Gender and coping: Use of distinct strategies and associations with stress and depression

Felsten, Gary

doi:10.1080/10615809808248316

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“…As previously mentioned, positive reframing is considered a form of emotion-focused coping, in which the aim of the coping strategy is to alleviate the associated emotional distress as the stressor is not believed to be within the individual's control. Prior research shows women use more emotionfocused coping and avoidance than men [38], as well as more social support [39]. As positive reframing is a subcomponent of emotion-focused coping and self-distraction is method of avoidance, our findings support gender differentiations shown in earlier studies on coping.…”

Section: Copingsupporting

confidence: 88%

Personal resilience and coping Part II: Identifying resilience and coping among U.S. military service members and veterans with implications for work

Rice

Liu

2016

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Abstract. BACKGROUND: U.S. military personnel face challenging situations including frequent deployments, family separations, and exposure to war. Identifying coping strategies used by the most resilient service members and veterans could positively influence military resiliency training programs. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this paper are to investigate the relationship between coping and resilience among U.S. military active service members and veterans, to identify the coping strategies used by those considered most resilient, and to discuss coping and resilience as they relate to the workplace. METHODS: U.S. military active service members and veterans (N = 191) completed a demographic survey and two selfreport questionnaires: The 14-Item Resilience Scale [1] and the Brief COPE [2]. RESULTS: Active duty service members had higher resilience scores than veterans (p < 0.05), but both fell into the moderate range. Coping strategies were not significantly different between the two groups (p > 0.05). Active service members' resilience was predicted by their use of positive reframing and less use of self-blame as coping strategies, accounting for 52.3% of the variance (R 2 = 0.523, F(2, 60) = 32.92, p = 0.000). Veterans' resilience was predicted by longer time-in-service, greater use of humor, and less use of self-blame as coping strategies, explaining 44.8% of the variance (R 2 = 0.448, F(3, 116) = 31.408, p = 0.000). CONCLUSIONS: This research identifies the positive coping strategies, and least-used negative coping strategies, of the U.S. service members and veterans in our study population with higher resilience scores. Incorporating this information into military-or veteran-based resilience training is likely to increase training effectiveness.

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Section: Copingsupporting

confidence: 88%

Personal resilience and coping Part II: Identifying resilience and coping among U.S. military service members and veterans with implications for work

Rice

Liu

2016

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“…However, in contrast, Felsten in his study concluded that there is no gender difference in coping strategies, and observed the strong association of stress depression in participants who used problem-focused coping, whereas the association of stress depression was less in participants who used emotionfocused coping style. [7] Moosa and Munaf concluded that coping plays a great role in lives of individuals, especially with reference to psychological well-being. Healthy individuals used problem-focused coping, whereas neuropsychiatric patients used emotion-focused strategies when confronted with stress, so they have recommended that coping strategies can be a focus of attention and intervention in people having National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacologypsychological problems.…”

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Coping response to same stressors varies with gender

Sinha¹,

Latha²

2018

Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol

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Background: Stress is unavoidable, but the way one responds to same stressor depends on the gender. These responses are called coping strategies and broadly it can be either problem or emotion focused. Aim and Objectives: To determine the prevalence of stress in young adults and to determine the common coping strategies used by a male and a female. Materials and Methods: Cohen's perceived stress scale to estimate the prevalence of stress and a pre-structured, pretested questionnaire for determining the gender variation in coping strategies. Results: About 84.7% were under moderate or high stress and coping strategies showed that females used more emotion focused while males had a problem-focused approach. Conclusion: The institution as well as the mentors should have an idea about the stressors as well as the maladaptive strategies used by a young adult so as they can educate and help them to reduce the stress.

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“…For example, seeking social support has been reported to be an important form of coping for those from non-Western backgrounds (Aldwin, 1994) and for women (e.g. Felsten, 1998).…”

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Resettlement and reintegration: Single mothers’ reflections after homelessness

Tischler

2008

Community, Work & Family

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Gender and coping: Use of distinct strategies and associations with stress and depression

Cited by 91 publications

References 52 publications

Personal resilience and coping Part II: Identifying resilience and coping among U.S. military service members and veterans with implications for work

Personal resilience and coping Part II: Identifying resilience and coping among U.S. military service members and veterans with implications for work

Coping response to same stressors varies with gender

Resettlement and reintegration: Single mothers’ reflections after homelessness

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