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The structure of coping.
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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.Abstract:
Coping refers to behavior that protects peoplefrom being psychologically harmed by problematic social experience, a behavior that importantly mediates the impact that societies have on their members. The protective function of coping behavior can be exercised in three ways: by eliminating or modifying conditions giving rise to problems; by perceptually controlling the meaning of experience in a manner that neutralizes its problematic character; and by keeping the emotional consequences of problems within manageable bounds. The efficacy of a number of concrete coping behaviors representing these threefunctions was evaluated. 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 dealing with the more impersonal problems found in occupation. The effective coping modes are unequally distributed in society, with men, the educated, and the affluent making greater use of the efficacious mechanisms.read more
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Job satisfaction and life satisfaction revisited: A longitudinal test of an integrated model
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive model that examined the relationship between job and life satisfaction and a broad personality construct called core self-evaluations, as well as non-work satisfaction and environmental variables, using a nationally representative (US), longitudinal data set.
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Personal agency in the stress process.
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Factors contributing to the subjective quality of life of the chronic mentally ill
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One-year outcomes and health care utilization in survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Catherine M. Tansey,Marie Louie,Mark Loeb,Wayne L. Gold,Wayne L. Gold,Matthew P. Muller,Jo Anne De Jager,Jill I. Cameron,George Tomlinson,Tony Mazzulli,Tony Mazzulli,Sharon Walmsley,Anita Rachlis,Barbara Mederski,Michael S. Silverman,Zev Shainhouse,Issa E. Ephtimios,Monica Avendano,James P. Downey,Rima Styra,Rima Styra,Deborah Yamamura,Marvin Gerson,Matthew B. Stanbrook,Theodore K. Marras,Elizabeth J. Phillips,Noe Zamel,Susan E. Richardson,Arthur S. Slutsky,Margaret S. Herridge +29 more
TL;DR: Most SARS survivors had good physical recovery from their illness, but some patients and their caregivers reported a significant reduction in mental health 1 year later, which should be considered as part of future pandemic planning.
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Coping with job stress and burnout in the human services
TL;DR: A survey of 141 human service workers investigated the effects of coping on psychological strain and burnout produced by job stress as mentioned in this paper, finding that individual coping responses do not alleviate strain produced by stress.
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Social Structure and Anomie
TL;DR: Merton, Robert as mentioned in this paper, 1968. "Social Structure and Anomie", in Social Theory and Social Structure. New York: Free Press: 185-214. Translation:
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Status crystallization: A non-vertical dimension of social status
TL;DR: In recent years, there have been numerous indications that, in the analysis of social stratification, sociology is rapidly outgrowing the classical conceptual schemes inherited from the past as mentioned in this paper, and this trend is evident even with respect to such a basic matter as the manner in which the vertical structure of groups is conceived.
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Sex differences in depression: The effects of occupation and marital status
TL;DR: The role of housewife has been hypothesized as the source of excess mental illness among married women as compared with married men as discussed by the authors, and both housewives and working wives are significantly more depressed than working husbands.