Does Believing in Fate Facilitate Active or Avoidant Coping? The Effects of Fate Control on Coping Strategies and Mental Well-Being

Wu, Wesley C. H.; Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua; Ng, Jacky C. K.

doi:10.3390/ijerph17176383

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“…The results revealed that subjective well-being was associated with different neurocognitive domains (e.g., executive control, episodic memory, complex cognition, and social cognition) in a sample of Spanish adolescents. A third article aimed to understand the relationship between control and response to stress in the prediction of mental well-being in university and undergraduate students in Hong Kong [ 35 ]. The results showed that while external control was positively related to avoidant coping, fate control was positively related to both active and avoidant coping.…”

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Editors’ Comments on the Special Issue “Social Determinants of Mental Health”

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Salinas-Pérez

Rodero-Cosano

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Mental disorders are one of the greatest public health concerns of our time, and they are affected by social factors. To reduce the considerable burden of mental disorders, more global and systematic knowledge of the social determinants of mental health is necessary. This paper presents the results of the 27 studies included in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Special Issue, “Social Determinants of Mental Health”. The studies are grouped into four broad categories: social inclusion and mental health, young people’s mental health, mental health at work, and mental health service users. The results cover different countries, age populations, settings, and methodologies. Finally, the main findings on the relationship between social determinants and mental health are presented and summarized.

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confidence: 99%

Editors’ Comments on the Special Issue “Social Determinants of Mental Health”

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“…These findings in the Zimbabwean context also confirmed Chitereka and Nduna's (2010) conclusions regarding rural contraceptive consumer behaviour. More recently, Wu et al (2020) noted the relationship between fate control and coping styles.…”

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Culture and attitudes towards contraception of women in subsistence markets: the role of values and social axioms

Jaravaza

Saruchera

2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of culture on attitudes to contraception by rural-based women in a developing economy. Design/methodology/approach Based on data collected from 395 rural women in Eastern Zimbabwe, this study examines the hypothesized relationships between values (resultant conservation, resultant self-enhancement), social axioms (reward for application, social cynicism, religiosity, social complexity, fate control and Ubuntu) and contraceptive attitudes, considering the moderating effects of age and education. Findings Using covariance-based Structural Equation Modelling and Multi-Group Analysis, this study found that resultant self-enhancement, fate control, the reward for application and religiosity significantly relate to attitudes to contraception whilst resultant conservation, social complexity, Ubuntu and social cynicism, did not produce significant correlations. Age and education moderate the significant relationships. Research limitations/implications The study's findings suggest that contraception social marketers, non-governmental organizations and health practitioners should develop marketing strategies to neutralize the negative impact of these beliefs held by rural contraceptive consumers to increase contraceptive awareness and uptake in such subsistence markets. In addition, this study provides empirical evidence on the role of Ubuntu as a new culture construct in African markets. Originality/value Despite being limited to a single developing economy, this paper extends prior research on consumer culture and attitudes on contraception use by exploring the role of values and social axioms, an imperative issue for rural women health and general subsistence market well-being.

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“…Second, when individuals who suffer unavoidable constraints of their fate (flood and COVID-19), deny that there exist constraints of their fate, or do not believe that their efforts could compensate their fate, they may choose more passive coping strategies and negative cognition reappraisal [ 21 , 22 , 60 ]. They may tend to ignore the potential social resources of their parents; thus, their high PCRs would not help them to actively cope with the strain in disasters.…”

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Psychological Distress and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying under Floods and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Parent–Child Relationships and Negotiable Fate as Moderators

Zhang

Dai

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Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), adolescents in 70 countries have suffered the COVID-19 pandemic and flood disasters simultaneously. Although antecedent cyberbullying variables have attracted significant research attention, the effects of psychological distress and the potential mechanisms of cyberbullying among adolescents under multiple disasters remains unclear. Based on social-ecological system theory, this study examines the moderating effects of parent–child relationships and the negotiable fate on the relationship between psychological distress and cyberbullying. A total of 1204 middle school students (52.4% boys) who suffered from floods and the COVID-19 pandemic from Zhengzhou City, China, are the participants. The results reveal that psychological distress was positively related to adolescent cyberbullying during a disaster. Parent–child relationships and negotiable fate significantly moderate the relationship between psychological distress and cyberbullying. Specifically, high parent–child relationships and a high negotiable fate could protect adolescents from the negative effects of psychological distress of cyberbullying. For adolescents with low or high parent–child relationships and low negotiable fate, the links between psychological distress and cyberbullying are stronger. These findings underline the significance of considering the interaction of psychological distress, parent–child relationships, and negotiable fate when examining adolescents’ cyberbullying during disasters.

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Does Believing in Fate Facilitate Active or Avoidant Coping? The Effects of Fate Control on Coping Strategies and Mental Well-Being

Cited by 10 publications

References 91 publications

Editors’ Comments on the Special Issue “Social Determinants of Mental Health”

Editors’ Comments on the Special Issue “Social Determinants of Mental Health”

Culture and attitudes towards contraception of women in subsistence markets: the role of values and social axioms

Psychological Distress and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying under Floods and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Parent–Child Relationships and Negotiable Fate as Moderators

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