Dissertations / Theses: 'Coping with stress'

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Niibo, Marika. "Genus, stress och coping." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Behavioural Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3715.

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Huvudsyfte med studien var att se om det finns någon skillnad mellan könen avseende stress och copingstrategier. Även samband mellan coping och upplevd stress undersöktes. Försökspersonerna utgjordes av 13 män och 28 kvinnor. Den metod som använts för undersökningen var kvantitativ då syftet var att jämföra svaren inom urvalsgruppen med varandra. Dataanalys gjordes med t-test för oberoende grupper och med partiellkorrelation. Resultaten visade bl.a. att männen upplevde mer stressymptom och hade hälsoproblem i högre grad än kvinnorna. Avseende coping visade det sig att kvinnorna använde mer emotionella och undvikande copingstrategier än männen. Dessutom visade det sig att det inte fanns någon skillnad mellan könen i problemfokuserad coping, samtidigt som det visade sig att det fanns samband mellan upplevd stress och copingstrategier. De som använde mer emotionell och/eller undvikande coping upplevde mer stress i det sociala livet medan de som använde mer emotionell coping upplevde mindre arbetsstress.

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Bonner, Tanya. "Stress, coping, and corporate stress management : a review." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50108.

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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.
Hierdie artikel bied 'n teoretiese oorsig van stres en streshantering in die korporatiewe omgewing. Die artikel begin met 'n kort oorsig van die historiese ontwikkeling van die streskonsep, gevolg deur 'n kort bespreking van die konsep streshantering. Vervolgens word verskeie faktore wat tot stres in die werkplek bydra, in oënskou geneem. Dit word opgevolg deur 'n bespreking van stres wat kenmerkend is van bestuursposisies en 'n kort oorsig van onlangse navorsing oor streshanteringsprogramme. Sommige van die probleme wat met navorsing oor streshanteringsprogramme ondervind word, word kortliks oorweeg. Die artikel word afgesluit met 'n poging om, op grond van gepubliseerde bevindings, te illustreer watter stresverminderende intervensies doeltreffend is en watter nie.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie artikel bied 'n teoretiese oorsig van stres en streshantering in die korporatiewe omgewing. Die artikel begin met 'n kort oorsig van die historiese ontwikkeling van die streskonsep, gevolg deur 'n kort bespreking van die konsep streshantering. Vervolgens word verskeie faktore wat tot stres in die werkplek bydra, in oënskou geneem. Dit word opgevolg deur 'n bespreking van stres wat kenmerkend is van bestuursposisies en 'n kort oorsig van onlangse navorsing oor streshanteringsprogramme. Sommige van die probleme wat met navorsing oor streshanteringsprogramme ondervind word, word kortliks oorweeg. Die artikel word afgesluit met 'n poging om, op grond van gepubliseerde bevindings, te illustreer watter stresverminderende intervensies doeltreffend is en watter nie.

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Holm, Josefine, and Ellinor Larsson. "Sjuksköterskans coping vid arbetsrelaterad stress." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-43950.

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Hamilton-West, Kate. "Coping with stress and illness." Thesis, University of Kent, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274368.

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Age, Tolonda. "Coping With Stress in Children." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2006. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/478.

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Unique stressors can prompt child adjustment difficulties. Coping strategies and emotion regulation that impact the adjustment of children in general and military family children were investigated. Eighty children, 36 with deployed parents, their parents and teachers participated. All experienced stress related to hurricane Katrina. Correlational analyses indicate that children with more hurricane-related losses or moves, use some coping strategies less often; hurricane-related child distress is related to lower maternal support; and parental hurricane-related distress is associated with high levels of child externalizing problems. When dealing with general stressors, some coping strategies were positively associated with child internalizing problems. Analyses indicate that children with high emotion regulation and use of certain coping strategies experienced less externalizing problems, and children with deployed parents were not more emotionally dysregulated or maladjusted than children with non-deployed parents. Analyses did not confirm the hypothesized roles of parental support. Gender differences are also discussed.

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Atkinson, Cathie. "Defensive Coping, Stress, and Immunity /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487861396027367.

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Shen, Jiun J. "Collectivistic coping, allocentrism, and stress." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10252514.

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Although numerous studies have identified the buffering effects of different coping strategies in stress and health research, few studies have considered the influence of cultural factors such as allocentrism (degree of collectivism). The present study examined whether the collectivistic coping strategies of support (support from racially similar others, support from experienced others, support from family) and avoidance (forbearance, fatalism) were associated with perceived and physiological stress levels, and whether allocentrism influenced this relationship, among a sample of low-income mothers. Results showed that higher use of support from family and lower use of avoidance coping were associated with lower levels of perceived stress and lower morning cortisol. Among women high in allocentrism, those who used support from experienced others had lower levels of perceived stress. These results contribute to our understanding of the role of culture in stress-coping research and how culture influences our physiological stress reactions.

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Poulus, Dylan Robert. "Stress and coping in esports." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/225934/1/Dylan_Poulus_Thesis.pdf.

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The purpose of this programme of work was to investigate the psychological factors associated with success in competitive and elite esports athletes. More specifically, this thesis explores the stress and coping process, mental toughness, and the factors that esports athletes perceive make them successful. The methods incorporated cross-sectional, longitudinal, and qualitative approaches to enhance understanding of the psychological determinants of success in esports. With the rapid growth of esports competitions the findings of this PhD programme inform practitioners working with competitive and elite esports athletes and guide future investigations into the psychology of esports

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Connolly, John Francis. "Stress and coping in university employees : a longitudinal evaluation of stress, personality, coping and psychological distress." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2013. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7720.

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Background: Internationally, high levels of stress and Psychological Distress have been identified in university employees. There have been calls to investigate stress over time and to include measures of coping and personality. This study provides the first longitudinal assessment of stress and Psychological Distress and examines the role of personality and coping in university employees during campus relocation Method: All 500 employees in Queen Margaret University were invited to complete standardised measures assessing Psychological Distress and sources of stress (HSE Indicator Tool) before (N = 143) and after relocation (N = 116). Participants also completed measures assessing Job Satisfaction, Personality, Coping and additional demographic information. Findings: High levels of Psychological Distress were identified before relocation (42%) and at 6 months (38%). Academic staff had a higher prevalence of Distress following relocation. Matched pair analyses (N = 48) showed the majority of stress sources remained stable from T1 to T2 with one significant decrease in reported levels of Control. Stressors explained 31.8% of the variance in Psychological Distress even when the effects of pre-specified variables (Neuroticism, Coping and age) were controlled. Employees with higher levels of Neuroticism and Emotion focused coping had significantly higher levels of Psychological Distress. Discussion and conclusions: Psychological Distress was higher than in population norms and other occupational groups. The primary stressors were identified and targets (based on national benchmarks) suggested. On-going monitoring and actions aimed at reducing stress and improving Psychological Distress are warranted. This is one of the first studies to assess the relationship between the management standards (indicated by the HSE Indicator tool) and stress outcome, and to use a matched participant design to assess change in the management standards. That the Management standards predict Psychological Distress lends support to the use of the management standards approach.

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Jonsson, Evelina. "Stress En kunskapsöversikt." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-11505.

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Syftet med min studie var att ta reda på hur kunskapsläget ser ut när det gäller ämnet stress, med hjälp av frågeställningen; Hur beskrivs och diskuteras ämnet stress av forskare i utvalda delar av forskningslitteraturen? För att ta reda på detta använde jag mig av kvalitativ metod en selektiv kunskapsöversikt. Resultat och analys redovisades i tre teman tillsammans med teorierna coping och KASAM. Slutsatsen med studien är att största bidragande orsak till uppkomsten av stress symptom handlar om arbetsrelaterad stress med fokus på arbetsmiljön. Med hjälp av hög grad av KASAM kan individer utveckla användbara copingstrategier för att möta och hantera den skadliga stressen.
The aim of my study was to find out how the state of knowledge looks like regarding the subject of stress, using the research question; how is the topic of stress described and discussed by researchers in selected parts of the research literature? To find this out, I used qualitative method a selective research overview. Results and analysis were presented in three themes together with theories of coping and Sense of Coherence. The main conclusion of this study is that the largest contributing factor to the occurrence of stress symptoms is about work – related stress, focusing on the work environment. By using a high level of Sense of Coherence individuals can develop useful coping – strategies for facing and dealing with the damaging stress.

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Della-Rossa, Irina. "Stress and coping in law enforcement." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50102.

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Stress at work is related to a decrease in performance, psychological disorders and errors made under impaired conditions, and it affects one’s personal life. Police officers experience stress-provoking situations, such as high-speed chases, car accidents, shootings, and crimes in progress. They are also exposed to witnessing a range of traumatic events, such as death or injuries, as a part of their job. The consequences of stress for the police officers include physical and psychological disorders, decreased performance, and in some cases inability to perform their duties. The purpose of this study was to examine the occupational stress of police officers in a large metropolitan area in Western Canada; to examine the differences in stressful experiences of men and women police officers; and to explore the differences and patterns in coping strategies employed by men and women police officers in this sample. A package of surveys and questionnaires were administered to police officers from all of the sections of Operational Division of the Police department. The findings indicated that the officers experienced more stress from the organizational part of their work, than operational, and there was no difference found between men and women. Male and female officers also did not differ in the frequency of the use of coping strategies, except in the usage of instrumental support (for example, seeking assistance, information, or advice about what to do). Women used this coping strategy more often than men did. Men and women differed in patterns of coping with the stress. Implications for counselling and future research are discussed.
Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Cassaretto, Mónica, Cecilia Chau, Haydeé Oblitas, and Nancy Valdéz. "Stress and coping among psychology students." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/101576.

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The relations among stress, problems and coping styles among 123 psychology students. in aprivate university in Lima, were analyzed. Four instruments were used: a) Demographic Sheet (Cassaretto, Oblitas & Valdez, 2000), b) Stress Response Questionnaire (Valdez, 1999), e) Co ping Inventory (Carver, Scheier & Weintraub, 1989), d) Problem Questionnaire (Seiffge Krenke, 1995). Variables as age, sex, job, stress responses, problems and coping styles were considered. The results showed that older people have higher stress levels, the problems related with future and self being the most stressful; finally, problem and emotion coping styles are related to lower levels of stress.
Se analizó la relación entre estrés, problemas más frecuentes y estilos de afrontamiento en 123 estudiantes universitarios de la especialidad de psicología de una universidad particular en Lima, mediante cuatro instrumentos: a) Ficha Demográfica (Cassaretto, Oblitas & Valdez, 2000), b) Cuestionario de la Respuesta de Estrés (Valdez, 1999), e) Inventario sobre Estilos y Estrategias de Afrontamiento (Carver, Scheier & Weintraub, 1989) y d) Cuestionario de Problemas (Seiffge-Krenke, 1995). Se consideraron las variables edad, sexo, trabajo, respuestas de estrés, problemas y estilos de afrontamiento. Los hallazgos indicaron que a mayor edad mayores niveles de estrés, y que estos eran más elevados al evaluarse los problemas relacionados con el futuro y el sí mismo; por otro lado, los estilos centrados en el problema y la emoción son los más utilizados en el afrontamiento y los que se relacionan con niveles de estrés más bajos.

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Pond, Jami S. "Stress and coping among adolescent diabetics." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08142009-040623/.

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Miller, Stephanie Hotta. "Stress and coping among adoptive parents." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063428/.

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Carton-Caron, Annie Hautekèete Marc. "Stratégies de coping chez le sportif." Lille : A.N.R.T, 2004. http://www.univ-lille3.fr/theses/CARTON_CARON_ANNIE/html/these.html.

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Humphries, Mary Paulette. "Social support, perceived threat, coping response and coping effectiveness among psychiatric nurses." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/722443.

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The present study, based on Lazarus' cognitive theory, identified coping strategies utilized by psychiatric nurses, and examined correlations between social support, perceived threat and coping effectiveness. The correlational design utilized a convenience sample of registered nurses holding membership in the Indiana State Nurses' Association Council on Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Practice. Subjects completed a demographic sheet, Interpersonal Support Evaluation List, Jalowiec Coping Scale, McNett Coping Effectiveness Questionnaire, and a one-item threat evaluation scale. Problem-focused coping was preferred by the sample. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between social support and coping effectiveness, a significant negative correlation between threat and coping effectiveness, and a non-significant negative correlation between social support and threat. Conclusions were psychiatric nurses utilize problem-focused coping strategies, there was a significant relationship betweeen social support and coping effectiveness, and threat and coping effectiveness, and a nonsignificant relationship between social support and threat.
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Prates, Luís Manuel de Oliveira. "Stresse profissional dos pilotos aviadores instrutores e instruendos na l3 commercial training solutions – Ponte de Sor." Master's thesis, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. Escola Superior de CIências Empresariais, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/25626.

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Relatório de Dissertação de investigação do Mestrado em Segurança e Higiene no Trabalho
O objetivo geral da dissertação é a análise dos fatores de stresse profissional a que os pilotos aviadores (instrutores e instruendos) estão sujeitos. Esta é uma investigação de natureza exploratória que visa estudar o stresse em dois grupos de indivíduos, os pilotos comerciais de linha aérea de aeronaves, com qualificação de instrutores e os pilotos instruendos (cadetes). A pesquisa foi realizada através de um estudo quantitativo, com a aplicação de um questionário a ambos os grupos, integrando diversas dimensões de análise relacionadas com a avaliação do stresse profissional. O questionário foi construído tendo em conta os objetivos da investigação, i. e. procura abordar a perceção do nível global de stresse experienciado na atividade, a identificação dos fatores de stresse percecionados e a avaliação de potenciais estratégias de coping/estratégias para controlo ou diminuição do stresse experienciado. Os resultados apontam, que de uma forma geral os pilotos percecionam níveis de stresse mais elevados que os cadetes. No que respeita ao estudo das potenciais fontes de stresse, as perspetivas avaliadas mostram que na sua grande maioria, os pilotos instrutores percecionam níveis de stresse mais elevados. Relativamente às estratégias de coping, os cadetes utilizam-nos com maior frequência, para controlo ou diminuição do stresse percecionado.
The overall aim of this mastert thesis is to conduct an analysis of the professional stressors to which aviator pilots (instructors and cadets) are subject. This is an exploratory investigation that aims to study, in two groups of individuals, commercial airline pilots aircraft, with pilot instructor qualification and cadets. The research was carried out a transversal quantitative study, with the application of quiz with closed answers to both groups, in order to carry out a professional stress assessment. The quiz was constructed taking into account the research objectives, i. e. aims to approach the perception of the global stress level experienced in the activity, the identification of the perceived stress factors and the evaluation of the coping strategies to control or reduce the stress experienced. The results show that, in general, pilots perceive higher stress levels than cadets. Regarding the study of potential sources of stress, the perspectives evaluated show that, for the most part, instructor pilots perceive higher levels of stress. Regarding the coping strategies, cadets use them more frequently, for control or reduction of perceived stress.

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Alijagic, Arnel, and Nina Nessler. "Gymnasielärares upplevelse av arbetsrelaterad stress : En kvalitativ studie i hur gymnasielärare upplever arbetsrelaterad stress och hur den stress hanteras." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-49749.

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Skolan utgör en av samhällets största arbetsplatser och är en organisation under ständig förändring. Läroplaner speglar samhällets utveckling och därmed ställs krav på fortlöpande uppdatering av kursplaner och pedagogiska tillvägagångssätt. Trots behov av ständig utveckling är skolan ett av samhällets störst drabbade område gällande nedskärningar. Föreliggande studie avsåg att genom kvalitativ metod och semistrukturerad intervju undersöka gymnasielärares upplevelse av arbetsrelaterad stress och hur den arbetsrelaterade stressen hanterades. Föreliggande studie visade på tre huvudresultat. Ett resultat visade att lärare hade en upplevd ökad arbetsbelastning där ansvaret och arbetsuppgifterna ökat och där stor tidsbrist rådde gällande planering och uppföljning. Studien visade även att flertalet av lärarna upplevde, eller har upplevt både fysiologiska och psykiska stressreaktioner av olika slag som resultat av arbetsrelaterade stress. Slutligen visade studien att flera utav de deltagande lärarna använde sig av aktiva copingstrategier både i form av problemfokuserad- och känslofokuserad coping för att hantera yrkets arbetsrelaterade stress.

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Gee, Diane. "Stress, appraisal and coping in job search /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1426059.

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Edey, Jocelyn Dawn. "The adolescent voice, stress, coping and identity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40042.pdf.

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Iwasaki, Yoshitaka. "Leisure and stress-coping, reconceptualizations and analyses." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0005/NQ32832.pdf.

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Pond, Laurina. "Stress and coping in adolescent Pastors' Kids." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0021/MQ55234.pdf.

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Kipping, Cheryl Joan. "Stress and coping in mental health nurses." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/stress-and-coping-in-mental-health-nurses(233e7fff-f064-48c0-b626-4ff18eef9e40).html.

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Muldoon, Orla T. "Childhood stress and coping : a psychosocial approach." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337115.

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Devonport, Tracey J. "Stress and coping in national junior netball." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436138.

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Schlindwein, Helena E. M. "Alternative stress coping mechanisms in conflict situations." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242241.

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Clements, Andrea D., Beth A. Bailey, and Heather Wright. "Prenatal Stress Coping Strategies Predict Breastfeeding Initiation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7282.

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During intake history a rural sample of 1312 women admitted for singleton birth were asked “How do you deal with stress?” Stress coping answers were categorized into 18 stress coping strategies, which were explored as predictors of infant feeding method choice, dichotomized into any breastfeeding or exclusive bottle feeding. Coping with stress through Prayer/Religion (p = .002), taking a Bath/Shower (p = .001), Exercise (p = .001), and Reading/Writing (p = .001) predicted breastfeeding. Smoking (p = .003), Resting (p = .03), and “Not Well” (p = .035) predicted that women would not breastfeed

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Westafer, William K. "Clergy stress the efficacy of coping strategies /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/769.

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Campbell, Elizabeth. "Stress and coping in wheelchair sport participants." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1997. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7319.

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Top level sport for people with a disability is becoming more competitive, creating an environment in which the rewards for success and the disappointments associated with failure are often great. These are factors which clearly have the potential to place extreme psychological demands on sport performers with a disability. However, few investigations have specifically examined how athletes with a disability respond in highly stressful sporting situations. This thesis, therefore, reports 3 separate studies to investigate stress and coping in wheelchair sport participants. Study 1 examined pre-competition temporal patterning of anxiety and self-confidence in 103 wheelchair sport participants at 3 time periods preceding competition (1 week, 2 hours and 30 minutes before). The findings suggested that wheelchair sport participants show a similar pre-competition anxiety response to non-disabled sport participants. However, there were some differences, particularly in the reduction in self-confidence immediately prior to competition. The purpose of Study 2, therefore, was to explore possible: reasons as to why self-confidence may decrease in wheelchair sport participants" immediately prior to competition. Specifically, Study 2 considered the influence of disability status (i.e., possessing and not possessing a disability) on appraisal of a specific important competitive event, and how appraisal may be influenced by various psychosocial factors. The sample comprised of 75 wheelchair and 44 able-bodied sport participants. The findings showed that wheelchair and able-bodied sport participants had similar psychosocial resources and appraisal patterns; however, different factors predicted an important competitive event as challenging. Study 3 explored this further by investigating, via in-depth qualitative interviews, the sources of stress and coping responses in 10 elite male wheelchair basketball players. Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed in combination to enable examination of stress source characteristics (degree of challenge, threat, harm, severity, control and frequency) and coping details (effectiveness and frequency). Whilst many of the findings were similar to those previously reported for elite able-bodied figure skaters, there were some differences. These differences appeared to relate to various disability factors and also the fact that the study was unique in examining team sport participants. Furthermore, the unique nature of the study obtaining information on stress source characteristics, and effectiveness and extent of use of coping strategies, proved to be extremely useful in gaining a more in-depth understanding of the complex stress-coping process. Finally, the findings from the three studies reported in this thesis enabled a model of stress and coping for wheelchair sport participants to be developed. In summary, the studies presented used a range of methodologies to enable an in-depth understanding of stress and coping in wheelchair sport, whilst simultaneously supporting and extending previous research in the sport domain.

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Hall, Karen 1951. "STRESS, COPING, AND SATISFACTION AMONG ELDERLY MIGRANTS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275260.

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Götsén, Anders, and Victor Virolainen. "Stress och hälsa hos elitfotbollsdomare." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-17451.

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Denna studie hade som syfte att undersöka vilka orsaker till stress svenska elitfotbollsdomare upplever samt hur domarna hanterar den upplevda stressen. Vidare syfte var att undersöka hur stressen påverkar domarnas hälsa, och vilken påverkan stressen har på beteendet hos domarna. Urvalet till denna studie bestod av 10 svenska elitfotbollsdomare, både män och kvinnor, med domaruppdrag inom Allsvenskan eller Superettan säsongen 2011. En semistrukturerad intervjuguide användes under antingen telefon- eller personliga intervjuer. Intervjuerna analyserades genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultatet som framkom i denna studie ligger huvudsakligen i linje med den tidigare forskningen som har gjorts inom området. Vidare visar även resultatet att de deltagande domarna i huvudsak inte upplever en negativ påverkan av stressen på deras hälsa. De resultat som framkom i studien diskuteras vidare i samband med tidigare forskning inom detta område och runt de metodologiska frågor som framkom av studien. Förslag för framtida forskning samt hur resultatet av studien kan appliceras praktiskt ges.
The purpose of the present study was to examine what Swedish soccer referees perceive as stressful and how the referees cope with the perceived stressors. Further purposes were to examine how the perceived stress affect the health of the referees and what affect it has on the behavior of the referees. In the study 10 Swedish elite soccer referees, both males and females, with refereeing assignments in the Allsvenskan or Superettan in the 2011 season participated. A semi structured interview guide was used during either telephone- or personal interviews. The interviews were analyzed through a qualitative content analysis. The results are primarily in line with previous research of this field. Further, the results show that the participating referees does not experience a great deal of negative influence on their health stemming from stress. The results of the study are further discussed in regards to previous research in the field as well as in conjunction with the methodological questions that arose during the study. Suggestions for future research and practical applications of the results are also given.

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Carton-Caron, Annie. "Stratégies de coping chez le sportif." Lille 3, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004LIL30042.

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Le sport n'est pas seulement un univers d'émotions joyeuses. Les sportifs doivent faire face à de multiples situations stressantes telles que : les blessures, la pression et les échecs. Le sport est un lieu privilégié pour étudier le stress. Cette étude étudie la variabilité intra-individuelle des stratégies de coping au cours de sept pratiques sportives dans un contexte d'examen. 103 étudiants âgés de 20 à 23 ans ont rempli l'ISCCS (Inventaire des Stratégies de Coping en Compétition Sportive) de Gaudreau et Blondin (2002) tout de suite après leurs épreuves. Nous avons pu montrer que lorsque les sportifs sont seuls, ou dans un groupe, lorsqu'ils sont experts ou non, lorsque l'intensité du stress perçu est haute ou basse, certaines stratégies n'étaient pas les mêmes pour un même sujet. Plus généralement, le choix des stratégies pourrait dépendre du coût et des bénéfices des stratégies, du niveau de compétence et du temps dont les athlètes disposent

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Winkler, Moa. "Hur hanterar lärare stress? : En kvalitativ intervjustudie med inriktning på copingstrategier samt upplevelse av stress i arbetslivet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-70443.

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Syftet med föreliggande studie var att genom en kvalitativ intervjustudie undersöka hur lärare upplever och hanterar stress på arbetsplatsen och vad det är för stressande situationer som kan uppkomma i läraryrket. Tidigare forskning har visat att lärare är en av de yrkesgrupper som upplever mest stress på arbetsplatsen och att det är många lärare som byter yrke på grund av för höga stressnivåer. Forskning visar också att negativ stress kan påverka en person både psykiskt och fysiskt och att förhållningssätt till stress kan påverka hur skadlig stressen blir. Deltagare i studien var 8 lärare med olika undervisningsämnen som arbetat i olika lång tid och de fick under intervjuer dela med sig av sina erfarenheter och upplevelser av stress i läraryrket. Resultaten av de semistrukturerade intervjuerna visade de sex huvudkategorierna: 1) Negativ stress. 2) Ta med arbetet hem. 3) Problemfokuserad coping. 4) Känslofokuserad coping. 5) Krav från omvärlden. 6) Stöd från kollegor och skolledning. Kunskaperna kan användas för att förebygga stress på arbetsplatsen och för att angripa de problem som kan uppstå i läraryrket. Föreliggande studies resultat stämmer således överens med tidigare forskning och visar att läraryrket i många fall är mycket stressande och kräver god planering och stöd från kollegor för att undvika skadlig stress.

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Holmér, Alexander, and Helena Wästerlund. "Hur hanterar sjuksköterskor stress i arbetet? : En litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för vårdvetenskap på grundnivå, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-7320.

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Background: The nursing profession involves meetings and situations which can be stressful. The work environment can cause additional stress in the form of time pressure, lack of support from colleagues, management or disgruntled family members and patients. This places the nurse in a position that requires a sharpened ability to handle stress. It can become overwhelming and unmanageable and cause a serious threat to the nurse's health and wellbeing. To handle stress the nurses uses different coping strategies. Aim: The aim of the review was to gain a better understanding of how nurses deal with occupational stress. Method: A systematic literature overview study based on eleven articles, including both qualitative and quantitative studies. Results: Nurses deal with stress in different ways based on their own resources. The results were divided in to seven themes: Seeking social support for emotional expression, Planning and problem solving to reduce stress, Setting boundaries to alleviate stress, Create time and space for recovery, Create time for reflection and guidance, Manage what cannot be affected and Creating distance in order to gain perspective. Conclusion: Perceived stress differs wide between nurses. A great responsibility therefore rests on the nurse herself to learn to manage her stress. The employer can create supportive conditions but the nurse must learn to master their own stress.

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McDonald, Angus Stuart. "Coping and accidental injuries." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263159.

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Samuelsson, Carola, and Patrik Bång. "Sjuksköterskans arbetsrelaterade stress och copingstrategier." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-3850.

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Stress och symtom på stress, ökar inom hela den svenska befolkningen. I synnerhet har stressen ökat hos hälso- och sjukvårdens professioner. Stressrelaterade sjukdomar som hjärtkärlsjukdomar och depression leder till sjukskrivningar. Sjuksköterskan löper hög risk att utsättas för hög stress på arbetsplatsen och stressens påverkan på sjuksköterskan står i relation till hur hon värderar situationen samt vilka hanteringsmöjligheter hon ser. Ett ineffektivt hanteringsmönster kan få svåra konsekvenser för hälsa och socialt liv. En litteraturstudie sammanställdes med syfte att identifiera stressfyllda situationer i sjuksköterskans arbetssituation samt hur dessa värderas och hanteras med hjälp av olika copingstrategier. Resultatet visar att arbetsbelastning är den största källan till stress och påverkas av underbemanning och ökande antal uppgifter för sjuksköterskan. Ju mer stress sjuksköterskan utsätts för desto mindre används problemfokuserade hanteringsmetoder. Konflikter ökar stressen på arbetsplatsen samtidigt som kollegialt stöd används för att hantera stress. Sjuksköterskan behöver få ökad kunskap om stress och stresshantering. Därtill krävs ökad kunskap och förståelse från ledningen kring den stress sjuksköterskan utsätts för. Vidare forskning bör fokusera stressupplevelser hos sjuksköterskor inom specifika områden i sjukvården.

Stress and the symptoms of stress are continuing to increase among the total Swedish population. This is particularly visible in healthcare-professions. Stress related diseases like coronary disease and depression leads to increasing numbers of sick-leaves. The nurse has a high risk of experiencing stress in the workplace and the effects of stress on the nurse stands in relation to her appraisal of the situation and the opportunities of coping visible to her. An ineffective coping pattern can result in severe consequences both in health and in social life. A literature review was conducted with the aim to identify stressful events in the nurse’s workplace as well as the appraisal of the same and coping strategies used. Results indicate that workload is the main-source of stress and is affected by understaffing and increases in the number of nursing-tasks. The more stress the nurse is exposed to, the less problem-focused coping is used. Conflicts increase the stress at the work-place at the same time as support from colleagues is used as a copingstrategy. Nurses need to widen their knowledge concerning stress and coping. There is also a need for more knowledge and understanding among managers, of stressful situations experienced by nurses. Implications for further research should focus on stressful experiences among nurses in specific areas in healthcare.

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Kenwright, Derrick. "Police Stress: An Examination of the Effects of Stress and Coping Strategies." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2006.

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How police officers deal with stress greatly affects how they carry out their daily lives and how they treat family and friends. In this study 2 police departments were issued surveys to see how the police officers experienced stress. Questions on the survey asked the officers about the sources of stress, sources of support, and which methods they used to alleviate the stress. The surveys were given to the respective departments over a period of 2 months, and 132 surveys were returned. The statistical analysis performed showed danger was a factor when examining stress. Administration support was found to be a source of support.

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Salain, Samantha Leigh Fields. "Stress Management Training, Gender, Level of Stress, and Coping in Police Officers." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3833.

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Stress has lasting and sometimes fatal effects on the law enforcement community, which can compromise the well-being of police officers. To date, there is little research on factors that influence the level of stress in police officers. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to investigate the relationship of gender, used coping mechanisms, and levels of organizational and operational stress among police officers who have and have not received stress management training. Bandura's social learning theory and Lazarus and Folkman's theory of cognitive appraisal provided the theoretical foundation. Cross-sectional survey data from a convenience sample of 134 male and female police officers were collected using the Brief Cope, the Operational and Organizational Police Stress Questionnaire, and a demographic survey. An independent samples t test and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses. According to study findings, officers who received stress management training demonstrated a higher use of adaptive coping mechanisms compared to those who did not receive training. In addition, gender and use of maladaptive coping predicted level of stress among officers. Evidently, receiving stress management training was useful for these participating police officers, and these findings suggest that the training may have positive demonstrable effects for other police officers. This study promotes positive social change by increasing knowledge and awareness of the value that stress management has in reducing level of stress and use of maladaptive coping in police officers, thus empowering the psychological needs of officers while endorsing public safety at the individual and societal level.

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Brenner, Wallius Eva. "Coping with stress in a school and office environment : self reported stress and coping behaviour for teachers and administrative assistants." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, 1989. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17898.

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Šmatavičius, Gintaras Valentinas. "Besigydančių dėl širdies ir kraujagyslių ligų streso įveikos, savigarbos ir agresyvumo charakteristikų sąsajos." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20101223_082248-75085.

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Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti širdies ir kraujagyslių ligomis (ŠKL) sergančių asmenų savigarbos, agresyvumo ir streso įveikos sąsajas. Tyrime dalyvavo 161 asmuo – 86 vyrai (53,4 proc.) ir 75 moterys (46,6 proc.). Tiriamąją grupę sudarė 78 reabilitacijoje besigydantys pacientai. Palyginamąją grupę sudarė 83 sveiki asmenys. Tiriamųjų amžiaus svyravo nuo 19 iki 75 metų (50,81 ± 12,75). Tyrimo metu išanalizuotos streso įveikos, savigarbos ir agresyvumo charakteristikos bei sąsajos abejose grupėse. Tiriamųjų streso įveikos strategijų įvertinimui naudota Ž. Grakausko ir G. Valicko sudaryta streso įveikos vertinimo metodika. Tiriamųjų savigarbai nagrinėti naudota M. Rosenberg savigarbos skalė (The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). Agresyvumo analizei tiriamiesiems buvo pateiktas A. Bass - Darki klausimynas. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad tiriamųjų, sergančių ŠKL, savigarbos rodikliai žemesni nei sveikų respondentų. Nėra skirtumo tarp sergančių ŠKL ir sveikų tiriamųjų fizinės ir verbalinės agresijos charakteristikų. Sergantieji ŠKL ir sveiki tyrimo dalyviai vienodai dažnai naudoja vengimo ir su socialine parama susijusias streso įveikos strategijas. Tiriamųjų, sergančių ŠKL, į problemą orientuotų streso įveikos strategijų naudojimas nesusijęs su savigarbos rodikliais. Moterų, sergančių ŠKL, žemesni fizinės ir verbalinės agresijos rodikliai susiję su aukštesniais savigarbos rodikliais. Vyrų, sergančių ŠKL, savigarba ir verbalinės agresijos lygis nesusiję. Sergančių ŠKL vyrų aukštesni... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
The aim of the study was to evaluate the connection between self-esteem, aggression and stress coping of cardiovascular patients. 161 people participated in the research: 86 men (53.4%) and 75 women (46.6%). 78 patients in rehabilitation formed the experimental group. The control group was formed from 83 healthy people. The age of the participants ranged from 19 to 75 (50,81 ± 12,75). During the research, the characteristics and connection between self-esteem, stress coping and agression were analysed in both groups. For evaluating stress coping strategies, the methodology for evaluation of stress coping by Ž. Grakauskas and G. Valickas was used. For self-esteem, The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was applied, while Bass-Darky questionnaire was employed in order to analyse aggressiveness. The research results have demonstrated that self-esteem indicators were lower for the cardio-vascular patients than for healthy respondents. Besides, there is no difference between physical and verbal aggression characteristics of cardiovascular patients and healthy people. Both, the experimental group and the control group, use the avoidance strategy and the strategies related to social support in coping with stress. The usage of problem-oriented stress coping strategies of cardiovascular patients is not related to self-esteem indicators. Female cardiovascular patients exhibit lower physical and verbal aggression indicators, which are associated to higher self-esteem indicators... [to full text]

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Henriksson, Angelica, and Anna Gunnarsson. "Lärare, stress och coping : Om passiva och aktiva copingstrategier." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Education and Psychology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-3637.

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Gunnarsson, A & Henriksson, A (2008) Lärare, stress och coping: Om passiva och aktiva copingstrategier. B-uppsats i pedagogik 7,5 hp. Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och psykologi. Abstract Syftet med denna undersökning var att utforska vilken coping av passiv och aktiv som lärare på en högskola i Sverige uppger att de använder sig av. Lärares stress och copingstrategier är ett område som har uppmärksammats länge och majoriteten av forskarna på området menar att strategin passiv coping i störst utsträckning används av lärare (Pomaki & Anagnostopoulou, 2003; Rieg et al., 2007, Griva & Joekes, 2003; och Markham, 2000). En enkät om stress och stresshantering lämnades ut till slumpmässigt utvalda lärare på två institutioner, varav tretton stycken lärare deltog i undersökningen. Resultatet visade att passiv coping var den vanligaste copingstrategin för de deltagande lärarna och lärarna angav sina olika stressymptom som var bland annat oro, magsmärtor och trötthet. Det kom även fram att lärarna upplevde att undervisningen påverkades av deras stress. På frågan gällande huruvida lärarna upplevde att de presterade bättre eller sämre under stress, upplevde majoriteten att de presterar sämre. Nyckelord: Stress; lärare; copingstrategier; aktiv coping; passiv coping.

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Acosta, Stefanie, and Valerie Barnes. "Perceived Stress and Coping Methods in Pharmacy Students." The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623795.

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the perceived level of stress pharmacy students experience related to academics and the methods they use to relieve that stress. METHODS: This was a descriptive cross-‐sectional study. Questionnaires were administered to first, second, and third year University of Arizona College of Pharmacy students during regularly scheduled class time. Data on perceived level of stress, sources of stress, and methods of relieving stress were collected and analyzed. Data on average hours worked per week, marital status, number of children, age, gender, and number of professional organizations involved in were also collected. RESULTS: The stress survey was completed by a total of 182 students at the College of Pharmacy. The overall stress score was highest in the second year students, although the total score was relatively low (total score 18.7; p=0.04). The four items that resulted in the highest stress scores were exams and/or grades (stress score ≥ 2.1), amount of class material (stress score ≥ 1.8), financial responsibilities (stress score ≥ 1.8) and lack of free time (stress score ≥ 1.6). Stressful situations that the students felt the most during the semester were thinking about the things that they had to accomplish (score ≥ 3.2) and having to control the way they spend their time (score ≥ 2.6). Common stress relievers were spending time with family, friends and pets ( ≥ 27%), watching television or movies ( ≥ 22%) and exercising ( ≥ 17%). Of those students who exercised, >44% felt it helped relieve stress very much. CONCLUSIONS: Little difference in levels of stress was observed between the classes. Based on the results, pharmacy students at the University of Arizona do not appear to be excessively stressed. Spending time with family/friends/pets, watching TV/DVDs, and exercising were the most common ways of relieving stress.

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Lundströmer, Michaela. "Stress bland ungdomar : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om ungdomars upplevelser och påverkan av stress." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-32515.

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Stress är ett allt mer vanligt problem i dagens samhälle, och det finns tydlig forskning som visar att allt fler ungdomar drabbas av psykisk ohälsa. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur ungdomar (18-19 år) på en gymnasieskola i Norrbotten upplevde stress och hur de beskrev att det påverkade dem. Två ungdomar valde att delta i studien. Dessa två ungdomar intervjuades och delade med sig av sina erfarenheter och upplevelser av stress, varpå intervjuerna bearbetades enligt kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultatet visade att det fanns ett flertal saker som bidrog till stress hos informanterna, bland annat press, krav och förväntningar på körkort samt ideal. Resultatet visar även upp en rad olika copingstrategier så som strukturering, planering och tid för återhämtning. Slutsatsen av resultatet visar att det finns en rad olika stressorer i ungdomars liv men att den är hanterbar om rätta copingstrategier används.

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Wan, Wai-on Joseph. "Stress and coping of parents of schizophrenic patients." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43893405.

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Andersson, Birgitta, and Inger Frankelöv. "Skolbarn och stress : orsaker, upplevelser, ohälsa och coping." Thesis, University West, Department of Nursing, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-1082.

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Novak, Fredrik, and Moa Sjögren. "Extraversion och Introversion : Kopplat till stress och coping." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-17185.

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Schulte, Murriel Ardath. "The Premenstrual Syndrome: Daily Stress and Coping Style." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331078/.

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The premenstrual syndrome (PMS) continues to be an enigma for many: those women who report PMS, for professionals who attempt to treat premenstrual symptoms, and for researchers attempting to identify PMS and to compare treatments. The present study investigated the responses from 86 subjects between the ages 30-45 for their perceptions of daily stress and coping styles by PMS level. Three levels of PMS were formulated by subject responses to the questionnaire (a) PMS for scores within the criteria, (b) Non-PMS for scores lower than the criteria, and (c) Psy-Non-PMS for certain scores higher than the criteria with a psychological, or neurotic, profile. Hassle intensity (daily stress) and coping style, whether problem-focused (P) or emotion-focused (E), were assessed by questionnaire. In addition, help seeking behavior, i.e., whether a woman sought help from a doctor in the past twelve months, was examined but did not significantly relate to level of PMS, hassle intensity, or coping style. Psy-Non-PMS women reported perceiving significantly more hassles and significantly greater use of four of the E coping styles, Detachment, Focusing on the Positive, Self-blame, and Keep to Self, than the Non-PMS women. PMS women endorsed perception of significantly more hassles and significantly greater use of two of the E coping styles, Detachment and Keep to Self, than the Non-PMS women. These E coping styles are consonant with detached, avoidant, escapist, and self-deriding coping mechanisms, typical of depressed and anxious persons. There was some difficulty in differentiating the PMS group from the Psy-Non-PMS group. Only one coping style, Focusing on the Positive, was endorsed by the Psy-Non-PMS group significantly more than the PMS group. Further statistical analysis of the data could determine psychological/behavioral PMS subtypes as distinct from physiological PMS subtypes, providing more clearly defined PMS groups. Future research involving a carefully controlled study for determining PMS levels and utilizing psychotherapy as well as specified medications for treatment of PMS is indicated.

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de, Faye Barbara J. "Stress and coping near the end of life." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6203.

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The stressors facing people who must deal with a terminal diagnosis and palliative care are complex and varied. However, relatively little is known about the manner in which people cope with these stressors. Additionally, there has been little research into those characteristics that may predispose individuals to cope in particular ways. Therefore, this study investigates the process of coping with various end-of-life stressors, while also considering individual differences in how people prefer to cope. Fifty-two people who were receiving palliative care for advanced cancer underwent in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The interviews considered the tendency to monitor (focus on) or blunt (avoid) threat-relevant cues when dealing with stress, and whether this tendency was predictive of variations in actual coping behaviour, or variations in the experience of distress. Stress and coping were examined within three distinct conceptual dimensions comprising physical symptoms, social issues, and existential concerns. Specifically, participants were asked to identify their most significant problem in each dimension, and then to report how they coped with those problems. Their coping responses were then coded as reflecting either "problem-focused," "emotion-focused approach" or "emotion-focused avoidance". The results revealed that, unlike other health-related research, the tendency to "monitor" or "blunt" did not predict variations in the experience of psychological distress or variations in self-reported coping behaviour. Across the three dimensions of stress, physical symptoms received the highest severity ratings, but the dimensions were significantly intercorrelated with one another. A consistent individual difference was also noted in terms of the numbers of coping strategies participants generated to manage stressors. That is, participants who reported using a high number of coping strategies to manage a social stressor also reported using a high number of strategies in response to stressors in the other two dimensions. Participants generally used a combination of specific coping strategies to deal with their stressors. However, there were clear differences across dimensions of stress in the relative use of problem-focused versus emotion-focused strategies. Problem-focused coping was uncommon for existential issues while emotion-focused approach and emotion-focused avoidance strategies were used less frequently for physical stressors. Coping efforts were not related to psychological distress or to discrete anxiety and depressive disorders, which were diagnosed in 44.2% of the participants.

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Pienaar, Fiona Gail. "New Zealand children's experiences of stress and coping." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5808.

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Children’s experiences of stress and coping have been underexplored in comparison to studies with adults and adolescents. Of those studies that have been conducted on children, many have utilised checklists originally developed by and for adults or adolescents or developed for children without consulting with them. It is only relatively recently that children have begun to be consulted about issues that concern them. While there have been studies exploring specific aspects of children’s lives, there is no evidence of a study that has asked children, living around a country, not in known stressful situations, to talk about their stress and coping. There has been no prior research of this nature undertaken in New Zealand. This study explores New Zealand/Aotearoa1 children’s experiences of stress and coping in their lives. A total number of 171 children, aged 8 to 12, from 29 schools throughout the country, were invited to take part in the study. There were two phases of data collection and the second phase included the administration of a coping checklist which was developed out of the data from Phase One. Overall 62 participants engaged in an individual interview and the rest took part in focus groups of primarily four children each. Discussion was facilitated using informal guidelines and all the individual interviews and focus groups were audio-taped, transcribed and analysed using a Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology. Four categories of stress and 29 stressors were identified, the majority of which cluster around children’s two primary contexts, the school and family. The results demonstrate that many of the challenges children identify are linked to the stress experienced by the significant adults in their lives including their teachers but primarily, their parents. While they could identify what their parents and other significant adults in their lives find stressful, they were unsure, and in some cases doubtful, that adults were aware of what children find stressful or if they could identify the signs that a child was experiencing stress. The 20 coping strategies that were identified were ordered into four categories of coping with the primary modality being internal behavioural or cognitive strategies. Children have explicit and articulate views on what they experience as stressful; how they are vicariously affected by global stressors and what they perceive the significant adults in their lives experience as stressful. Most children have a broad range of coping strategies that they can utilise and most identified their mother as part of their support system. There are challenges however, when stressors are experienced in the family and children have to rely heavily on their internal coping strategies. The small number of children, who could not identify a close family member or a member of the school personnel as support, were noticeable in their vulnerability. The participants provide valuable insight into the world of childhood and inform us as to what is needed to ensure as strong a mental health foundation as possible so that they emerge into adolescence and adulthood able to participate as fully and effectively as possible.

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Tarabulsy, George M. (George Mikhail). "Stress-coping theory and children from divorced homes." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59875.

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This thesis attempts to integrate the divorce outcome data concerning children within the stress and coping mechanisms paradigm. The effects of divorce on children are reviewed, as are the major constructs of stress-coping theory. A study is conducted to demonstrate the empirical utility of the theoretical integration of the two domains. The coping resources, styles and efforts of 71 elementary school children from divorced and intact homes were investigated. Data analyses demonstrated that children from divorced homes had lower levels of psychological coping resources, and less effective coping styles and efforts, thus sustaining the theoretical integration. Other significant results revealed developmental trends for some aspects of coping resources and coping styles, and correlations between coping resources and efforts, thereby supporting important conceptualizations in stress-coping theory. Speculations concerning the long-term effects of divorce, differential effects of divorce on boys and girls and recommendations for future investigations are made.

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