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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Avoidant coping"”.
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Examining how avoidant coping and anger suppression relate to emotional eating in young women
… restrained eating by examining how two passive coping styles, avoidant coping and anger suppression, relate to how young women eat in response to negative affect. The influence of these two styles of coping on emotional eating was examined in two studies. The first study used an experimental …
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Exploring the effects of coping behaviors on adjustment during a semester for lesbian, gay and bisexual college students
The present study investigated predictors of coping and adjustment for lesbian, gay and bisexual college students. Data on all variables was collected across four time points in the semester. Stress, as measured by type of stress, whether the stress was related to being gay and the overall level of …
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Childhood Neglect and Risk of Revictimization by an Intimate Partner: A Prospective Investigation of Mediational Pathways
… Disorder (PTSD), dissociation, self-esteem, avoidant coping style, and self-efficacy, were assessed at mean age 29.2. The outcome variable – revictimization via intimate partner violence -- was measured at mean age 39.5. Childhood neglect increased risk of being revictimized by an intimate …
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The Effect of Coping on the Relationship Between Child Behavior Problems and Exposure to Community Violence in Low Risk School Children
… has been related to antisocial behavior. Active coping has been related to fewer emotional and behavioral problems, whereas avoidant coping is related to conduct disorder. This study examines effects of community violence exposure on antisocial behavior problems (in terms of school infractions) …
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Coping with depression: Examining how exercise, social support, and other strategies relate to depressive symptoms
… the relationships between depressive symptoms, coping strategies, exercise, and social support in young adults not participating in mental health treatment. One hundred and twenty -one introductory to psychology students completed the study. Avoidant coping, exercise, positive social support, …
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: The Role of Family Environment, Parental Perceived Social Support, and Children's Coping
… of life (HRQoL). These challenges require varied coping skills to manage the disease and a commitment to find ways to increase HRQoL. It was proposed that children’s general coping styles would be mediators in both the relation of family environment and children’s health-related quality of life …
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Coping and quality of life of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis
… surgery for idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and how coping might impact quality of life (QOL) for this population is unknown. The primary aim of this study was thus to examine these relationships.</p> <p>Forty-eight adolescents participated in this cross-sectional study and completed the …
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Does HIV matter when you are poor and how ? : the impact of HIV/AIDS on the psychological adjustment of South African mothers in the era of HAART
… poorer perceived physical health and the use of avoidant coping predicted higher levels of depressive symptoms amongst infected women, while less active coping and greater avoidant coping predicted higher levels of anxiety. Avoidant coping was the best predictor of levels of depression and …
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Intrusive Memories, Coping And Outcome In Depression: Towards A Traumatic Processing Model?
… childhood experiences to adult depression. The coping strategies deployed to deal with negative intrusive memories were assessed in both groups. The clinical group showed greater use of avoidant coping than controls, in line with predictions derived from the literature regarding coping and …
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Coping Styles, Quality of Life, and Sexual Trauma in Women Veterans
… quality of life ratings and current and past coping strategies. Participants were screened for sexual trauma history and divided into five mutually exclusive categories: 1)childhood sexual trauma, 2)civilian adult sexual trauma, 3)military sexual trauma, 4)multiple sexual trauma, and 5)no …
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Coping as a Mediator between Symptom Burden and Distress in Lung Cancer Patients
… disease to develop helpful strategies for those coping with lung cancer. The goal of this study is to determine how much lung cancer patients’ symptom burden affects their level of distress, and how much of this effect is mediated by approach and/or avoidance coping styles. Adults (N = 109, 57% …
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Shame, guilt, and denial in offenders
… with 349 male and 196 female offenders, and coping styles were examined. It was predicted that chronic and offence-related distress would positively correlate with emotional and avoidant coping, while offence-related distress would also negatively correlate with rational and detached coping. …
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Rumination and Avoidance as Mediators of the Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Depression in Adolescents
… by reducing unproductive repetitive thinking and avoidant coping in adolescents. This has important implications for promoting resilience amongst adolescents and helping both the prevention and treatment of adolescent depression.
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Understanding posttraumatic stress symptoms in carers of people with psychosis: A cross-sectional study
… characteristics. The application of a stress and coping framework, including components from the cognitive model of PTSD (Ehlers & Clark, 2000) may help us to understand the relationships between posttraumatic stress symptoms and well-being in carers, and in turn help to shape interventions for …
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Coping with Peer Victimization in Middle Childhood
… are competing theories on whether children's coping responses are important determinants of future victimization (Perry citations; Limber, 2004), but little longitudinal research has been conducted to test the competing theories. Utilizing student and teacher reports, the current project …
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Stress, Coping, Mental Health, and Reproductive Health among Adolescent Girls Transitioning through Puberty in Tanzania
… between puberty-specific stressors, coping, mental health, and reproductive health among girls in sub-Saharan Africa. The present dissertation seeks to fill this gap by investigating the types of puberty-specific stressors experienced by adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania, …
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Illness Perceptions, Coping, and Psychological Outcomes in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer and their Caregivers
… the capacity of illness perceptions and coping strategies to predict patient and caregiver psychological outcomes, at diagnosis and again 6 months later, and 2) examine the effectiveness of a brief psychological intervention targeting illness perceptions and coping to improve patient …
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The developmental continuity of a cognitive model of worry
… cognitive avoidance and beliefs about worry. Coping strategies, however, did serve as a moderator of the relationship between age and scores on measures of cognitive avoidance. Specifically, an interaction between age and avoidant coping was significantly predictive of cognitive avoidance. …
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Coping and psychological well-being in informal carers of stroke survivors with aphasia
This dissertation considers coping and psychological well-being in informal carers of stroke survivors with aphasia. Firstly, a literature review examines the main problems<br/>reported by this group of carers, the coping strategies they use to manage these problems, and the links between coping …
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The psychosocial outcomes of adult siblings of adults with autism and Down syndrome
… of adults with autism, using a stress and coping framework and (2) compare outcomes of siblings of adults with autism (n = 31) to siblings of adults with Down syndrome (DS) (n = 54). For the within subject hypotheses, analyses were repeated within the DS group and an overall Disability …
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