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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"cognitive appraisal"”.
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Relationships of cognitive appraisal
Cognitive appraisal is a pivotal construct that has been identified in determining the stress response and coping response. Researchers have shown specific physiological outcomes of initial cognitive appraisals that are taken more as a threat or a challenge. Cognitive appraisal is known to …
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Variability in the Affective Exercise Experience of Low-active Women: Exploring the Role of Cognitive Appraisal During Exercise
… of exercise duration to test the influence of cognitive appraisal of the task upon affective responses during `moderate' intensity exercise (i. e., at 90% VT), and the temporal relationship between self-efficacy and affect during exercise. Again, participants were more positive post-exercise …
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Coping with interpersonal sport stress in female adolescent soccer players: the role of perceived social support, cognitive appraisal, and trait social anxiety
… problems, and injury. Lazarus’s (1991, 1999) Cognitive-Motivational-Relational model holds that stress is best understood as a transactional relationship between a person and their environment. Stress is a process which is influenced by appraisals and coping. Appraisals are influenced by …
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Work-family interaction strain: coping strategies used by successful women in the public, corporate and self employed sectors of the economy
… interaction strain. The study also investigated cognitive appraisal as a key antecedent of coping with a hypothetical description of a work-family interaction strain situation. A survey was conducted with a sample comprising 110 women in the public, corporate and self-employed sectors of the …
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Taking the Edge Off: The Role of Stressful Events and Perceived Stress on Alcohol Use and Problems Among Older Adults
… endorsed lower levels of stressful life events, cognitive appraisal of stress and social support than younger age groups; alcohol consumption, at-risk drinking and rate of alcohol problems were also lower. In all age groups, higher levels of stressful events were associated with cognitive …
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Religiousness, Coping, and Locus of Control as Predictors of Anxiety.
<p>In order to evaluate the cognitive appraisal and meaning-making components of the Transactional Model (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) and Meaning-making Model (Park & Folkman, 1997) of coping, several specific forms of appraisal and coping strategies were analyzed in the present study. It has been …
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Cardiovascular reactivity to stress in men: effects of masculine gender role stress appraisal and masculine performance challenge
… The present study examines the role of masculine cognitive appraisal of stress as a mediator of cardiovascular reactivity in men. The reactivity of men who differed on a measure of cognitive appraisal of masculine gender role stress (MGRS) was compared using the cold-pressor test under conditions …
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Gender differences in cardiovascular reactivity: effects of the gender relevance of the stressor
… (CVR) are a function of differences in cognitive appraisal of stressors as masculine-relevant or feminine-relevant tasks. Two studies were conducted to examine the role of the appraised gender relevance of stressors as a mediator of sex differences in CVR. In the first study the CVR of …
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The Relative Contribution of Antecedent Sources to Math Self-Efficacy
… the potential differences in men's and women's cognitive appraisal of their high school math-related experiences is also desirable. Future research efforts should utilize samples of younger students and follow them longitudinally, perhaps incorporating qualitative methods, to more fully …
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The psychological adjustment of West African men post myocardial infarction: a counselling psychology study using interpretative phenomenological analysis
… the adjustment experience of these men (their cognitive appraisal and coping strategies), seeking to assist in explaining their low attendance of health programmes, and highlight any specific needs that the cardiac teams and psychological services must address. Method: Five West African men, …
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Nurses' responses to work-related aggression
… hospital settings. The present study adopted the cognitive appraisal model of Lazams and Folkman (1984) as a theoretical framework from which to examine the moderating effect of institutional social support on work-related aggression as it impacts upon the perceived professional competence of …
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An Examination of the Influence of Consumer Motivation on Salesperson Appraisal and Emotional Response to Salesperson Behavior
… motivational mind-set affects the consumer's cognitive appraisal of the salesperson and the consumer's subsequent emotional response. Of primary interest is the interaction between a consumer's motivation and a salesperson's behavior. A main thesis of this research is that a congruency …
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Breast self-examination: A test of Deci's theory of self-determination
… socioeconomic status, affective response to BSE, cognitive appraisal, social support, and intrinsic motivation. The variables of competence in BSE, affective response to BSE, and age explained 68% of the variance. Stepwise multiple regression was performed to examine the relationship of competence …
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Finding Meaning in the Aftermath of Trauma: Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth in Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
… changes in relations to others, self-perception, cognitive appraisal of the violent relationship, coping, and intolerance to subsequent abusive behaviors. Participants reported that one or more of these resiliency or growth factors influenced their decisions to leave a violent partner. Resilience …
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Finding Meaning in the Aftermath of Trauma: Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth in Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
… changes in relations to others, self-perception, cognitive appraisal of the violent relationship, coping, and intolerance to subsequent abusive behaviors. Participants reported that one or more of these resiliency or growth factors influenced their decisions to leave a violent partner. Resilience …
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The impact of service providers' emotional displays on service evaluation : evidence of emotional contagion
… emotion. Accordingly, we draw on elements from cognitive and somatic perspectives in psychology, Hochschild's (1983a) interactional theory, the views of other social constructivists, purist sociological perspectives, and on perspectives from communication studies in an attempt to account for the …
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An Examination of the Underlying Mechanisms of Customer Incivility: A Cognitive Approach
… this gap, this research examined the customer’s cognitive processes underlying CI. Drawing on cognitive appraisal theory, this research hypothesized that customer anger mediates the relationships between negative service experiences and CI and that confirmation bias, overconfidence, and social …
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Cardiovascular reactivity in African American male college students
… present study set forth to study empirically the cognitive and physiological responsivity of young African American males to racially noxious stimuli. Given that African American males tend to have higher resting blood pressures, show greater cardiovascular reactiivity, and suffer the highest rate …
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Pirmą psichozę išgyvenusiųjų artimieji: ligos situacijos vertinimo, socialinės paramos ir psichologinės kančios ryšys laikui bėgant /
… study is to determine the relationship between appraisal of illness situation, social support, and psychological distress in first episode psychosis families over time. The study of dissertation is quantitative and is based on a cognitive model of coping with stress. The core of this model is …
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