The Polish Adaptation of the Strategic Approach to Coping Scale

Chwaszcz, Joanna; Bartczuk, Rafał P.; Hobfoll, Stevan E.; Palacz-Chrisidis, Agnieszka

doi:10.18290/rpsych20231-2

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“…Resource loss and gain latent variables were built using 4 each randomly generated parcels. Three latent variables were built to model coping strategies, in line with the second-level analysis of the SACS subscales for Polish culture (Chwaszcz et al, 2020): (1) prosocial coping composed of social support seeking, considerate action, and assertive action; (2) antisocial coping composed of dominating action, instinctive action, and cross-loaded assertive action, and (3) avoidance, originally composed of one indicator, was modeled as composed of two parcels. The latent variable quality of life was constructed from the four quality of life domains included in the WHOQOL-BREF: physical, psychological, social relationships, and environment.…”

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“…When answering questions, respondents referred to the general difficult life situation they had found themselves in recently. Adaptation study showed that SACS-PL has six subscales that form three second-order factors (Chwaszcz et al, 2020). In the present study, second-order latent factors were modeled using the subscales' scores from the firstorder structure.…”

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“…The Polish version of SACS (SACS-PL; Chwaszcz et al, 2020) was used to measure coping strategies in line with COR assumptions. SACS-PL is based on the situational version of SACS developed by Monier, Hobfoll et al (1998), which consists of 52 items with a 5-point response format ranging from 1 (= Didn't do this at all) to 5 (= Did this a lot).…”

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Quality of life and prosocial or antisocial coping with resource deprivation: The study of people at risk of social exclusion

Chwaszcz¹,

Bartczuk²,

Sławska-Jaroszewska³

2021

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Background and Objectives. This paper presents a study based on Hobfoll’s conservation of resources theory on resources and coping as predictors of the quality of life of those at risk of social exclusion. They are deprived of access to the public pool of psychosocial resources, the acquisition and accumulation of which are closely linked to the perceived quality of life.Design. A cross-sectional self-reported questionnaire study.Method. The sample of 1,074 individuals from various groups at risk of exclusion was surveyed using the Conservation of Resources–Evaluation questionnaire, the Strategic Approach to Coping Scale, and the WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was used to test mediational hypotheses in the analysis. Results. The significant variables that determined the relationship between resource gains and losses and the quality of life included active-passive and prosocial-antisocial coping strategies. The results were generally robust, but the level of education moderated the relationship between active antisocial coping and quality of life.Conclusion. The obtained dependencies are consistent with Hobfoll’s approach, confirming its usefulness. Prosocial coping boosts the positive prominence of the relationship between resource gains and the quality of life and reduces the effect of resource losses, causing the quality of life to decline.

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Quality of life and prosocial or antisocial coping with resource deprivation: The study of people at risk of social exclusion

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Bartczuk²,

Sławska-Jaroszewska³

2021

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“…When answering questions, respondents referred to the general difficult life situation they had found themselves in recently. An adaptation study showed that the SACS-PL has six subscales that form three second-order factors [ 57 ]. In the present study, second-order latent factors were modeled using the subscales’ scores from the first-order structure.…”

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Quality of life and prosocial or antisocial coping with resource deprivation: A cross-sectional study of people at risk of social exclusion

2022

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(1) Background This paper presents a study based on Stevan Hobfoll’s conservation of resources theory and deals specifically with resources and coping as predictors of the quality of life of persons threatened by social exclusion. They have no access to public psychosocial resources, the acquisition and accumulation of which are closely linked to the perceived quality of life. (2) Method A cross-sectional self-reported questionnaire study. A sample of 1,074 individuals from various groups at risk of exclusion was surveyed using the Conservation of Resources-Evaluation Questionnaire, the Strategic Approach to Coping Scale, and the WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire. The research was done among people supported by Polish non-governmental organizations operating nationwide. Structural equation modeling was used to test mediational hypotheses in the analysis. (3) Results The significant variables that determined the relationship between resource gains and losses and the quality of life included active–passive and prosocial–antisocial coping strategies. The results were generally robust, but the level of education moderated the relationship between active antisocial coping and quality of life. (4) Conclusions The obtained dependencies are consistent with Hobfoll’s approach, confirming its usefulness. Prosocial coping mediates the effect of resource gain on the increase in quality of life and the effect of resource loss on the decline in quality of life, strengthening the former and weakening the latter.

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“…Schwarzer and Taubert (2002) referred in their concept directly to Hobfoll's theory of resource behavior (cf. Bernat, Krzyszkowska, 2017;Chwaszcz, Bartczuk, Niewiadomska, Hobfoll & Palacz-Chrisidis, 2020). In his view, people work to acquire resources they do not have, maintain those they do have, protect resources when they are threatened, and support resources so that they can be used to their best advantage.…”

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Typology of people in middle and late adulthood based on the profile of coping with everyday life events

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Steuden

2021

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Introduction. The purpose of this study was to construct a typology of the proactive coping profiles of individuals in middle and late adulthood. The conceptual layer refers to the theory of proactive coping as defined by Ralf Schwarzer and Steffen Taubert. It means such an approach to everyday life in which problems are treated as a challenge rather than as a great unknown that limits to only reactive responses to emerging difficulties. An attempt was also made to compare the obtained subtypes in terms of wisdom and resilience. According to Ardelt's research, wisdom, understood as a composite of cognitive, reflective, and emotional components, may be a resource characterizing adults who use mature coping strategies, particularly proactive coping. Building resilience in people helps to prevent stress, hence it can be considered as a resource important in proactive coping. Method. A group of 166 people in middle (N=80) and late adulthood (N=86) was surveyed. The Proactive Coping Inventory (Polish Adaptation) by Sęk, Pasikowski, Taubert, Greenglass and Schwarzer, Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS) by Ardelt, adapted by Steuden, Brudek and Izdebski and Resilience Measurement Scale (SPP-25) by Oginska-Bulik and Juczynski were used in the study. Results. Four coping types were obtained: runaway, proactive, autonomous and support-seekers. Individuals belonging to particular profiles of coping differed significantly in the level of wisdom and resilience. Conclusions.The study showed that in a group of people in middle and late adulthood it is possible to distinguish consistent profiles of using coping strategies, which differ in the degree of proactivity. Additionally, wisdom and resilience were shown to characterize individuals with a more proactive, goal-oriented structure of coping strategies.

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The Polish Adaptation of the Strategic Approach to Coping Scale

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Quality of life and prosocial or antisocial coping with resource deprivation: The study of people at risk of social exclusion

Quality of life and prosocial or antisocial coping with resource deprivation: The study of people at risk of social exclusion

Quality of life and prosocial or antisocial coping with resource deprivation: A cross-sectional study of people at risk of social exclusion

Typology of people in middle and late adulthood based on the profile of coping with everyday life events

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