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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Coping Behaviors"”.
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Post-military service coping behaviors of student veterans
… service stress reactions and subsequent coping behaviors among military veterans at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). The analytical approach was based on Agnew’s general strain theory, which contends that individuals turn to unhealthy or illegitimate coping mechanisms to deal with pain, …
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Coping Behaviors of Day Laborers in San Mateo, California
… this study, little research existed on the coping behaviors of day laborers. To bolster the research in this area, my study explored the coping behaviors of day laborers. My participants were 12 Latin American day laborers from Guatemala and Mexico who, at the time of the study, lived in San …
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Incontinence and coping behaviors of elderly persons: Instrument development
… questionnaire which measures the 10 areas of coping with urinary incontinence in community residing elderly of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan area. In addition, differences in coping between males and females and age groups were examined. The relationship between perceived severity of …
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Androgynous Coping Behaviors: a Test of Bem's Sex-Role Theory
<p>Purpose. The purpose of this research was to elucidate the ministry of lay elders as it is suggested in the New Testament and to construct a model for the ministry of local church elders in the Inca Union Mission.</p> <p>Method. This study was documentary and theological. The primary source was …
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Family functioning and coping behaviors in parents of children with autism
… how a child with autism affects the dynamics and coping behaviors of a family. A majority of studies on families with a child with autism collect information from the mother but not the father. Therefore, this study examined the involvement of both parents from a family systems theory approach, …
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Stress, Coping Behaviors and Self-Esteem of Nursing Students in Vietnam
This study aims to examine the stress, coping behaviors and self-esteem of students in the two and four-year nursing programs in Vietnam related to clinical practice. It also identifies the correlation among these variables. In this cross-sectional correlation descriptive study design, two hundred …
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Effects of teaching on coping behaviors of family members of schizophrenic patients
Coping is a complex combination of thoughts and actions used by individuals to deal with real or perceived stress, and one potentially stressful situation is living in a family with a person who has a schizophrenic illness. This study was designed to investigate the effects of teaching on the …
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Coping Behaviors of African Americans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A focused Ethnography
… is known about the influence of culture on coping with the disease. Method: Twelve African American adults with IBD were interviewed and observed using a focused ethnography. Results: Data analysis resulted in four major themes: (1) spending time living in the bathroom; (2) time and food …
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Stressors and Coping Behaviors of Female Peer Leaders Participating in College Club Sports
… issues during college, and gender differences in coping. Practical implications and ideas for future research are also explored.
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Schizotypy and the role of coping behaviors in the experience of positive and negative affect
… high levels of schizotypy use more maladaptive coping behaviors than those low in schizotypy, (c) that maladaptive coping behaviors will mediate the relationship between schizotypy and negative affect, and (d) that adaptive coping behaviors will mediate the relationship between schizotypy and …
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Purpose in life, appraisal, and coping behaviors in Black, Hispanic, and White Anglo-Saxon pregnant adolescents
… in perceptions of life purpose, appraisal, and coping behaviors based on ethnicity; and (2) to describe the interrelationship of these variables, among black, hispanic, and white anglo-saxon pregnant adolescents. Conducted in five health agencies of a large metropolitan area, the study used a …
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Cognitive Reactivity in Clinical Depression: An Assessment of Explicit and Implicit Dimensions, and their Association with Coping Behaviors
… of explicit and implicit cognitive ‘scars’ on coping-related cognitive contents, by testing the differential activation hypothesis, which proposes that the negative cognitive processes in those with a history of depression are more easily exacerbated by negative mood compared to those without a …
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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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“We Gon’ Be Alright”: How resiliency & africultural coping behaviors factor into African American college students’ intentions to seek mental health services
… college students’ choices to use alternative coping strategies (i.e., resilience and Africultural-based coping) and explore if actively utilizing those strategies might predict feelings of apprehension toward utilizing MHS, despite the need for them.</p> <p>Methods: The current study is a …
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A convergent parallel mixed method study on the experience of coping during high-risk pregnancy and prescribed bed rest
… The aim of this study is to analyze the coping behaviors of high-risk pregnant women hospitalized and prescribed bed rest. Also, to describe the lived experience of high-risk pregnant women hospitalized and prescribed bed rest. A convergent parallel mixed method design was used to analyze …
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Does the Career Adaptation Process Change as a Function of an Employee's Age or Employment Gaps? An Investigation of Relationships Among Personal Resources, Contextual Factors, Coping Behaviors, and Career Success
… antecedents and consequences of job-related coping behaviors, which are defined as cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands, were investigated. The model developed in this research depicts a complex process showing how personal resources (i.e., …
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Minority stress and depression among Black college students: investigating the protective contributions of faculty support and coping
… ability to cultivate and apply effective coping strategies becomes critical to developing healthy psychological stress responses and navigating the demands of college life. Prior scholarship on Black students’ stressful experiences, social support, adjustment, and sense of belonging …
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Bereavement Coping and Intensity as a Function of Gender and Time of Loss for Undergraduate University Students
… of the stress accompanied by the loss and the coping strategies used to deal with loss differed by gender and the time in which students experienced their loss. Results from this study indicate that gender plays a significant role in both coping behaviors and the impact of the loss on the …
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African American Caregiver Resiliency: Resources, Vulnerabilities, Coping, And Well-Being Among Caregivers Of Persons With Chronic Illness
… study looked at the role that family stress and coping factors: specifically, resources, vulnerabilities, and coping behaviors) have on caregiver well-being. T-tests and chi-square analyses of the entire sample, both the caregivers and non-caregivers: N = 2390) revealed no significant …
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