Coping Resources, Coping Processes, and Mental Health

Abstract

Coping, defined as action-oriented and intrapsychic efforts to manage the demands created by stressful events, is coming to be recognized both for its significant impact on stress-related mental and physical health outcomes and for its intervention potential. We review coping resources that aid in this process, including individual differences in optimism, mastery, self-esteem, and social support, and examine appraisal and coping processes, especially those marked by approach or avoidance. We address the origins of coping resources and processes in genes, early life experience, and gene-environment interactions, and address neural underpinnings of coping that may shed light on evaluating coping interventions. We conclude by outlining possible intervention strategies for improving coping processes.

Burnout e enfrentamento em jogadores de futebol: fases pré e durante competição

“…Os atletas amadores, ao adotar estratégias focadas na busca de suporte social, demonstram maior necessidade de apoio instrumental, emocional ou de informação para enfrentar situações causadoras de estresse. Para os atletas, o suporte social diminui as incertezas durante períodos de estresse e auxilia na recuperação física e mental 10,23 . O déficit de suporte social formal, por sua vez, está associado com lesões mais frequentes e recuperação mais lenta 12,24 .…”

“…No contexto esportivo, a falta de estratégias adequadas de enfrentamento e a síndrome de Burnout podem se constituir em fatores limitadores para o desenvolvimento e desempenho dos atletas [7][8][9] . Enfrentamento (coping) é o termo utilizado para designar o processo de lidar com demandas (internas ou externas), avaliadas pelo indivíduo como além dos seus recursos ou suas possibilidades 10 . Em atletas, Burnout é conceituado como uma resposta ao excessivo estresse crônico, sendo caracterizado por redução no desempenho, pela exaustão física e emocional, reduzido senso de realização e sentimento de desvalorização esportiva 7,11 .…”

Resilience and mental health

“…A range of studies have suggested that ‗resilience' can be seen as synonymous with reduced ‗vulnerability' (Hofer, 2006;Schneiderman, Ironson, & Siegel, 2005), with ability to adapt to adversity (Stanton, Revenson, & Tennen, 2007;Kim-Cohen, 2007;Cameron et al, 2007) or ‗cope' (Taylor & Stanton, 2007;Skinner & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2007). Such studies implicate various adaptive systems as explanations of resilience, focusing on processes acting at multiple levels from childhood to old age, which promote and protect human development across the life span (Masten & Obradovic, 2006;Lerner, 2006;Carrey & Ungar, 2007).…”

Prefrontal/Amygdalar System Determines Stress Coping Behavior Through 5-HT/GABA Connection

“…Coping consists of the behavioral and physiological efforts to master the situation (Koolhaas et al, 2007;Wechsler, 1995;Lazarus, 1966). Indeed, a stressful experience cannot be sustained at length (McEwen, 2007), and the organism thus needs to develop effective coping strategies, which may prove to be either healthy or pathogenic (McEwen, 2007;Maier and Watkins, 2010;Taylor and Stanton, 2007). Successful coping depends largely on the controllability and predictability of the stressor (Cabib and Puglisi-Allegra, 2012).…”