Identify Coping Mechanisms to Deal with Stressors in Military Personnel

Stressors and coping mechanisms associated with perceived stress in Latinos.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between causes of perceived stress and the coping mechanisms used by Latino adults with perceived stress. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS This cross-sectional survey was conducted on a convenience sample of 200 Latino adults (aged ≥18 years). They were recruited from clinics, migrant camps, community events, and churches located in Charleston, S.C. This su...

Selection of Key Stressors to Develop Virtual Environments for Practicing Stress Management Skills with Military Personnel Prior to Deployment

Virtual environments (VEs) are presently being used to treat military personnel suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In an attempt to reduce the risk of PTSD, VEs may also be useful for stress management training (SMT) to practice skills under stress, but such use necessitates the development of relevant stress-inducing scenarios and storyboards. This article describes the proce...

Burnout in Military Personnel

Psychological Coping Strategies and Techniques to deal with Stress & Anxiety around Coronavirus (COVID-19)

In early 2020, people around the world, beyond color, race, social class, nationality, or geography, have been plagued by a common problem called coronavirus and COVID-19. There is an increasing amount of anxiety, worry and stress around the world, and we are witnessing the death of dozens of people every hour. In the days when society is facing more than ever an unbalanced amount of misinforma...

Social stressors, coping behaviors, and depressive symptoms: A latent profile analysis of adolescents in military families.

We investigated the relationship between context-specific social stressors, coping behaviors, and depressive symptoms among adolescents in active duty military families across seven installations (three of which were in Europe) (N = 1036) using a person-centered approach and a stress process theoretical framework. Results of the exploratory latent profile analysis revealed four distinct coping ...

Coping with multiple stressors: physiological mechanisms and strategies in fishes of the Salton Sea

Sardella, B.A., V. Matey and C.J. Brauner. 2007. Coping with multiple stressors: physiological mechanisms and strategies in fishes of the Salton Sea. Lake Reserv. Manage. 23:518-527. Saline lakes are found around the world, typically within inland drainage basins that lack outflow. While fish species in these lakes are not numerous, the Salton Sea in southeastern California, USA, supports sever...