BACKGROUND In India, coping mechanisms for inpatient care costs have been explored in rural areas, but seldom among urbanites. This study aims to explore and compare mechanisms employed by the urban and rural poor for coping with inpatient expenditures, in order to help identify formal mechanisms and policies to provide improved social protection for health care. METHODS A three-step methodol...

Through a correlational study, the researcher observed the relationship between the degree of post-divorce adjustment and the use of religious coping mechanisms among young adults with divorced parents. Fourteen participants (11 women, 3 men) ranged in age from 17 to 21 years (M = 19.14). By correlating responses to the Child Divorce Adjustment Inventory, the Religious Coping Scale, and the Chi...

The most common form of stress encountered by people stems from one's social environment and is perceived as more intense than other types of stressors. One feature that may be related to differential resilience or vulnerability to stress is the type of strategy used to cope with the stressor, either active or passive coping. This review focuses on models of social stress in which individual di...

BACKGROUND Emergency medicine (EM) residents are exposed to many work-related stressors, which affect them both physically and emotionally. It is unknown, however, how EM residents perceive the effect of these stressors on their well-being and how often they use unhealthy coping mechanisms to manage stress. AIMS To evaluate EM residents' perceptions of stressors related to their overall well-...

Recent research indicates there are different cognitive patterns and coping mechanisms related to increased levels of Internet use emotional distress in adolescents. This study aims investigate the relationship between mechanisms, dysfunctional negative emotions, use. A total 54 participants aged 14 19 years old completed a questionnaire containing several measures demographics information. We ...