Using a national sample, this study investigated the effects of unemployed workers' coping resources and coping strategy use on reemployment after a three-month period. Based on previous research, it was expected that (1) three types of coping resources (self-esteem, social support, and financial resources) would be positively related to problem-focused coping with job loss, (2) coping resource...

BACKGROUND In China, the number of left-behind wives in rural areas has reached 47 million. Left-behind wives might have more psychological stress and lower life quality. This study was to examine the health-related quality of life and influencing social and cognitive factors in a sample of left-behind wives in rural areas of China. METHODS The demographic data questionnaire, the Short Form 3...

To identify psychosocial variables related to the use of coping strategies by HIV-positive South African women diagnosed during pregnancy, structured interviews were conducted with 224 HIV-positive women at antenatal clinics over a period of two years. Two coping styles, active and avoidant coping, were assessed using an adapted version of the Brief 1 Department of Psychology, University of Pre...

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...

The relationships between coping, affect and aging were examined using mastery and self-esteem as mediators of the aging–coping–affect associations. The sample included 168 young and old community residents who completed the dispositional coping strategies questionnaire [COPE scale; Carver, C.S., Scheier, M., & Weintraub, J.K. (1989). Assessing coping strategies: a theoretically based approach....

The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the multiple relationships between early maladaptive schemas, parenting styles and coping styles with anxiety. Therefore, a sample consisting of 200 students, from Islamic Azad University of Karaj, were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. The research instruments were Beck anxiety inventory (1988), short form of Young early ma...

The overall aim of this intervention study was to investigate, and measure quantitatively, the psychological effects of structured student tutorial support, on undergraduate students' level of stress, self-esteem and cognitive coping. A quantitative research approach was adopted using a quasi-experimental design (post-test only, non-equivalent control group design) in order to ascertain whether...