Structural Model of Coping, Appraisals, and Emotions After Relationship Breakup

Abstract

The relationship of coping resources and cognitive appraisals to emotions produced by the end of a romantic relationship at 2 separate times was investigated. Participants were 231 graduate students who completed inventories measuring their coping resources, cognitive appraisals, and emotional reactions. The results of the structural model suggested that preventive coping resources affected the appraised desirability of the event as well as initial emotional reactions and that combative coping resources affected subsequent emotional response. The implications of these findings for stress models of emotions and clinical interventions are discussed.

The Relationships Among the Stress Appraisal Process, Coping Disposition, and Level of Acceptance of Disability

“…It is not enough to focus solely on what the individual brings to the event when examining stressful situations; rather, it is critical to examine how the environment affects an individual's phenomenological interpretation of the event. In accordance with statements by McCarthy, Lambert, and Brack (1997), stress resides neither in the person nor in the environment but in the interaction between the two. Uncovering information from person-environment interactions in stressful situations through examination of elements that compose stress appraisal, and defining these elements in relation to coping and acceptance of disability, may assist in the understanding of stress response in people with disabilities.…”

The Relation of Elementary Teachers' Experience, Stress, and Coping Resources to Burnout Symptoms

“…Other research has addressed the resources side of the stress equation by measuring coping strategies (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989), which are behaviors used to deal with a stressor, or coping resources, which are capacities, skills, and abilities that generally serve as the foundation for coping strategies (McCarthy, Lambert, & Brack, 1997). Regardless of the way in which stress is measured, it is often treated as a single construct rather than as the difference between two constructs: demands and resources.…”

“…More specifically, and in line with this study's focus on identification of early burnout symptoms, we studied psychological resources useful in preventing stress (McCarthy et al, 1997). The identification of coping resources most useful for preventing stress is based on a taxonomy Matheny, Aycock, Pugh, Curlette, and Canella (1986) developed that differentiates psychological coping resources according to their usefulness for either combating or preventing stress.…”

Adjustment to severe disability: constructing and examining a cognitive and occupational performance model

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