Objectives. The current study examined how goal engagement and two coping strategies (self-blame and denial) hypothesized to prevent successful disengagement relate to affective well-being among adults with a functional disability. Method: Ninety-nine community-dwelling adults (23 to 76 years old, 66 men) with spinal cord injury participated in structured interviews assessing affective well-being using the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988); goal engagement using a modified version of the Optimization, Primary, and Secondary Control Scale (Heckhausen, Schulz, & Wrosch, 1998); and self-blame and denial using items from Carver's (1997) Brief COPE Inventory. Results: Greater goal engagement was significantly associated with positive but not negative affect. Greater use of selfblame and denial coping was associated with lower positive affect for older
The author reports on three studies, conducted jointly by the Alcoholism Clinic of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, the Massachusetts Youth Service Board, and the Massachusetts Divi sion of Alcoholism, which attempt to (1) provide basic statis tical data on the use, nonuse, or misuse of alcohol among a representative group of delinquents, (2) categorize the group according to their use or nonuse of alcohol, (3) measure some significant aspects of their experiments with alcohol, and (4) look more intensively into the meaning of their drinking ex periences by considering personality characteristics and family backgrounds.
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