BACKGROUND Caring for individuals with schizophrenia can create distress for caregivers which can, in turn, have a harmful impact on patient progress. There could be a better understanding of the connections between caregivers' representations of schizophrenia and coping styles. This study aims at exploring those connections. METHODS This correlational descriptive study was conducted with 92 ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control with coping styles of problem-focused, excited -focused and avoidance among volleyball young men, Karaj City, Iran. The research method was correlation-descriptive that was implemented as monitoring. The population of this research was 200 volleyball young men that several teams of participating teams were chosen...

purpose: to compare early maladaptive schemas and coping styles in drug dependent and non-dependent prisoners of zahedan city.   materials and methods: this was an ex post facto study. the population of the study consisted of all men prisoners of zahedan prison in 2013. the participants were 240 prisoners among which 120 prisoners were selected by convenience sampling method and the rest by sim...

Individual variation in the way animals cope with stressors has been documented in a number of animal groups. In general, two distinct sets of behavioural and physiological responses to stress have been described: the proactive and the reactive coping styles. Some characteristics of stress coping style seem to be coupled to the time to emerge of fry from spawning redds in natural populations of...

An empirical classification of certain coping strategies from Ch. Carver’s studies is presented. Hierarchic approach to behavior (coping-actions, strategies, styles) was used. The sample consisted 1 469 students. Using the method cluster analysis, we identified productive, unproductive styles, as well externally-oriented coping-style, which positively correlates with both productive and styles....

When confronted with stress, adults tend to respond with primary control coping (trying to change the stressful circumstances), secondary control coping (trying to adjust to circumstances as they are), or relinquished control (trying neither to change circumstances nor to adjust to them). Applying this notion to children, we asked 6-, 9-, and 12-year-olds to recall stressful episodes involving ...