Relationships Among Locus of Control, Coping Behaviors, and Levels of Worry Following Exposure to Hurricanes

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explain the relationship between work locus of control and burnout in Polish physiotherapists through the mediation of coping styles. In particular, we hypothesized that external work locus of control may have a positive direct relationship with burnout symptoms via positive relationship with emotion-focused and avoidant coping styles, and a negative relationship with problem-focused style. Material and Methods: We tested the mediational hypothesis using structural equation modeling of self-report data from 155 Polish physiotherapists. Results: The relationship between external work locus of control and physiotherapists' burnout was shown to be mediated by a positive relationship with emotion-focused coping and an inverse relationship with problem-focused coping. The variables included in the model explained about 15% of the variance of emotional exhaustion, 14% of depersonalization, and 14% of personal accomplishment. Conclusions: Physiotherapists perceiving the situation as difficult to control, feel more burned out when they use more emotion-focused strategies, and less problem-focused strategies. This indicates the importance of including both, problem-focused coping training and increasing the perception of the situation controllability in preventing physiotherapists' burnout programs.

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“…This finding is consistent with the results of previous studies [84,85]. Our study has several practical implications.…”

Section: Ijomeh 2015;28(5)supporting

confidence: 83%

Work locus of control and burnout in Polish physiotherapists: The mediating effect of coping styles

Wilski¹,

Chmielewski²,

Tomczak³

2015

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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“…Indeed, some studies have found external locus of control to be negatively associated with problem-focused and practical coping (Hewitt and Flett 1996;Hoffman and Levy-Shiff 1994); however, other studies have not found similar results (Scott et al 2010). Furthermore, locus of control has been reported to be unrelated to emotion-focused coping (Brown, Mulhern, and Joseph 2002;Scott et al 2010). Finally, individuals with an external locus of control have been found to use more avoidant coping (Brown et al 2002;Gomez 1997;Scott et al 2010) to avoid the unmanageable stressor.…”

Section: Locus Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…In contrast, individuals with an internal locus of control, who believe themselves to be very much in control and able to handle stressful events, are more likely to use active, rational, and problem-focused coping strategies (Hoffman and Levy-Shiff 1994;Scott et al 2010). Indeed, some studies have found external locus of control to be negatively associated with problem-focused and practical coping (Hewitt and Flett 1996;Hoffman and Levy-Shiff 1994); however, other studies have not found similar results (Scott et al 2010). Furthermore, locus of control has been reported to be unrelated to emotion-focused coping (Brown, Mulhern, and Joseph 2002;Scott et al 2010).…”

Section: Locus Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Individuals with an external locus of control, who believe that they generally exercise little control over their surroundings, are more likely to ruminate and worry excessively about stressful events (Scott et al 2010). In contrast, individuals with an internal locus of control, who believe themselves to be very much in control and able to handle stressful events, are more likely to use active, rational, and problem-focused coping strategies (Hoffman and Levy-Shiff 1994;Scott et al 2010).…”

Section: Locus Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Research into coping styles has mostly focused on three major categories of coping: problem-focused, emotionfocused, and avoidant coping (Scott et al 2010). Problemfocused coping aimed at changing the stressor is generally considered adaptive.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Correlates of Coping Styles in an Adolescent Trauma Sample

Christiansen

Hansen

Elklit

2014

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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Individuals generally use the same coping styles across situations. It is important to identify maladaptive coping in adolescents as coping patterns may persist into adulthood, and are associated with mental health. The present study used a cross-sectional design to investigate the combined effect of personality traits, attachment, locus of control, and social support on rational (problem-focused), avoidant, and emotion-focused coping in 320 trauma-exposed adolescents. The combined variables only explained 20-23 % of the variance in avoidant and rational coping, and 49 % of the variance in emotion-focused coping. The largest contributing variable for emotion-focused coping was neuroticism, possibly due to a confounding of emotion-focused coping with distress. Thus, other variables are needed to fully account for coping style choice.

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Mediating effect of coping dispositions on the association between trauma and gastrointestinal symptoms

Nass,

Dibbets,

Markus

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are two gastrointestinal (GI) conditions known to be exacerbated by traumatic life experiences. One way in which these experiences might influence individuals' susceptibility to GI pathology, is by reducing their ability to deal with adversities effectively and predisposing them to passive coping styles that leave them vulnerable to the somatic effects of trauma. To validate this hypothesis, the present cross‐sectional study assessed the mediating effect of coping dispositions on the association between trauma and GI disease activity in an adult sample of 189 bowel patients (94 IBD, 95 IBS) and 92 controls. Results confirmed that GI patients exhibit significantly more cumulative trauma, pervasive feelings of uncontrollability and passive coping strategies than controls. Moreover, the use of passive coping styles was positively associated with the accumulation of trauma and the expression of GI symptoms. Using hierarchical regression and mediation analyses, we found support for the sequential model postulating passive coping styles as (partial) mediators of trauma‐induced (GI) disease manifestations. Specifically, out of all coping styles associated with cumulative trauma, behavioural disengagement most powerfully mediated the effect of trauma on GI symptom severity, accounting for 12% (IBD) to 14% (IBS) of its total effect. A somewhat smaller mediating role was observed for social support coping, the reduced reliance on which explained 7% (IBS) to 10% (IBD) of trauma's total effect. Finally, neuroticism acted as a channel through which past traumatization affected subjects' proneness to behavioural disengagement and, consequently, their GI disease activity.

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Relationships Among Locus of Control, Coping Behaviors, and Levels of Worry Following Exposure to Hurricanes

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Work locus of control and burnout in Polish physiotherapists: The mediating effect of coping styles

Work locus of control and burnout in Polish physiotherapists: The mediating effect of coping styles

Correlates of Coping Styles in an Adolescent Trauma Sample

Mediating effect of coping dispositions on the association between trauma and gastrointestinal symptoms

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