of active coping, planning, instrumental, and emotional social support, and higher use of behavioral and mental disengagement. Denial and behavioral disengagement were significantly and negatively associated with quality of life. Identifying coping strategies and their association with quality of life may aid in the development of tailored interventions aimed at improving the adoption of effective coping strategies and reducing the use of maladaptive coping strategies.

Coping strategies and mental health: A web-based survey among the Italian population dealing with COVID-19.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to be a highly stressful event with a major impact on psychological mental health worldwide. The use of different coping strategies may change the perception of psychological well-being during the pandemic. The present study aims to explore psychological mental health in relation to sociodemographic variables and to analyse the coping strategies of the Italian population in dealing with COVID-19. Implications for clinical interventions are reported. A total of 537 individuals (>18) participated in the survey completing measures of sociodemographic data, general psychological well-being, and coping strategies. Results found that females, students, and unmarried people reported the lowest levels of well-being. Specifically, the coping strategy called positive attitude was positively correlated with psychological well-being, whereas avoidance and social support strategies negatively influenced well-being. Understanding beneficial coping strategies is central to optimally manage the long-lasting of the current COVID-19 situation and may be useful for mental health professionals in treating patients suffering psychologically from the pandemic.

Factors predicting the use of different coping strategies among Korean immigrant women in the United States

Although most Korean immigrant women experience stress during the acculturation process, few studies have explored how this population copes with stressful events when adjusting to a new society. This study aimed to identify the types of coping strategies these women use, as well as the predictive factors for the same. Data were collected from 136 Korean immigrant women residing in Texas, using a self-report questionnaire written in Korean. The results showed that the participants most frequently used task-oriented coping strategies, followed in order by emotion-oriented and avoidance-oriented strategies. There were no significant predictive factors for task-oriented or avoidance-oriented coping strategies. However, age, English proficiency, length of residence, immigration stress, alcohol consumption, and at-risk drinking by a male partner significantly predicted the use of emotion-oriented coping strategies among participants. To increase access to professional services for Korean immigrant women in the United States, culturally sensitive social services and bilingual providers would be beneficial. Because emotion-oriented coping methods were the most common in Korean immigrant women, Korean churches could form partnerships and cooperate with social service agencies. Drinking by a male partner is an important issue that significantly affects the coping methods of Korean immigrant communities. Finally, limitations and suggestions for further research are discussed.

Coping in the Emergency Medical Services: Associations With the Personnel's Stress, Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, and Health.

Emergency Medical Services personnel (EMSP) are recurrently exposed to chronic and traumatic stressors in their occupation. Effective coping with occupational stressors plays a key role in enabling their health and overall well-being. In this study, we examined the habitual use of coping strategies in EMSP and analyzed associations of coping with the personnel's health and well-being. A total of N = 106 German Red Cross EMSP participated in a cross-sectional survey involving standardized questionnaires to report habitual use of different coping strategies (using the Brief-COPE), their work-related stress, work-related self-efficacy, job satisfaction, as well as mental and physical stress symptoms. A confirmatory factor analysis corroborated seven coping factors which have been identified in a previous study among Italian emergency workers. Correlation analyses indicated the coping factor "self-criticism" is associated with more work-related stress, lower job satisfaction, and higher depressive, posttraumatic, and physical stress symptoms. Although commonly viewed as adaptive coping, the coping factors "support/venting", "active coping/planning", "humor", "religion", and "positive reappraisal" were not related to health and well-being in EMSP. Exploratory correlation analyses suggested that only "acceptance" was linked to better well-being and self-efficacy in EMSP. Our results emphasize the need for in-depth investigation of adaptive coping in EMSP to advance occupation-specific prevention measures.

The effect of depression and the reframing strategy on the level of satisfaction with family life in infertile and post-miscarriage couples: dyadic analyzes

Introduction: Couples struggling with infertility, as well as those after experiencing a miscarriage, deal with many types of stressors, in the face of which they react with anxiety, regret and depression, which negatively affects fertility and is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage. The use of different coping strategies seems to have different effects on the stress of infertility and miscarriage experiences. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between depression related to infertility and miscarriage and satisfaction with family life, as well as the role of using the reframing in predicting family life satisfaction in the group of depressive infertile couples and after miscarriage.&#x0D; Methods: The study involved 90 couples: 50 couples after miscarriage and 40 couples diagnosed with infertility. The participants completed a questionnaire examining the level of depressiveness (Giessen Test), coping strategies in the family (F-copes) and the family assessment scale (Flexibility and Cohesion Evaluation Scales; SOR). The actor partner interdependence model was used for data analysis.&#x0D; Results: The findings showed that the level of partner depressiveness in both infertile and post-miscarriage couples predicted lower satisfaction with family life in women and men, while husband depressiveness was significant for women's family life satisfaction, but not the other way around. The reframing strategy by partners in both studied groups significantly weakened the relationship between partners’ depressiveness and the level of satisfaction with life.&#x0D; Conclusions: Stress is one of the most important risk factors influencing the results of infertility treatment and spontaneous miscarriage, therefore it is important to identify all factors related to depression symptoms and life satisfaction of infertile and post-miscarriage couples.

Keep me updated! Social support as a coping strategy to reduce the perceived threat caused by the cognitive availability of COVID-19 relevant information

The enormous amount of information about the COVID-19 pandemic in newspapers, TV channels, or social media reminds people every day of the potential threat the virus posed to their health and well-being in 2020. We examined if the cognitive availability of COVID-19 leads to the perception of heightened threat facilitating coping strategies and the moderating role of global self-efficacy and intolerance of uncertainty. A total of 235 participants randomly received either a newspaper article about the COVID-19 virus or Germany’s soil condition and were asked to indicate their current level of the perceived threat of the virus and the use of different coping strategies. Results indicate that the cognitive availability of COVID-19 information leads to a higher perceived threat, leading to more seeking for social support. Although neither self-efficacy nor intolerance of uncertainty moderates the effect of cognitive availability on the perceived threat, both personality characteristics moderated the relationship between perceived threat and different coping strategies. We discuss our results in line with current research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on coping strategies and well-being.

Coping profiles in multiple sclerosis: Comparison of personal resources

BackgroundIdentifying the profiles of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who employ similar patterns of coping may improve the understanding of how coping is associated with psychological adjustment. The purpose of this study was to identify the groups of MS patients using different coping strategies and compare the levels of psychological resources across the groups. MethodsIn this cross-sectional study 382 patients with MS completed a battery of self-report measures that assessed their use of different coping strategies, optimism, self-efficacy, health locus of control (HLC), and perception of disease. The groups with different coping profiles were selected by performing a cluster analysis. ResultsFive different coping profiles were highlighted and were defined as follows: “Emotional,” “Temperate,” “Active,” “Passive,” and “Problem copers.” Significant differences were detected between the groups in the levels of optimism, self-efficacy, HLC, and perception of disease. ConclusionPatients with MS use a varied repertoire of coping strategies, which allowed distinguishing coping profiles. Groups representing particular profiles differ in terms of psychological resources. This study contributed to increasing the interest in investigating coping profiles. Identifying subgroups of individuals based on their coping profiles and recognizing the differences is important for providing psychological support.

Hubungan Tingkat Pendidikan dengan Strategi Koping Warga Binaan Pemasyarakatan di Lapas Kelas II B Brebes

Objective: The number of prisoners in the world is increasing every year and Indonesia ranks fifth in the world. Correctional institutions in Indonesia are largely overloaded from capacity. This is a stressor for the prisoners. The educational levels of prisoners very widely, allowing the use of different coping strategies. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the level of education and the Coping Strategy of prisoners.Methods: The research design used was descriptive correlative study. Determination of the sample using purposive sampling to prisoners in Class II B Brebes Correctional institutions. Two instruments were used, namely the demographic data questionnaire and the Brief COPE questionnaire. Analysis of the frequency distribution for the univariate test and the pearson correlation test for bivariate analysis in order to describe the description of the relationship between education level and the coping strategy of prisoners.Results: The results showed that the level of education with the dimensions of problem focused coping has a correlation coefficient of 0.226 with a p value = 0.034. The education level variable with emotional focused coping has a correlation coefficient of 0.648 with a p value = 0.000, which means that there is a significant correlation between the prisoners education level variable with the dimensions of problem focused coping and emotional focused coping.Conclusion: The conclusion of the study is a significant correlation between the level of education and the coping strategy of prisoners.

Acculturative Stress among Arab Students in Israel: The Roles of Sense of Coherence and Coping Strategies.

Background: In Israeli colleges and universities, many Arab students experience acculturative stress. Such stress arises from the need to learn new cultural rules, manage the overarching conflict inherent in maintaining elements of their culture of origin (i.e., Arab culture) while incorporating elements of the host culture (i.e., Jewish academic culture), and deal with experiences of prejudice and discrimination present in the host culture. Methods: This study investigated the association between acculturative stress and depressive symptoms among 170 Arab undergraduates from northern and central Israel. It also explored the roles of sense of coherence and coping strategies in the relationship between acculturative stress and depressive symptoms. Participants completed questionnaires on acculturative stress, depressive symptoms, sense of coherence, coping strategies, and demographics. Results: The findings reveal gender differences in the use of different coping strategies and in levels of depressive symptoms. However, academic-year differences were found only in levels of sense of coherence and depressive symptoms. Specifically, female students expressed higher levels of both active and avoidant coping. Moreover, female students and those in their first and second years of university studies reported higher levels of depressive symptoms. Among the male students, acculturative stress was related to depressive symptoms indirectly via sense of coherence and active coping. In contrast, among the female students, acculturative stress was related to depressive symptoms both directly and indirectly via sense of coherence and avoidant coping. Among first- and second-year students, acculturative stress was related to depressive symptoms indirectly via sense of coherence and avoidant coping. However, among third- and fourth-year students, acculturative stress was related to depressive symptoms both directly and indirectly via sense of coherence. Conclusions: This article underscores the significance of gender and academic-year differences in pathways involving acculturative stress.

Do interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility predict emotion regulation?

Interoception refers to awareness, interpretation, and integration of sensations in the body. While interoceptive accuracy has long been regarded as a core component of emotional experience, less is known about the relationship of interoceptive accuracy and related facets of interoception to emotion regulation deficits. This study explores how interoceptive accuracy and interoceptive sensibility relate to emotion regulation in a non-clinical sample. Undergraduate participants completed a heartbeat perception task and the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (Noticing and Body Listening sub-scales), and rated their confidence in performance on the heartbeat perception task. Participants also completed self-report measures of emotional awareness and regulation (Profile of Emotional Competence, intrapersonalemotion identification and emotion regulation sub-scales), and rated their use of different coping strategies (Brief COPE). Noticing predicted emotion identification, emotion regulation, and the use of adaptive but not maladaptive coping strategies. Heartbeat perception accuracy did not significantly contribute to the prediction of any outcome variables. Future work is needed to extend these findings to clinical populations. The results from this study support the use of interoceptive training interventions to promote emotional wellbeing.

Estrategias de afrontamiento y crecimiento postraumático en mujeres con y sin cáncer de mama

Entendemos por Crecimiento Postraumático (CPT en adelante) el cambio positivo que un individuo puede llegar a experimentar tras un suceso traumático. Padecer cáncer de mama constituye una experiencia traumática, tanto por el impacto del diagnóstico, como por los tratamientos administrados. No obstante, toda persona vivencia momentos traumáticos a lo largo de sus vidas, pudiendo obtener a partir de ellos ciertos beneficios y/o CPT, o no. Consideramos que el desarrollo de CPT a partir de experiencias traumáticas puede verse promovido, o dificultado, por el uso de diferentes estrategias de afrontamiento (EA en adelante). Es por ello que en el presente estudio nos planteamos como objetivos: 1) comprobar si existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los niveles de CPT y las EA empleadas entre mujeres con cáncer de mama y sanas, 2) explorar la existencia de correlaciones estadísticamente significativas entre las EA empleadas y el nivel de CPT;y 3) analizar la posible capacidad explicativa y predictiva del uso de diversas EA y el desarrollo de CPT, controlando el posible efecto de la edad y la enfermedad. Participaron un total de 110 mujeres, 45 con cáncer de mama (40.9%) y 55 sin cáncer (59.1%). Se administraron el Inventario de Crecimiento Postraumático (PTGI) de Tedeschi y Calhoum (1996) y la versión española del Coping Strategies Inventory (Cano y cols, 2007). Los resultados informan que ambos grupos de mujeres se diferenciaron en el uso de la EA expresión de emociones; que el CPT correlaciona con distintas EA, siendo las EA apoyo social y la resolución de problemas las que explican y predicen el CPT, con independencia de la edad y la enfermedad. Concluimos en la necesidad de que ambas EA deberían ser incorporadas en intervenciones dirigidas a la promoción del CPT en mujeres que han padecido una experiencia traumática, sea esta clínica o no.

Linking Maternal Caregiving Burden to Maternal and Child Adjustment: Testing Maternal Coping Strategies as Mediators and Moderators

This study examined the links between maternal caregiving burden and maternal and child adjustment, and whether these links were mediated and moderated by maternal coping strategies. Cross-sectional data were collected from 173 Chinese families with kindergarten aged children with special needs in Hong Kong, China (mean age = 61.53 months; 72% of them were boys). Using questionnaires, mothers rated their caregiving burden, use of different coping strategies, and the adjustment of themselves and their children with special needs. Results demonstrated that maternal caregiving burden was negatively associated with maternal and child adjustment. Moreover, the associations of maternal caregiving burden with maternal life satisfaction and depression were partially mediated by maternal planful problem solving, positive reappraisal, and seeking emotional support, whereas the association between maternal caregiving burden and child prosocial behaviors was partially mediated by maternal positive reappraisal. There was little evidence, however, for the moderating effects of maternal coping strategies. Theoretically, our findings highlighted the role of parental coping in understanding the mechanism through which parental caregiving burden may affect the adjustment of both parents and their children. Practically, our findings pointed to the utility of supporting parents of children with special needs by reducing their caregiving burden and increasing their use of specific coping strategies.

Does Gender Affect Coping Strategies Leading to Well-being and Improved Academic Performance?

The interest in developing a high-quality educational system requires constant research on different aspects of diversity (e.g., gender). The aim of this study is twofold: (1) to analyze the use of different coping strategies from a gender perspective in university students; and (2) to investigate the effect of university students’ coping strategies on their psychological well-being (i.e., academic engagement) and academic success (i.e., performance and satisfaction) depending on their gender. A sample of 767 students (59.7% female) was drawn from a Spanish University. ANOVA analyses showed that the use of some coping strategies differs depending on the gender: females showed a higher level of Support-seeking coping whereas males showed a higher level of Meaning-focused coping. Results of multi-group structural equation analysis showed a good model fit, revealing that only Problem-focused and Avoidance coping are related with performance and satisfaction through engagement. For females, engagement fully mediates the relationship between Problem-focused coping with Satisfaction and performance, as well as between Avoidance coping with Satisfaction and performance. For males, engagement fully mediates the relationship between Problem-focused coping with Satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between Problem-focused coping with performance. Implications for research and practice are discussed, as well as future research directions.

¿El género afecta en las estrategias de afrontamiento para mejorar el bienestar y el desempeño académico?

The interest in developing a high-quality educational system requires constant research on different aspects of diversity (e.g., gender). The aim of this study is twofold: (1) to analyze the use of different coping strategies from a gender perspective in university students; and (2) to investigate the effect of university students’ coping strategies on their psychological well-being (i.e., academic engagement) and academic success (i.e., performance and satisfaction) depending on their gender. A sample of 767 students (59.7% female) was drawn from a Spanish University. ANOVA analyses showed that the use of some coping strategies differs depending on the gender: females showed a higher level of Support-seeking coping whereas males showed a higher level of Meaning-focused coping. Results of multi-group structural equation analysis showed a good model fit, revealing that only Problem-focused and Avoidance coping are related with performance and satisfaction through engagement. For females, engagement fully mediates the relationship between Problem-focused coping with Satisfaction and performance, as well as between Avoidance coping with Satisfaction and performance. For males, engagement fully mediates the relationship between Problem-focused coping with Satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between Problem-focused coping with performance. Implications for research and practice are discussed, as well as future research directions.

Use of coping strategies in multiple sclerosis: Association with demographic and disease-related characteristics✰

BackgroundCoping positively and negatively influences psychosocial and other outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS), but there is conflicting evidence about the use of different coping strategies and their associations with demographic and disease characteristics. Our aims were to examine which coping strategies are used by a large sample of people with MS, then to identify any associations between demographic and disease related factors with use of individual coping strategies. MethodsParticipants in the Trajectories of Outcomes in Neurological Conditions (TONiC) study completed the Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced (COPE60) questionnaire. Relationships between demographic and clinical characteristics and coping strategies were examined by multiple ordinal logistic regression to assess the effect of each potential predictor after adjustment for other possible covariates. ResultsFrom 722 patients, the most commonly used strategy was Acceptance, followed by Active Coping, Planning and Positive Reinterpretation and Growth. All but two strategies showed significant associations with demographic and clinical characteristics. The most marked effects were found for Restraint, with people in employment 2.1 times as likely to utilise this strategy compared to those unemployed, and Seeking of Emotional Social Support and Focus on and Venting of Emotions, which were utilised twice as much by women compared to men. Behavioural and Mental Disengagement were highly associated with greater disability and not being in employment. ConclusionClinicians should be aware of several disease and demographic characteristics that are associated with use of potentially maladaptive coping strategies.

Reciprocal relations between care-related emotional burden and sleep problems in healthcare professionals: a multicentre international cohort study

ObjectiveTo determine whether there are reciprocal relations between care-related regret and insomnia severity among healthcare professionals, and whether the use of different coping strategies influences these associations.MethodsThis is a multicentre...

How Loneliness is Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Spanish College Students: Examining Specific Coping Strategies as Mediators.

In this study, we examined coping strategies as a mediator of the association between loneliness and depressive symptoms. A sample of 364 Spanish young adults (75.5% females) completed measures of loneliness, coping, and depressive symptoms. In general, results from computing correlations (controlling for gender) indicated that loneliness was negatively associated with the use of one engaged coping strategy (viz., problem solving) and positively associated with the use of disengaged coping strategies (e.g., problem avoidance). A multiple mediation analysis (controlling for gender) was conducted to test for mediation. Results of this analysis indicated that part of the association between loneliness and depressive symptoms can be explained by the use of one engaged coping strategy (viz., problem solving; indirect effect, p < .05) and a variety of disengaged coping strategies (viz., problem avoidance, wishful thinking, social withdrawal, & self criticism; indirect effects, p < .05). Overall, the prediction model including loneliness and coping strategies was found to account for a large (f2 = .68) 40.5% of the variance in depressive symptoms in Spanish young adults. The present findings are the first to clarify how the association between loneliness and depressive symptoms in Spanish young adults might be due in part to the use of different coping strategies. Some implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Passion, coping, and anxiety in sport: The interplay between key motivational and self-regulatory processes

The present paper examined the interplay between key motivational and selfregulatory processes, namely passion and coping strategies, and their relation with anxiety in the sport domain. Two studies with a combined 348 athletes were conducted in order to test a model whereby two types of passion were differentially related to anxiety through the use of different coping strategies. Overall, results supported our hypotheses by demonstrating that harmonious passion was associated to approach-oriented coping strategies which, in turn, were related to less anxiety. In contrast, obsessive passion was positively related to avoidance-oriented coping strategies which, in turn, were associated with more anxiety. This paper identifies coping strategies as a mediator in the relation between passion and anxiety, thus providing further support for the study of the relation between motivational and self-regulatory processes in order to better understand athletes’ psychological adjustment in sport.

Medical Students' Use of Different Coping Strategies and Relationship With Academic Performance in Preclinical and Clinical Years

ABSTRACTPhenomenon: Medical students' coping abilities are important for academic success and emotional health. The authors explored differences in students' use of active, problem-solving strategies and emotional, inwardly directed approaches; the change in coping strategies used during medical school; and coping strategy impact on performance. Approach: One hundred eighty-three students completed the Ways of Coping Scale at matriculation and end of the 2nd and 3rd years. Frequency of each of 8 ways of coping, changes in coping strategy use over time, and relationship of coping method with preclinical and clinical scores were calculated. Findings: Students varied widely in use of coping mechanisms. Over time, students shifted to using emotional strategies more frequently while decreasing their use of active strategies. Coping strategies were unrelated to preclinical academic performance (R2 = .09, adjusted R2 = .04, ns) but were related to clinical performance (R2 = .23, adjusted R2 = .18, p < .0001), with active coping associated with higher performance and emotional methods associated with lower performance. Insights: Students decreased use of active coping strategies and increased use of emotional coping strategies over time, but emotional strategies were associated with poorer clinical academic performance. These shifts in coping methods may be detrimental to student performance and learning. Improving students' ability to cope should be an educational priority.