Repressive Coping Style and the Significance of Verbal-Autonomic Response Dissociations

Schwerdtfeger, Andreas; Kohlmann, Carl‐Walter

doi:10.1016/s0166-4115(04)80036-0

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“…Based on the literature mentioned above (Eschenbeck et al., 2007; Mann‐Luoma et al., 2002), we expected higher amounts of stress‐related eating and media use in obese as compared to non‐obese children and adolescents. With regard to self‐evaluations of weight in the obese participants, we expected higher avoidant coping (as a general strategy that may express self‐enhancement and denial of adverse circumstances, Schwerdtfeger & Kohlmann, 2004) in those participants who evaluated themselves as not obese (and therefore unrealistically positive) compared to those obese participants who evaluated themselves realistically as obese. In addition, we expected the replication of well‐documented gender effects with higher reports of seeking social support and problem solving in girls as compared to boys and higher avoidant coping in boys as compared to girls.…”

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Coping in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: The Costs and Benefits of Realistic versus Unrealistic Weight Evaluations

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Kohlmann

Eschenbeck

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Applied Psych Health & Well

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The study analysed differences in coping strategies between obese and non‐obese children and adolescents (age: 8–14 years) in response to a social stressor. Physicians' diagnoses of obesity and self‐reports on height and weight as well as gender and age were considered. A sample of 757 participants responded to an established German coping questionnaire. In addition to general coping strategies, two more potentially weight‐related coping strategies were assessed. Adolescent obese girls who reported height and weight realistically showed particularly little social support‐seeking behavior. Media use in general increased with age, but was especially high for adolescent obese boys who evaluated themselves as obese. Finally, girls in general and obese children and adolescents who evaluated themselves as overweight or obese showed higher stress‐related eating. With regard to coping it seems to be a disadvantage for obese children and adolescents to see themselves as obese. In contrast, obese children and adolescents who have unrealistically positive self‐evaluations of their weight report coping strategies similar to those reported by normal weight children and adolescents. It is assumed that positive self‐evaluations of body weight prevent especially obese adolescents from inactivity and social isolation. Findings are relevant for the design of interventions to treat obesity.

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Coping in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: The Costs and Benefits of Realistic versus Unrealistic Weight Evaluations

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“…Personen mit einem maskulinen Selbstkonzept beschrieben sich erwartungsgemäß in den verschiedenen Aufgabenphasen als vergleichsweise wenig gestresst, wiesen jedoch gleichzeitig, insbesondere während des Selbstdarstellungsvortrags und des anschließenden Bewerbungsinterviews, deutlich stärkere Anstiege im Blutdruck auf als Personen mit einem femininen Selbstkonzept. Eine solche emotional-kardiovaskuläre Reaktionsdissoziation, die auch für einen defensiven Stressbewältigungsstil typisch ist [13,16], kann aus verschiedenen Gründen gesundheitsschädlich sein: Einerseits könnte die eigene objektive Stressbelastung unterschätzt oder verdrängt werden, eine gesundheitsgefährdende Selbstüberforderung (z. B. im Berufsleben oder im Sport) könnte die Folge sein.…”

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Geschlechter(rollen)aspekte in der Arzt-Patient-Interaktion

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Kendel

2012

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Aspects of gender and gender roles are important factors influencing the interactions between physicians and their patients. On the one hand, gender roles have an impact on the behavior of the patients, such as in health care utilization or use of preventive examinations. On the other hand, gender issues influence doctors' actions with respect to communication, diagnosis, and treatment. Here, a gender bias may lead to misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment. In this paper certain pertinent aspects of gender roles in the doctor-patient relationship are discussed and illustrated by empirical findings.

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“…1996; Derakshan, & Eysenck, 1997;King, Taylor, Albright, & Haskell, 1990;Newton, & Contrada, 1992;Schwartz, 1990;Schwerdtfeger & Kohlmann, 2004;Schwerdtfeger, Schmukle, & Egloff, 2005). In accord with the reactivity hypothesis, the elevated cardiovascular responding associated with repressive/ avoidant coping might increase risk for cardiovascular diseases (Schwartz et al, 2003).…”

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“…Moreover, CAV seems to be associated with lower stress‐related reactivity of negative affect and state anxiety, which might indicate better psychological adjustment (e.g., Bonanno, Keltner, Holen, & Horowitz, 1995; Coifman, Bonanno, Ray, & Gross, 2007; Ginzburg, Solomon, & Bleich, 2002). On the other hand, there is considerable evidence that repressive copers exhibit elevated physiological responses to stress (e.g., Brown et al, 1996; Derakshan, & Eysenck, 1997; King, Taylor, Albright, & Haskell, 1990; Newton, & Contrada, 1992; Schwartz, 1990; Schwerdtfeger & Kohlmann, 2004; Schwerdtfeger, Schmukle, & Egloff, 2005). In accord with the reactivity hypothesis, the elevated cardiovascular responding associated with repressive/avoidant coping might increase risk for cardiovascular diseases (Schwartz et al, 2003).…”

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The time line of threat processing and vagal withdrawal in response to a self-threatening stressor in cognitive avoidant copers: Evidence for vigilance-avoidance theory

Schwerdtfeger

Derakshan

2010

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Using a spatial cueing paradigm with emotional and neutral facial expressions as cues, we examined early and late patterns of information processing in cognitive avoidant coping (CAV). Participants were required to detect a target that appeared either in the same location as the cue (valid) or in a different location (invalid). Cue-target onset asynchrony (CTOA) was manipulated to be short (250 ms) or long (750 ms). CAV was associated with early facilitation and faster disengagement from angry faces. No effects were found for happy or neutral faces. After completing the spatial cueing task, participants prepared and delivered a public speech and heart rate variability (HRV) was recorded. Disengagement from angry faces was related to a decrease in HRV in response to this task. Together, these data suggest that CAV is related to early engagement followed by disengagement from threat-related cues that might impact physiological stress responses.

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Repressive Coping Style and the Significance of Verbal-Autonomic Response Dissociations

Cited by 29 publications

References 95 publications

Coping in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: The Costs and Benefits of Realistic versus Unrealistic Weight Evaluations

Coping in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: The Costs and Benefits of Realistic versus Unrealistic Weight Evaluations

Geschlechter(rollen)aspekte in der Arzt-Patient-Interaktion

The time line of threat processing and vagal withdrawal in response to a self-threatening stressor in cognitive avoidant copers: Evidence for vigilance-avoidance theory

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