Association between habitual use of coping strategies and posttraumatic stress symptoms in a non-clinical sample of college students: A Bayesian approach

Machado, Arthur Viana; Volchan, Eliane; Figueira, Ivan; Aguiar, Carolina Villa Nova; Xavier, Márcia de Souza; Souza, Gabriela Guerra Leal; Sobral, Ana Paula Barbosa; Oliveira, Letícia; Mocaiber, Izabela

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228661

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“…Past research has also showed that coping is an important factor in contributing psychosocial and physical health of individuals (Yıldırım 2019 ). Individuals high in adaptive coping strategies experience less depression (Erickson and Feldstein, 2007 ), anxiety (Brouzos et al 2020 ), and stress (Viana Machado et al 2020 ) and greater psychological well-being (Mayordomo et al 2016 ).…”

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The Effect of COVID-19 Anxiety on General Health: the Role of COVID-19 Coping

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2021

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…Adaptive coping (i.e. problems-focused and positive reappraisal coping strategies) has been found to be negatively related with depressive symptoms (Erickson & Feldstein 2007 ), anxiety (Brouzos et al 2020 ), and stress (Viana Machado et al 2020 ). Maladaptive coping strategies (i.e.…”

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The Effect of COVID-19 Anxiety on General Health: the Role of COVID-19 Coping

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2021

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…The emotion-focused coping dimension included emotional support, religion, positive reframing, acceptance, and humor. The dysfunctional coping dimension included self-blame, venting, denial, self-distraction, behavioral disengagement, and substance use [ 28 , 29 , 30 ].…”

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Coping, Resilience, and Perceived Stress in Individuals with Internet Gaming Disorder in Taiwan

Lin

Yen

Lin

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Aim: Gaming escapism is an essential factor for developing internet gaming disorder (IGD). We evaluated coping strategies, resilience, stress, and depression in individuals with IGD. Methods: We included 69 participants with IGD and 138 controls (69 regular gamers and other non-gamers) in Taiwan. The self-reported coping strategies, coping stress with gaming, resilience, perceived stress, and depression were assessed. Results: Participants with IGD had higher dysfunctional coping, coping stress by gaming, perceived stress, and depression, as well as lower problem-focused coping and resilience. Regression analysis revealed that coping by gaming was associated with dysfunctional coping mechanisms, particularly venting and self-distraction. Compared with participants with adequate resilience, those with lower resilience had higher perceived stress, depression, and coping by gaming, and lower problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. Dysfunctional coping and coping by gaming were associated with perceived stress and depression in both IGD and control groups. Problem-focused coping was negatively associated with perceived stress and depression in controls. Conclusion: Individuals with IGD had higher perceived stress and depression, as they were more likely to cope with stress by dysfunctional coping and gaming and less likely to try problem-focused coping, particularly those with lower resilience. Interventions for IGD should promote problem-focused coping, such as active coping and planning strategies, particularly among those with lower resilience.

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“…For our distraction code, we used the definition applied by Ng and colleagues (2016). Although Ng and colleagues (2016) categorized distraction as an EBP, distraction is highly heterogeneous, and other scholars have conceptualized distraction as maladaptive or dysfunctional (e.g., Machado et al, 2020). Therefore, we perform one set of analyses with distraction as an EBP and one set with distraction as a non-EBP.…”

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Commonly reported problems and coping strategies during the COVID-19 crisis: A survey of graduate and professional students

Wasil¹,

Franzen²,

Gillespie³

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Background: The COVID-19 crisis has introduced a variety of stressors, while simultaneously decreasing the availability of strategies to cope with stress. In this context, it could be useful to understand issues that people find most concerning and ways in which they cope with stress. In this study, we explored these questions with a sample of graduate and professional students.Method: Using open-ended assessments, we asked participants (n=305) to identify their biggest challenge or concern (“top problem”), their most effective way of handling stress (“effective strategy”), and their most common way of handling stress (“common strategy”). We applied thematic analysis and evaluated whether participants’ strategies corresponded with evidence-based practices (EBPs). Results: Participants frequently reported top problems relating to productivity (27% of sample), physical health (26%), and emotional health (14%). Distraction was the most frequently classified common strategy (43%), whereas behavioral activation was the most frequently identified effective strategy (50%). Participants who reported a common strategy classified as an EBP reported lower depressive and anxiety symptoms. In contrast, there was no evidence of an association between symptom levels and whether or not participants’ effective strategy was an EBP. Participants who reported the same strategy as both their common and effective strategy (29%) reported lower depressive symptoms than those whose common and effective strategies were different. Conclusions: Our findings highlight stressors that students are experiencing and ways they are coping during the COVID-19 crisis. We discuss how these findings can inform mental health promotion efforts and future research on coping with stressors.

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Association between habitual use of coping strategies and posttraumatic stress symptoms in a non-clinical sample of college students: A Bayesian approach

Cited by 20 publications

References 64 publications

The Effect of COVID-19 Anxiety on General Health: the Role of COVID-19 Coping

The Effect of COVID-19 Anxiety on General Health: the Role of COVID-19 Coping

Coping, Resilience, and Perceived Stress in Individuals with Internet Gaming Disorder in Taiwan

Commonly reported problems and coping strategies during the COVID-19 crisis: A survey of graduate and professional students

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