An investigation of coping styles and gender differences with farmers in career transition.

Abstract

This study examined the role of career-related variables (vocational identity, career barriers) and coping variables (problem-solving appraisal and coping style) in predicting (a) depressive symptomatology and (b) perceived stress, control, and progress in the career transition of a farm population in crisis. The sample for this study consisted of 44 male and 35 female farmers with respective mean ages of 39.2 and 41.6 years. Results indicated that significant differences exist in the way farm men and women react to the stressors of the farm crisis. Both male and female farmers expressed considerable stress about their current situation, criterion variables for men were correlated with confidence in problem-solving ability and emotion-focused coping, whereas the women's stress and depressive symptoms were most strongly correlated with a lack of vocational identity and a perception of barriers to career change.

Sex Differences in Coping Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review and an Examination of Relative Coping

“…A study of farm families in career transitions (Heppner, Cook, Strozier, & Heppner, 1991) indicated that problem-directed coping was related to increased progress and increased perception of control for women but not for men. In a study of men and women coping with organizational downsizing (Armstrong-Stassen, 1998), active coping was associated with a lower perceived threat ofjob loss among women but not men.…”

Assessing Barriers to Women's Career Adjustment

“…A number of researchers (e.g., Heppner, Cook, Strozier, & Heppner, 1991;Lucas & Epperson, 1990) have utilized the Barriers Scale of My Vocational Situation (Holland, Daiger, & Power, 1980) to assess perceived barriers. The Barriers Scale consists of four yes/no items that address personal obstacles to feeling confident in one's abilities, barriers to obtaining information, and perceived external barriers to accomplishing an occupational goal (Walsh & Betz, 1995) and has yielded low KR20 reliability estimates (r = .45; Holland et al, 1980), and test-retest reliability coefficients (r = .36 for a 3-to 5-month time period; Lucas, Gysbers, Buescher, & Heppner, 1988).…”

Investigation of Middle School Students’ Self-Efficacy Perceptions of Visual Mathematics Literacy and Perceptions of Problem-Solving Skill

“…Ayrıca problem çözme becerilerini yüksek olarak algılayan bireylerin yüksek özgüven duygusuna sahip oldukları, karşılaştıkları olaylar karşısında fazla kaygılanmadıkları ve problemin çözümüne yönelik daha dikkatli davrandıkları görülmüştür (Heppner, Stephen, Stroizer & Heppner, 1991;Rosenberg, 1989). Ancak günümüz dünyasında matematiksel problemlerin çözümünün sadece bireylerin kendilerine güvenmeleriyle ilgili olmadığı aynı zamanda probleme yönelik matematiksel dilin iyi anlaşılmasıyla da ilişkili olduğu bilinmektedir (Akkaya & Memnun, 2012).…”