BACKGROUND Previous research has generally indicated that disadvantaged socioeconomic groups tend to experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In an effort to extend the literature, this study proposes that coping flexibility is a stress buffer that mitigates the adverse effects of low socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS The participants comprised 150 Indians (53 % women; mean a...

OBJECTIVE Coping with arthritis-related stress has been extensively studied. However, limited evidence exists regarding coping with stress extraneous to the disease (life stress). This study explored life stress and coping in a subset of older women with osteoarthritis from a larger longitudinal study. SETTING An Australian regional university. DESIGN This qualitative study involved semistr...

BACKGROUND This study examines: (1) the prevalence of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) among Dutch and Belgian adolescents, (2) the associations between Big Five personality traits and NSSI engagement/versatility (i.e., number of NSSI methods), and (3) whether these associations are mediated by perceived stress and coping. METHODS A total of 946 Flemish (46%) and Dutch (54%) non-institutionali...

We intended to evaluate the impact of coping strategies on the intensity of stress on hemato-oncology nurses, using a transversal analytical study conducted with 18 nurses between March and April of 2010. We used a form for socio-demographic characterization, the Occupational Coping Scale to evaluate the coping strategies and the Nurses Stress Inventory to evaluate the stress. There was no sign...

In an effort to extend theory & research on the effect of role stress on individuals and their coping ability, the relationship between Role Stress and Coping with Role Stress among women executives was examined. In today’s world more women are taking up managerial responsibilities which require them to balance multiple roles both at work and at home. This automatically gives rise to some amoun...

Over the past 30 years, the lion’s share of research on stress and coping has focused almost exclusively on the coping efforts used by individuals, describing types or modes of coping strategies and their effects on physical and mental health outcomes. Major life stressors do not limit their influence to individuals but instead spread out like crabgrass to affect the lives of others in the indi...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The study presented here examined the influence of contextual life stress and coping strategies on change in adjustment over the year following completion of treatment for breast cancer. We also investigated whether contextual stressful life events moderate the relationship between coping strategies and adjustment, such that cancer-specific emotional approach coping processes...

To assess the associations between job stress and somatic symptoms and to investigate the effect of individual coping on these associations. In July 2006, a cross-sectional study was conducted during a periodic health check-up of 185 Japanese male office workers (21-66 yr old) at a Japanese company. Job stress was measured by job demand, control, and strain (=job demand/control) based on the Jo...

Outbreaks of psoriasis usually can be linked with traumatic life stress events. Stressful life events in response to psychosocial trigger have been reported to negatively affect the course of psoriasis and are regarded as preventable causes of morbidity. Aims of this study were to determine which coping strategies are mostly used in psoriatic patients and to determine if there is a difference i...