A Typology of Student-Teachers’ Coping with Stressful Classroom Events

Poverty, stressful life events, and coping strategies.

It was hypothesized that individuals of low socioeconomic status are exposed to a greater number of stressful events and therefore have a higher incidence of psychological disorders. However, the way they interpret, evaluate and cope with these stressful situations may either cause them to maintain, intensify or eliminate their overall stress. Past research indicates that the poorest individual...

Multidimensional assessment of children's coping with daily stressful events

Teachers' Typology of Student Categories: A Cluster Analytic Study

The present study demonstrates the application of cluster analysis to examine the typology of student categories of novice Luxembourgish teachers. Student categories are mental representations of groups of students in which teachers classify their students. The investigation of student categories is a relevant topic in education, because subsequent assessments of students may be biased by prior...

Coping with stressful events in older children and young adolescents.

Both the capacity to generate alternative solutions to cope with stressful events and the strategies actually used to cope with interpersonal and academic stressors were examined in a sample of junior high school age youngsters. Subjects were moderately consistent in the generation and use of pToblemand emotion-focused coping with the two types of events, and they adjusted the numbiT of problem...

Influence of Stressful Life Events and Coping Strategies in Depression

The influence of stressful life events and coping strategies was studied in 50 depressed and 50 non-depressed persons. It was observed that depressives experienced significantly more stressful life events and were also using significantly more avoidance coping strategies as compared to their non-depressed counterparts. The moderate and severely depressed patients were exposed to more stressful ...