The concept of coping

Ray, Colette; Lindop, Jackie; Gibson, Stuart

doi:10.1017/s0033291700046729

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“…This suggestion is supported by the apparent gaussian distribution of the global QL answers (Figure 1), irrespective of the severity of the disease. There are a number of ways for patients to cope with their disease 39,40 which could at least partly explain the results. There are reports on coping effects on well-being in chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis 41 and in cancer disease.…”

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Malnutrition and food intake in relation to quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

et al. 1998

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Malnutrition and food intake in relation to quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

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“…Ray and Lindop believe that coping style is a kind of behavior used to solve or eliminate problems, and its purpose is to change the environment or the negative emotional experience from environment through the individual's efforts [35]. Everyone has different psychological coping mechanisms and will take certain coping style to ease the pressure from the impact on their mood.…”

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The Correlation between Social Anxiety and Loneliness of Left-Behind Children in Rural China: Effect of Coping Style

Liao¹,

Liu²,

Zhang³

2014

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In this study, the relationship between social anxiety, coping style and loneliness amongst left-behind children was investigated. The participants were 773 left-behind children recruited from 8 junior middle schools in rural areas of Zhejiang Province in China who completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Children, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and Children's Loneliness Scale. Results show that there was a moderate correlation between social anxiety and loneliness, and these variables had a significant negative relationship with positive coping style and a significant positive relationship with negative coping style. Furthermore, the left-behind children's social anxiety, coping style and loneliness were different within specific demographic groups, such as gender, only child status and different type of parental work. Also negative coping style moderated the association between loneliness and social anxiety, so that children who were more likely to use negative coping strategies showed a stronger relationship between social anxiety and loneliness. Finally, the left-behind children's social anxiety not only directly predicted their loneliness, but also had an indirect effect mediated by their copying style.

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“…Self-trust, problem focusing, acceptance, minimization, and social trust have been found to be positively related to indices of quality of life, while fatalism, resignation, and protest have been found to have negative relations. [17][18][19][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] The respondents rated each item on a six-step response scale ranging from 'I always think or act like this' to 'I never think or act like this'. The staff was asked to respond as they thought their matched patient would.…”

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Patient–staff agreement in the perception of spinal cord lesioned patients' problems, emotional well-being, and coping pattern

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Study design: Matched patient/staff study. Objectives: To investigate spinal cord lesion (SCL) rehabilitation staff perceptions of SCL patient problems, coping efforts, and well-being, and to compare these evaluations with patient self-reports of the same aspects. Settings: Spinal Unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Go¨teborg, Sweden. Methods: In all, 29 persons with SCL and 24 members of the caring staff participated. Each patient was matched to a staff person actually involved in his or her care. The participants completed a study-specific questionnaire containing 45 SCL-related problems covering six problem areas: somatic symptoms, functional limitations, role problems, family-related problems, psychosocial problems, and emotional problems. Coping activities were assessed by a self-report 47-item questionnaire covering eight aspects of coping: self-trust, problem focusing, acceptance, fatalism, resignation, protest, minimization, and social trust. The patients were instructed to respond to the items included in the questionnaires according to their situation during the last week, while staff members were instructed to reply as 'they thought that their matched patient would answer'. Results: Moderate but statistically significant correlations were demonstrated between patient and staff ratings of most investigated problem areas. However, the staff systematically overestimated patients' emotional as well as family problems, and tended to underestimate patients' reported coping ability and mental health. Staff were most accurate in assessing patients' physical symptoms, functional limitations, and role problems, but less accurate in their perception of less visible symptoms. Conclusion: Relatively high agreement between patients and staff concerning patients' problems and states is possible to obtain in a caring setting. This may be more related to the quality of caring in the studied unit than to the study methodology used. Small units with high staff density and a long stay and/or prolonged contact with the patients probably facilitate communication with and knowledge about the patients. Interventions aimed at increasing staff awareness of patients' coping efforts may further improve staff ability to understand and support patients in their adaptation process.

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The concept of coping

Cited by 104 publications

References 19 publications

Malnutrition and food intake in relation to quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

Malnutrition and food intake in relation to quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

The Correlation between Social Anxiety and Loneliness of Left-Behind Children in Rural China: Effect of Coping Style

Patient–staff agreement in the perception of spinal cord lesioned patients' problems, emotional well-being, and coping pattern

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