Journal ArticleDOI
Dynamics of a stressful encounter: Cognitive appraisal, coping, and encounter outcomes.
TLDR
In this paper, an intraindividual analysis of the interrelations among primary appraisal (what was at stake in the encounter), secondary appraisal (coping options), eight forms of problem-and emotion-focused coping, and encounter outcomes in a sample of community-residing adults was performed.Abstract:
Despite the importance that is attributed to coping as a factor in psychological and somatic health outcomes, little is known about actual coping processes, the variables that influence them, and their relation to the outcomes of the stressful encounters people experience in their day-to-day lives. This study uses an intraindividual analysis of the interrelations among primary appraisal (what was at stake in the encounter), secondary appraisal (coping options), eight forms of problem- and emotion-focused coping, and encounter outcomes in a sample of community-residing adults. Coping was strongly related to cognitive appraisal; the forms of coping that were used varied depending on what was at stake and the options for coping. Coping was also differentially related to satisfactory and unsatisfactory encounter outcomes. The findings clarify the functional relations among appraisal and coping variables and the outcomes of stressful encounters.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Stressors, coping and depression in haemodialysis patients.
Janet L. Welch,Joan K. Austin +1 more
TL;DR: Examination of relationships among stressors, coping and depression in haemodialysis patients found avoidance coping was found to explain much of the relationship between psychosocial stressors and depression.
Journal ArticleDOI
Coping with Work-related Stress: A Critique of Existing Measures and Proposal for an Alternative Methodology
TL;DR: A substantial body of evidence has been generated on factors which contribute to stress as discussed by the authors, but much less is known about how individuals deal with or manage the stress they experience, and about effective methods of coping with work-related stress.
Journal ArticleDOI
Multiple Factors of Cognitive Failure and Their Relationships with Stress Vulnerability
TL;DR: In this paper, a factor analysis of the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) was performed, on a sample of 475 students, using accurate procedures for determining the number of factors.
Journal ArticleDOI
Differences in Religiousness Among Black and White Women with Breast Cancer
TL;DR: Findings suggest that black women rely on religiousness as a coping resource to a greater extent than white women with breast cancer.
Journal ArticleDOI
Coping Processes of Couples Experiencing Infertility
TL;DR: This paper explored the coping processes of couples experiencing infertility and found that coping processes, which are beneficial to individuals, may be problematic for one's partner, when paired with men who used low amounts of self-controlling coping, reported higher levels of distress.
References
More filters
Book
Stress, appraisal, and coping
Richard S. Lazarus,Susan Folkman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a detailed theory of psychological stress, building on the concepts of cognitive appraisal and coping, which have become major themes of theory and investigation in psychology.
Journal ArticleDOI
The structure of coping.
TL;DR: Results indicate that individuals' coping interventions are most effective when dealing with problems within the close interpersonal role areas of marriage and child-rearing and least effective when deals with the more impersonal problems found in occupation.
Journal ArticleDOI
An analysis of coping in a middle-aged community sample
Susan Folkman,Richard S. Lazarus +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the ways 100 community-residing men and women aged 45 to 64 coped with the stressful events of daily living during one year and found that coping conceptualized in either defensive or problem-solving terms is incomplete.
Journal ArticleDOI
If it changes it must be a process: Study of emotion and coping during three stages of a college examination.
Susan Folkman,Richard S. Lazarus +1 more
TL;DR: This natural experiment provides substantial evidence for the following major themes, which are based on a cognitively oriented, process-centered theory of stress and coping: First, a stressful encounter should be viewed as a dynamic, unfolding process, not as a static, unitary event.
Related Papers (5)
If it changes it must be a process: Study of emotion and coping during three stages of a college examination.
Susan Folkman,Richard S. Lazarus +1 more