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2 Citations
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Coping Strategies by University Students in Response to COVID-19: Differences between Community and Clinical Groups

  • Víctor-María López-Ramos,
  • Benito León-del-Barco,
  • Santiago Mendo-Lázaro and
  • María-Isabel Polo-del-Río

5 June 2021

Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic had severe consequences on the health and well-being of millions of people. Different studies try to identify the main effects that the crisis and several lockdowns have had on the citizens’ mental health. This resear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,178 Views
16 Pages

Understanding School Anxiety in Italian Adolescence through an Artificial Neural Network: Influence of Social Skills and Coping Strategies

  • Francisco Manuel Morales-Rodríguez,
  • Juan Pedro Martínez-Ramón,
  • Manuel Alejandro Narváez Peláez and
  • Catalda Corvasce

14 October 2023

School anxiety depends on multiple factors that occur directly or indirectly in the teaching–learning process, such as going to the blackboard in class or reporting low grades at home. Other factors that influence school climate are social skil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,665 Views
14 Pages

Coping of Chronically-Ill Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison between Four Groups

  • Mateusz Łuc,
  • Marcin Pawłowski,
  • Arkadiusz Jaworski,
  • Karolina Fila-Witecka,
  • Dorota Szcześniak,
  • Hanna Augustyniak-Bartosik,
  • Dorota Zielińska,
  • Aleksandra Stefaniak,
  • Anna Pokryszko-Dragan and
  • Joanna Rymaszewska
  • + 4 authors

In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic led to healthcare reorganization limiting access to diagnostic or therapeutic procedures for chronically-ill patients. In this article, we describe the psychological consequences and coping strategies of sever...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,917 Views
22 Pages

Psychosocial Determinants of Recreational Activity within Urban Green Spaces during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland

  • Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska,
  • Olga Grabowska-Chenczke,
  • Marcin Woźniak and
  • Bibianna Bałaj

26 September 2022

Recreational activity undertaken within urban green spaces (UGS) is an action that could be self-governed and self-regulated by a given person under the pressure of COVID-19. We aimed to identify the factors that induce or reduce the frequency of rec...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,013 Views
22 Pages

How to Cope with Coping in Adult Post-Hemorrhagic Patients Undergoing Neurorehabilitation: A Scoping Review

  • Davide Cardile,
  • Irene Cappadona,
  • Erika Patti,
  • Aurora Ansaldo,
  • Rosaria De Luca,
  • Francesco Corallo,
  • Maria Pagano,
  • Anna Anselmo,
  • Angelo Quartarone and
  • Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

18 July 2025

Background/Objectives: Cerebral hemorrhage (CH) has physical, cognitive, and emotional consequences. Recovery requires a complex rehabilitation process in which coping strategies play a fundamental role in supporting psychological adaptation. The aim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,066 Views
13 Pages

Relationship Between Resilience and Fertility Quality of Life in Infertile Women: Mediating Roles of Infertility Self-Efficacy and Infertility Coping

  • Jing Xu,
  • Xin-Yuan Zhang,
  • Yi-Bei Zhouchen,
  • Ying Luo,
  • Shi-Yun Wang,
  • Sharon R. Redding,
  • Yan-Qiong Ouyang and
  • Dou Fu

14 October 2025

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the relationship between resilience, infertility self-efficacy, infertility coping strategies, and fertility quality of life (fertility QoL) in women with infertility. Additionally, it sought to examine the med...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,423 Views
14 Pages

Self-Reported Coping Strategies for Managing Work-Related Stress among Public Safety Personnel

  • Gregory S. Anderson,
  • Rosemary Ricciardelli,
  • Linna Tam-Seto,
  • Sulaimon Giwa and
  • R. Nicholas Carleton

Public safety personnel (PSP) experience a disproportionately high number of on-the-job stressors compared to the general population. PSP develop self-initiated actions, or coping strategies, that either confront the situation (approach strategies) o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,602 Views
19 Pages

Background: In Israeli colleges and universities, many Arab students experience acculturative stress. Such stress arises from the need to learn new cultural rules, manage the overarching conflict inherent in maintaining elements of their culture of o...

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  • Open Access
879 Views
27 Pages

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with long-term disturbances in stress regulation, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress and reduced psychological coping capacity. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between selec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,454 Views
13 Pages

Although college students experienced excessive stressors (COVID-19 disease and negative COVID-19 news) during the COVID-19 pandemic, few studies have been aimed at coping strategies used by college students to deal with stress caused by the pandemic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,080 Views
16 Pages

Analysis of Factors Related to Mental Health, Suppression of Emotions, and Personality Influencing Coping with Stress among Nurses

  • Anna Maria Cybulska,
  • Kamila Rachubińska,
  • Marzanna Stanisławska,
  • Szymon Grochans,
  • Aneta Cymbaluk-Płoska and
  • Elżbieta Grochans

(1) The specificity of a nurse’s work, apart from performing medical procedures, is characterized by intensive contacts with other people. Stress is an inevitable part of a nurse’s job and can affect their physical and mental health. Thus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,829 Views
12 Pages

Coping Strategies and Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Heart Failure

  • Mohammed Owayrif Alanazi,
  • Pallav Deka,
  • Charles W. Given,
  • Rebecca Lehto and
  • Gwen Wyatt

29 April 2025

Background: Heart failure (HF) contributes to a poor physical and emotional health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and poor health outcomes. Coping strategies have been identified as essential in enhancing HRQoL. The study’s purpose was to exam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,042 Views
15 Pages

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors affecting the psychological well-being by using variables of job stress, coping strategies, meaning of life, and resilience to improve the quality of working life during COVID-19. The subjects were...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,956 Views
14 Pages

Prevalence of Anxiety and Burnout, and Coping Mechanisms among Clinical Year Medical Undergraduate Students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Ke Ran Tee,
  • Abdul Samat Ismail,
  • Yong Heng Ang,
  • Hidayah Husna Hishamuddin,
  • Vinneeshah Jacob Paul,
  • Azimatun Noor Aizuddin and
  • Ida Zarina Zaini

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety and burnout, and the coping mechanisms among clinical year undergraduate medical students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In tota...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
1 Views
5 Pages

Maternal Coping Strategies in Response to a Child’s Chronic and Oncological Disease: A Cross-Cultural Study in Italy and Portugal

  • Giovanna Perricone,
  • Marina Prista Guerra,
  • Orlanda Cruz,
  • Concetta Polizzi,
  • Lìgia Lima,
  • Maria Regina Morales,
  • Marina Serra de Lemos and
  • Valentina Fontana

A child’s oncological or chronic disease is a stressful situation for parents. This stress may make it difficult for appropriate management strategies aimed at promoting the child’s well-being and helping him or her cope with a disease to be adopted....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
660 Views
5 Pages

Styles of Coping with Stress and Emotional Functioning in Patients with Asthma

  • Katarzyna Lewandowska,
  • Krzysztof Specjalski,
  • Ewa Jassem and
  • Jan Marek Słomiński

19 December 2008

Introduction: The evaluation of styles of coping with stress resulting from a somatic disease was always considered controversial, since the stress is a consequence of the complexity of the disease as a stressful event and is linked with every field...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,612 Views
13 Pages

Although childhood maltreatment is known to be associated with depressive symptoms, few studies have investigated the mediating effect of different types of coping styles on this association. It is unknown whether the impacts vary by sex. We investig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,998 Views
14 Pages

6 February 2025

Background/Objectives: Considering the unique body image challenges faced by young women with breast cancer, this study aims to deepen our understanding of how coping strategies and perceived social support contribute to fostering positive body image...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,487 Views
18 Pages

25 August 2023

Employees often have to cope with unprecedented challenges in their working and living conditions—caused by organizational and socioeconomic changes and/or crises—by showing resourcefulness and adaptability. Especially working women who b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,551 Views
13 Pages

Evaluation of Coping Strategies among Students with Type D Personality

  • Alexey N. Sumin,
  • Ingrid Yu. Prokashko and
  • Anna V. Shcheglova

Objective: Personality type D may be associated with a predisposition to develop stress under external adverse influences, for example, in the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, type D personality is associated with higher burnout levels; thus, it may cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,248 Views
11 Pages

Psychological Impact and Coping Strategies of Hispanic Parents of Children with Cancer: A Qualitative Study

  • Carol Y. Ochoa-Dominguez,
  • Kimberly A. Miller,
  • Matthew P. Banegas,
  • Daniel Sabater-Minarim and
  • Randall Y. Chan

Throughout the cancer trajectory, parents of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) may experience mental and social challenges requiring continual adaptation to cancer-induced stress. Using Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress and Co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,298 Views
16 Pages

A Serial Mediation Model of Insecure Attachment and Psychological Distress: The Role of Dispositional Shame and Shame-Coping Styles

  • Chiara Remondi,
  • Giulia Casu,
  • Camilla Pozzi,
  • Francesco Greco,
  • Paola Gremigni and
  • Agostino Brugnera

Shame is an intense, difficult to regulate, self-conscious emotion that predicts aspects of poor psychological functioning and is also strongly related to early relationships. Attachment insecurities, which constitute non-specific risk factors for ps...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,706 Views
13 Pages

12 August 2020

Aims: In the last decade, the use of smartphones, computers and devices has progressively increased, and prolonged use of technology and the internet has generated new arenas (and tools) for victimization. The first aim of this study was to analyze t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,904 Views
14 Pages

Women’s participation in sports has recently grown worldwide, including in sports typically associated with men (e.g., rugby and football). Similarly, literature on female athletes has increased, but how they cope with premenstrual (PM) physica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,894 Views
11 Pages

5 August 2024

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted pharmacy students’ education and well-being. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the pandemic on students’ perceived stress by comparing thir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
593 Views
13 Pages

Participation Outcomes One Year After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Associations with Cognition, Coping, and Psychological Distress

  • Angelka Pešterac-Kujundžić,
  • Una Nedeljković,
  • Ivana Sretenović,
  • Aleksandar Milosavljević,
  • Dragoslav Nestorovic,
  • Ivan Vukašinović and
  • Vojislav Bogosavljević

10 December 2025

This study evaluated participation outcomes one year after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) compared with matched healthy controls and identified factors associated with participation within the patient group. Forty aSAH survivors and sevent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,744 Views
12 Pages

Working in the hospitality industry is stressful due to the intensive workload and extended work hours; this stress has increased after the COVID-19 pandemic due to high levels of job insecurity, downsizing, and laying off procedures. Employees in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,302 Views
18 Pages

The Moderating Role of Resilience in the Relationship Between Occupational Stressors and Psychological Distress Among Aviation Pilots in Pakistan

  • Ali Ijaz,
  • Anila Amber Malik,
  • Tayyeba Ahmad,
  • Waqas Hassan,
  • Sofia Mastrokoukou and
  • Claudio Longobardi

Background: Aviation is one of the most demanding professions, exposing pilots to persistent stressors such as fatigue, irregular schedules, and high safety responsibility. These conditions heighten vulnerability to depression, anxiety, and stress (D...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,280 Views
16 Pages

Anxiety and Depression during the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Coping Strategies

  • Alessandro Miola,
  • Stefano Caiolo,
  • Giancarlo Pontoni,
  • Erica Pozzan,
  • Chiara Moriglia,
  • Filippo Simionato,
  • Sergio Garofalo,
  • Giulia Perini and
  • Fabio Sambataro

Background: Evidence suggests increased anxious-depressive symptoms in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, also in its second wave. High symptom variability across individuals suggests that risk and protective factors, including copi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,354 Views
20 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health and hospital restrictions directly influenced Canadian perinatal healthcare. This study aimed to evaluate predictors of pandemic-related pregnancy and postpartum stress in Canada. A sample of 398 women...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,345 Views
9 Pages

29 September 2022

The involvement of family is an integral part of the recovery process, and the use of adaptive coping strategies has an important implication for treatment outcomes. Little research to date has examined the relationship between coping and family dyna...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,007 Views
18 Pages

23 December 2024

There is an increasing number of studies concerned with the study of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). At the same time, there is a lack of interest in studies on their families, especially on mothers who represent the first breadwinner f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,598 Views
14 Pages

Reaction to Disease and Coping Strategies in Stressful Situations among Psoriasis Patients: Cross-Sectional Study

  • Beata Kowalewska,
  • Marta Milewska-Buzun,
  • Mateusz Cybulski,
  • Andriej Szpakow,
  • Dzmitry Khvorik,
  • Marek Sobolewski,
  • Piotr Aleksiejczuk and
  • Wiaczesław Niczyporuk

9 August 2024

Background: In the contemporary world, a cult of perfection is being created, and deviations from such an ideal image are becoming socially unacceptable. A particular situation arises when a defect or symptoms of a disease appear on the skin, which,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,972 Views
12 Pages

Coping Strategies and Life Satisfaction among Romanian Emerging Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Delia Ștefenel,
  • Jose-Michael Gonzalez,
  • Silviu Rogobete and
  • Raluca Sassu

26 February 2022

The aim of the present study was to understand coping mechanisms among Romanian youth in their response to institutional COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Data were collected from emerging adults (N = 214), aged 18–29, enrolled in various fields...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,567 Views
14 Pages

24 May 2023

Chinese people tend to view and analyze problems according to relations and holism, which can cause them to adopt positive coping strategies when facing difficulties, thus improving their mental health. This study verifies the relationship among rela...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,234 Views
16 Pages

Coping Strategies and Mental Disorders among the LGBT+ Community in Malaysia

  • Johan Ariff Juhari,
  • Jesjeet Singh Gill and
  • Benedict Francis

27 September 2022

The LGBT+ community in Malaysia is vulnerable to mental disorders due to the pressures of being in a conservative heteronormative culture. This study aimed to study the association between coping strategies as well as the sociodemographic factors of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,999 Views
10 Pages

The Style of Coping with Stress, the Health-Related Locus of Control, and the Level of Mindfulness of Patients with Chronic Somatic Diseases in Comparison to Healthy People

  • Magdalena Gruszczyńska,
  • Monika Bąk-Sosnowska,
  • Anna Daniel-Sielańczyk,
  • Julia Wyszomirska and
  • Adriana Modrzejewska

12 September 2022

Background: Psychological factors may be involved in both the development and treatment of somatic diseases. Our study aimed to evaluate the style of coping with stress, health-related locus of control, and level of mindfulness of adult patients with...

  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
10,802 Views
18 Pages

Acute onset disasters impact children’s and adolescents’ psychological well-being, often leading to mental health challenges. The way a young person copes with the event plays a significant role in development of post-disaster psychopathology. Coping...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,944 Views
16 Pages

Importance of Coping Strategies on Quality of Life in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review

  • Laura Culicetto,
  • Viviana Lo Buono,
  • Sofia Donato,
  • Antonino La Tona,
  • Anita Maria Sophia Cusumano,
  • Graziana Marika Corello,
  • Edoardo Sessa,
  • Carmela Rifici,
  • Giangaetano D’Aleo and
  • Silvia Marino
  • + 1 author

18 September 2024

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by a variety of symptoms such as fatigue, spasticity, tremors, and cognitive disorders. Individuals with MS may employ different coping strategies to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,086 Views
10 Pages

Parental Monitoring, Individual Dispositions, and Alcohol Use Disorder: A Longitudinal Study with Young Swiss Men

  • Jimena Sobrino-Piazza,
  • Simon Foster,
  • Natalia Estévez-Lamorte and
  • Meichun Mohler-Kuo

This paper evaluates the interaction between level of parental monitoring in adolescence and individual dispositions present in early adulthood in the prediction of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the mid-20s. Data were drawn from the Cohort Study on S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,065 Views
17 Pages

25 January 2022

Although many studies on mental health have been conducted among various populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, few studies have focused on post-traumatic growth (PTG) in the general population. The current study aimed to explore whether perceived...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,221 Views
13 Pages

Depression is a state of low mood that can lead to several negative outcomes on thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and even physical state. With that in mind, it is important to detect individuals at risk of developing depressive symptoms early and ident...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,191 Views
14 Pages

Changes in Coping Strategies of Parents and Girls with Central Precocious Puberty Before and After the COVID-19 Lockdown: Data from Four Italian Pediatric Endocrinology Centers

  • Maria E. Street,
  • Anna-Mariia Shulhai,
  • Dolores Rollo,
  • Maurizio Rossi,
  • Maddalena Petraroli,
  • Vittorio Ferrari,
  • Giulia Del Medico,
  • Patrizia Bruzzi,
  • Beatrice Righi and
  • Stefano Stagi
  • + 2 authors

The increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced the coping strategies used by children and parents who adapted to a diagnosis of central precocious puberty (CPP). This study aimed to explore whether the coping mechanisms of pare...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
12,761 Views
32 Pages

18 May 2015

The negative effects and the continuation of cyberbullying seem to depend on the coping strategies the victims use. To assess their coping strategies, self-report questionnaires (SRQs) are used. However, these SRQs are often subject to several shortc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,873 Views
17 Pages

9 September 2020

The aggressor sets in motion dysfunctional and violent behaviors with others in the dynamic of bullying. These behaviors can be understood as misfit coping strategies in response to environmental demands perceived as stressful, putting at risk the qu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,964 Views
11 Pages

Coping Strategies Preferred by Patients Treated for Osteoporosis and Analysis of the Difficulties Resulting from the Disease

  • Agnieszka Barańska,
  • Urszula Religioni,
  • Anna Kłak,
  • Piotr Merks,
  • Magdalena Bogdan,
  • Ewelina Firlej,
  • Anna Sokołowska,
  • Wioleta Kowalska and
  • Bartłomiej Drop

Osteoporosis has been recognized as a civilization disease. This chronic condition needs a long-term management plan with a holistic approach to patients. The specificity of the patient’s response to the disease and coping strategies are very i...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,885 Views
11 Pages

The Mediation Effect of Coping Strategies between Personality and Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Complicated by Hypertension

  • Sabrina Chapuis-de-Andrade,
  • Carmen Moret-Tatay,
  • Tatiana Quarti Irigaray,
  • Ivan Carlos Ferreira Antonello and
  • Bartira Ercília Pinheiro da Costa

10 February 2022

Background: Hypertension is the most common medical condition during pregnancy. Hypertensive disorders are associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes for both mother and fetus. This study examined the role played by personality and coping...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,451 Views
12 Pages

Differences in Resilience, Psychological Well-Being and Coping Strategies between HIV Patients and Diabetics

  • Cristina Rivera-Picón,
  • María Hinojal Benavente-Cuesta,
  • María Paz Quevedo-Aguado and
  • Pedro Manuel Rodríguez-Muñoz

29 January 2022

The aim of the study was to determine the differences in resilience, psychological well-being and coping strategies between patients with HIV and diabetics. The sample included a total of 400 subjects (199 patients with HIV and 201 subjects with diab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,441 Views
20 Pages

The Impact of Maladaptive Coping Styles on Psychological Outcomes in Tuberculosis Patients

  • Ion Papava,
  • Ana-Maria Cristina Daescu,
  • Liana Dehelean,
  • Ana-Cristina Bredicean,
  • Adrian Cosmin Ilie,
  • Sorin Ursoniu,
  • Mariana Bondrescu,
  • Ion Radu,
  • Andrei Daescu and
  • Cristian Oancea
  • + 1 author

Background/Objective: Tuberculosis (TB) is associated with significant psychological distress, including anxiety and depression, which may be influenced by coping styles. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between coping mechanisms, psycho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,994 Views
12 Pages

Analysis of the Coping Strategies of Primary Health Care Professionals: Cross-Sectional Study in a Large Brazilian Municipality

  • Luciano Garcia Lourenção,
  • Bruno Martinez Rigino,
  • Natalia Sperli Geraldes Marin dos Santos Sasaki,
  • Maria Jaqueline Coelho Pinto,
  • Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães Ximenes Neto,
  • Flávio Adriano Borges,
  • Maria de Lourdes Sperli Geraldes Santos,
  • José Gustavo Monteiro Penha,
  • Daniela Menezes Galvão and
  • Neide Aparecida Micelli Domingos
  • + 12 authors

Objective: To analyze the coping strategies used by primary healthcare (PHC) professionals. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study realized with professionals working in primary healthcare units in São José do Rio Pret...

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