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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,910 Views
13 Pages

Background: COVID-19 has placed tremendous pressure on the global public health system and has changed daily life. Aim: To examine the relationships between the perceived threat, perceived stress, coping responses and infection control practices towa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,785 Views
7 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic may have caused people to feel isolated, left out, and in need of companionship. Effective strategies to cope with such unrelenting feelings of loneliness are needed. In times of COVID-19, we conducted a smartphone-based ecologi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,213 Views
16 Pages

10 September 2024

As age increases, children will face more and more adversity. How effectively they cope with stress and difficulties of life is of great significance to the development of children’s mental health and academic achievement. However, few studies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,596 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
10 Citations
3,170 Views
14 Pages

The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating effect of self-efficacy and coping strategy in the relationship between job stress and the psychological well-being of care workers. The subjects were 112 home-visiting care workers, and data wer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,051 Views
13 Pages

31 October 2024

Preventing and reducing adolescent athletes’ risk of burnout can help promote long-term sports participation, improve performance, and maintain psychological well-being. The present study examined the associations between perfectionism and burn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,415 Views
13 Pages

Research indicates that both cognitive appraisal and personal resources can noticeably influence health behaviors, as individuals modify their health convictions and practices on the basis of threat appraisal, personality, and meaning. The aim of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,278 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
  • Alexandru-Ioan Gaitoane
  • + 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
10 Citations
4,439 Views
14 Pages

The Impact of Illness Perceptions and Coping Strategies on Use of Supportive Care for Cancer

  • Peta Stephenson,
  • Eva Yuen,
  • Gemma Skaczkowski,
  • Evelien R. Spelten,
  • Sheina Orbell and
  • Carlene Wilson

20 May 2021

Despite evidence that survivorship support programmes enhance physical and psychosocial wellbeing, cancer patients and survivors often do not use these supportive care services. This study investigated the utility of the Common Sense Model of Self-Re...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
9,065 Views
15 Pages

8 October 2020

The well-being of healthcare personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic depends on the ways in which they perceive the threat posed by the virus, personal resources, and coping abilities. The current study aims to examine the mediating role of coping str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,783 Views
8 Pages

Coping and Life Satisfaction in Colombian Older Adults

  • Maria-Fernanda Reyes,
  • Encarnación Satorres,
  • Iraida Delhom,
  • Alexandra Bueno-Pacheco and
  • Juan C. Meléndez

Background. Effective coping strategies facilitate older adults’ optimal adaptation and contribute to their well-being. Problem-focused strategies are associated with active styles and enhance well-being. This study analyzes the role of coping strate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,048 Views
11 Pages

The health problems of North Korean (NK) refugees living a new life after surviving the dangers of life and death traumas is an issue that must be taken very seriously. Adolescent refugees may be particularly vulnerable to adverse physical and mental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
612 Views
15 Pages

19 September 2025

Background: Urban institutions offer quality post-secondary education to individuals who may not otherwise have access, yet do not always provide necessary resources for racially marginalized students. Students at primarily White, urban institutions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,504 Views
14 Pages

Attachment and Coping in the Second Pandemic Year: The Impact on Loneliness and Emotional Distress

  • Andrei Hopulele-Petri,
  • Mihaela Fadgyas-Stănculete and
  • Mirela Manea

1 September 2023

Pandemic restrictions and reduced social opportunities led to increased loneliness in affected countries. Considering that stressful situations activate the attachment system and engage various coping strategies, the present study explored the role o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,461 Views
19 Pages

Coping Strategies Used by Older Adults to Deal with Contact Isolation in the Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Jogé Boumans,
  • Aukelien Scheffelaar,
  • Vera P. van Druten,
  • Tessel H. G. Hendriksen,
  • Lenny M. W. Nahar-van Venrooij and
  • Andrea D. Rozema

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many older adults have experienced contact isolation in a hospital setting which leads to separation from relatives, loss of freedom, and uncertainty regarding disease status. The objective of this study was to explore h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,476 Views
10 Pages

16 March 2020

For parents, a child’s oncological disease is a critical life event with a high burdening potential, which changes the functioning of the whole family on many different levels. It triggers various coping strategies with this situation, includin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
12,971 Views
20 Pages

Big Five, Self-Regulation, and Coping Strategies as Predictors of Achievement Emotions in Undergraduate Students

  • Jesús de la Fuente,
  • Paola Paoloni,
  • Douglas Kauffman,
  • Meryem Yilmaz Soylu,
  • Paul Sander and
  • Lucía Zapata

The study focused on the analysis of linear relations between personality, self-regulation, coping strategies and achievement emotions. The main objective was to establish a model of linear, empirical, associative to infer needs and proposals for int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,594 Views
19 Pages

28 October 2025

As technological revolutions continue to advance, AI increasingly emerges as a focal driver for enhancing innovation quality. Grounded in coping theory, this study develops a moderated dual-pathway model to examine the mechanisms through which AI-rel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
6,770 Views
13 Pages

Associations between Witnessing and Perpetrating Online Hate in Eight Countries: The Buffering Effects of Problem-Focused Coping

  • Sebastian Wachs,
  • Michelle F. Wright,
  • Ruthaychonnee Sittichai,
  • Ritu Singh,
  • Ramakrishna Biswal,
  • Eun-mee Kim,
  • Soeun Yang,
  • Manuel Gámez-Guadix,
  • Carmen Almendros and
  • Katerina Flora
  • + 2 authors

Online hate is a topic that has received considerable interest lately, as online hate represents a risk to self-determination and peaceful coexistence in societies around the globe. However, not much is known about the explanations for adolescents po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,843 Views
11 Pages

28 October 2023

The aim of this study was to analyze the locus of health control, self-efficacy and stress coping styles of female patients treated for ovarian cancer. Learning the styles of coping with stress in patients with ovarian cancer may contribute to improv...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,876 Views
13 Pages

Burden of COVID-19 Pandemic Perceived by Polish Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

  • Anna Pokryszko-Dragan,
  • Justyna Chojdak-Łukasiewicz,
  • Ewa Gruszka,
  • Marcin Pawłowski,
  • Tomasz Pawłowski,
  • Anna Rudkowska-Mytych,
  • Joanna Rymaszewska and
  • Sławomir Budrewicz

17 September 2021

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) were expected to be particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the burden of pandemic, perceived by Polish MS patients, with regard to major contributing factors. The s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,083 Views
23 Pages

This study examined how two metacognitive constructs, cognitive self-consciousness and beliefs about emotion regulation, mediate the link among early adolescents between emotion regulation and engagement in coping with worry, and whether these relati...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,701 Views
12 Pages

A main way by which meaning influences mental health is by the formation of interpersonal schemas that specify what to expect from others and how to treat them. Particularly during preadolescence (a developmental phase focused on interpersonal skills...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,412 Views
17 Pages

People’s attachment styles play a fundamental role in shaping their intimate relationships. Anxiously attached individuals have a strong need for closeness but a poor ability to obtain the closeness they seek. In contrast, people high in avoida...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,603 Views
11 Pages

Incivility is a growing concern for researchers and practitioners alike, yet we know little about how the team context is related to the way that employees respond to it. In this study, we examined the role of team mindfulness and its direct and buff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
9,293 Views
11 Pages

Relationship between Sleep Bruxism, Perceived Stress, and Coping Strategies

  • Klara Saczuk,
  • Barbara Lapinska,
  • Paulina Wilmont,
  • Lukasz Pawlak and
  • Monika Lukomska-Szymanska

Sleep bruxism (SB) is a common phenomenon defined as a masticatory muscle activity during sleep. Untreated severe SB can have significant dental and orofacial consequences. SB has often been linked with stress and maladaptive coping strategies. There...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,859 Views
12 Pages

30 August 2021

Objectives: Stress is supposed to be linked with a background of multiple sclerosis (MS) and the disease course. Design: The study aimed to assess the level of stress and coping strategies in MS patients within a year of follow-up and to investigate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,843 Views
16 Pages

2 July 2025

Background/Objectives: Self-compassion, characterized by treating oneself with kindness during challenges, has been shown to alleviate anxiety and fear of recurrence in cancer patients by mitigating negative emotions such as depression and fatigue. P...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,380 Views
20 Pages

8 November 2025

Over-indebtedness is at an all-time high in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between financial literacy, coping strategies, and consumer financial behaviour. A further aim was to examine gender differences in this co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,670 Views
13 Pages

22 October 2020

Knowing the factors that influence children’s suggestibility is important in implementing the psychological variables to be evaluated during a forensic evaluation. In the interrogative suggestibility model, coping strategies intervene in determ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,556 Views
16 Pages

1 June 2025

Drawing on Antonovsky’s salutogenic model, this study investigated how stressful life events relate to university students’ sense of coherence (SOC), focusing on the potential mediating roles of coping style and general self-efficacy, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,487 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
1 Citations
3,181 Views
30 Pages

Many studies were conducted during and after the COVID-19 pandemic to examine its impact on young people’s well-being. However, most studies are quantitative ones focusing on the negative impact of the pandemic on young people. In contrast, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
255 Views
17 Pages

7 December 2025

Background/Objectives: Nurses and nursing technicians are essential providers of patient care but remain highly vulnerable due to the demands of their profession, which can profoundly affect their professional quality of life. Understanding the risk...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
9,855 Views
24 Pages

6 December 2022

Psychosocial working conditions such as long work hours, low job control, and work–life imbalance faced by construction professionals in site management positions subject them to elevated work stress and poor mental health. This study explored...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,418 Views
16 Pages

Epigenetic and Coping Mechanisms of Stress in Affective Disorders: A Scoping Review

  • Brenda-Cristiana Bernad,
  • Mirela-Cleopatra Tomescu,
  • Teodora Anghel,
  • Diana Lungeanu,
  • Virgil Enătescu,
  • Elena Silvia Bernad,
  • Vlad Nicoraș,
  • Diana-Aurora Arnautu and
  • Lavinia Hogea

25 April 2024

This review aims to explore the intricate relationship among epigenetic mechanisms, stress, and affective disorders, focusing on how early life experiences and coping mechanisms contribute to susceptibility to mood disorders. Epigenetic factors play...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,896 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,451 Views
12 Pages

Beyond the Surgery: The Impact of Coping Strategies on Persistent Pain After Rotator Cuff Repair

  • Daniela Brune,
  • David Endell,
  • Steven Z. George,
  • Robert Edwards,
  • Markus Scheibel and
  • Asimina Lazaridou

1 November 2024

Background: Rotator cuff repair is widely recognized as one of the most painful orthopedic surgeries, yet postoperative pain management in these patients is often underexplored. This study aimed to explore the relationship between pain outcomes and f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
21,419 Views
12 Pages

30 November 2016

Although compassionate care has wide-ranging benefits for patients, it can be emotionally demanding for healthcare staff. This may be a particular problem for those with little experience in a caring role. This study utilises the job demands-resource...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,429 Views
11 Pages

Interreligious Competence (IRC) in Students of Education: An Exploratory Study

  • Assumpta Aneas,
  • Carmen Carmona,
  • Tamar Shuali Trachtenberg and
  • Alejandra Montané

21 December 2023

(1) Background: The purpose of this study is to present a scale for the assessment of interreligious competence (IRC) and to make a first descriptive appraisal of future educators, focused on their capacity to cope with conflicts. (2) Results: The re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
11,023 Views
13 Pages

Belief in God and Psychological Distress: Is It the Belief or Certainty of the Belief?

  • Zachary E. Magin,
  • Adam B. David,
  • Lauren M. Carney,
  • Crystal L. Park,
  • Ian A. Gutierrez and
  • Login S. George

13 September 2021

Research on the relationship between belief in God and mental health is scarce and often limited to comparing group differences in mental health across various self-reported religious identities (e.g., atheists, agnostics, believers). To advance this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,971 Views
10 Pages

22 November 2023

Purpose: This study examined relationships between coping styles and quality of life (QoL) in oncology patients undergoing radiotherapy compared with healthy controls. Coping styles and QoL were assessed to elucidate connections and inform psychosoci...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
520 Views
7 Pages

29 September 2025

Objective: The objective of this exploratory pilot study was to examine the relationship between coping strategies and perceived quality of life in adolescents diagnosed with oncological diseases, with attention to the potential role of psychosocial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,229 Views
7 Pages

The Relation Between Maternal Locus of Control And Coping Styles of Pediatric Leukemia Patients During Treatment

  • Concetta Polizzi,
  • Giovanna Perricone,
  • Valentina Fontana,
  • Paolo D'Angelo,
  • Momcilo Jankovic,
  • Francesca Nichelli,
  • Calogero Taormina and
  • Sofia Burgio

8 April 2020

The present study focuses on the relation between coping strategies of children with leukemia during treatment and locus of control of their mothers. In particular, the study aims to determine whether maternal locus of control can influence sick chil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
12,885 Views
13 Pages

10 March 2022

Social Sustainability among university students, especially how students deal with psychological distress, is important during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the relationship between perceived social support and coping strategies and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
9,089 Views
27 Pages

14 September 2020

The work environment of emergency workers is an important factor related to stress. Coping with the COVID-19 emergency is a factor that is highly related to stress, and severe stress is a risk factor for developing secondary trauma. Coping and resili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
817 Views
13 Pages

Background: Symptoms of and treatments for inflammatory bowel disease have an impact on patients’ health-related quality of life and result in a need for self-care strategies. Little is known about factors affecting long-term outcomes and the t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,440 Views
12 Pages

Coping Styles and Defense Mechanisms in Healthy Young Adults—Correlations with tPA-BDNF Pathway

  • Julia Pilecka,
  • Jedrzej Wojciechowski,
  • Weronika Bargiel,
  • Maria Terczynska,
  • Przemyslaw Zakowicz,
  • Dawid Bojarski,
  • Karolina Wasicka-Przewozna and
  • Maria Skibinska

Background/Objectives: An increasing number of studies are exploring how stress influences the development of various psychiatric and physical disorders. Psychological coping strategies and defense mechanisms play a vital role in managing stress. How...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,296 Views
12 Pages

Objectives: This descriptive study aimed to explore self-stigma’s mediating effect on the association between self-efficacy and coping strategy among Korean patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This study included 189 participants with type...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,664 Views
14 Pages

External Locus-of-Hope and Collectivist Coping in Students from Three Asian Cities

  • Allan B. I. Bernardo,
  • Homer J. Yabut,
  • Tulips Yiwen Wang and
  • Susanna S. Yeung

22 November 2022

The positive education movement has called attention to the importance of student well-being and the role of positive constructs, such as hope, in the educational process. The external locus-of-hope dimensions, or positive cognitions about the role o...

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