Stress and Coping - Science topic

Hi, I sent you a private message on researchgate.

Let me know,

Giada

I think you can have your answer here:

Hegarty, D., Buchanan, B. ( 2021, June 25). The Value of NovoPsych Data – New Norms for the Brief-COPE. NovoPsych. https://novopsych.com.au/news/the-value-of-novopsych-data-new-norms-for-the-brief-cope/

If aim 1 is really what you want to do,The rest of what you say makes no sense. You need to investigate adaptive lasso variable selection and is only for predictive models.i have attached a paper for you to look at and an R program that you may find useful. Read the paper and it should show you that adaptive lasso is for you. Then the program should help you do that.ask questions if you wish. Best wishes for a successful project, David Booth

It sounds like you would end up with a regression model in which you have a very large number of predictor (independent) variables as well as many interaction terms (since you have so many different COPE variables). My advice would be to first think about meaningful ways to reduce the number of COPE variables to be included in the model, for example, by aggregation (calculation of a summary COPE score), factor analysis, or simply selection of the theoretically most meaningful COPE variables. Otherwise you might run into various problems when entering all individual COPE items into the regression (e.g., potential collinearity, too many individual significance tests, large model with many predictors, loss of power to detect interaction and other effects).

Other than that, you could run a hierarchical regression model with only the main effects (predictors, no interaction terms) in the first model, then add the interaction terms in Model 2 to see if they add anything to the prediction of the outcome. But, once again, I would try to reduce the overall number of predictors first to avoid problems in the analysis.

that should read ratio data, not ration data.

Hello Satwant,

That's a lot of questions!

For the most part, your hierarchical regressions should allow you to determine whether the brief cope scores add to the explanatory power for differences in anxiety scores beyond what the base variable set can explain. From this, it sounds as if the BC-1 items add the least to the mix (compared to BC-2, BC-3).

However, I probably would have looked for single scores to represent each of the three purported BC factors instead of entering individual items as IVs. Perhaps factor analysis or some other method of generating a composite score for each factor would be helpful here (and make your interpretation of significant effects a bit more straightforward).

I don't see any specific need for post hoc tests following a regression (your Q2).

If you're interested in moderation effects attributable to coping, the key is to evaluate whether BC scores interact with one or more target IVs to increase the explained variation beyond what the BC score and the target IV can account for, without an interaction term.

Good luck with your work.

Resilience can indeed be found at very different levels on scales of time, space and meaning. However, these levels should not be viewed in isolation, as they influence each other dynamically. I clarify this in my linked article. That is why a multi-level analysis of resilience should always also take cross-level linkages into account.

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Thank you so much for your suggestion Pablo D Valencia . This is gonna be helpful for my research.

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Most universities and colleges in my country (Vietnam) admit students using the results of a combined test (both achievement and aptitude test). I am personally against this use of assessment as I believe only one test cannot serve two purposes.

I do think to be admitted to universities, students should prove to have the abilities which allow them to succeed in the major that they choose. Tests and interviews focusing on those abilities should be specifically designed and performed.

Has anyone dicotomized this measure?

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I do agree the view of an opportunity for an exploration of your topic by means of IPA. Here, Hetherington’s study/methodological consideration may be helpful, namely: …..the study uses interpretative phenomenological analysis to gain insight into the experience of occupational stress amongst a sample of signed language interpreters in the North West of England. The findings suggest two significant causes of occupational stress for signed language interpreters…..Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.....is to gain an understanding of psychological processes/individual perception/experience in relation to occupational stress….(see: Hetherington, 2011, pp. 9, 138 and 141).

Hello Jarryd,

There is a new measure of stress among studnets which was developed by Bedewy and Gabriel (2015). The title of the article is "Examining perceptions of academic stress and its sources among university students: The Perception of Academic Stress Scale". DOI: 10.1177/2055102915596714. It was published in Health psychology Open. I have attached it for you here. Best wishes.

JohnBosco

Hi Ridmal,

It would help to know more about when you assess stress levels. One potential option is salivary cort.

Another is heart rate.

For a survey assessment, I haven't used this, but it looks interesting:

Thank you, Michael. I will review the paper this weekend.

Dearr Shubha Bhat

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The topic is obviously complicated. May I respectfully refer you to the book   Psychological Perspectives on Religion and Religiosity (2015), which offers a detailed review of research on religiosity and coping.

Wow.  That is a difficult one, but you could try behavioral observations (e.g., drinking, smoking, eating) all things you could observe.  Lots of questionnaires assess these things, but they are also commonly measured it the lab.  You could also try something like behavioral measures of concentration or problem solving or something to try to index distraction-type coping.  In any scenario, you'd have to be very careful to clearly isolate what is "coping" from what is stress outcomes.  All these things could potentially be considered either.  Your design would need to be strong and clear: stress-->coping (eating for example)-->bmi or weight gain.

Hope that helps.

I appreciate your remarks, Andrew. There is a third possibility, different from both theism and atheism, at least when using conventional definitions: a knowledge that we are a single, eternal, unbounded consciousness. This is sometimes called self-realization, although this natural state has other names as well.

While it is useful to consider both theism and atheism in relation to a fully functioning life (what you seem to call coping), I think, historically, self-realization has been the goal that provides an end to psychological problems.

The theory behind nonduality, or the direct path, might be used as an example of a teaching having self-realization or "enlightenment" as its goal.

In nonduality, we consider every aspect of our life and see clearly that these aspects are always changing. They don't last forever and therefore are not fundamental to life.

By attaching to (or identifying with) our body and/or thinking mind, both of which are unreliable and unsteady, we doom ourselves to periods of dysfunction and suffering.

Nonduality uses a technique called pointing to help us see reality, which is normally hidden by our identification as a separate self.

In just a few minutes of following such a teaching, we can become aware of our awareness itself, independent of thoughts, events, memory, objects, matter, energy, space, time, and everything else that is limited in time or space.

While this is just a start, continued practice leads us to become increasingly identified with our underlying awareness, which doesn't change, and less identified with limitations and problems.

Dear Dr. Miller,

I suggest you consult the webpages of the Children and War Foundation, www.childrenandwarfoundation.org, where you will find available several measures applicable to children .

Kind regards,

Brit Oppedal

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Hola Juan,

Have a look at a completely different way of analyzing  psychological research problems statistically than is done in SEM, developed by James W. Grice, called Observation Oriented Modeling (OOM). I just finished reading an article about it, written by Grice, Barrett, Schlimgen and Abramson, published in 2012 in the Open Access journal Behavioral Sciences, and published on Researchgate recently:

 You may also find Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling a worthwhile alternative for SEM, developed by Asparouhov and Muthén (M+) in 2009:

https://www.statmodel.com/ESEM.shtml 

 For the problems with goodness of fit indices and c2-square in CFA, see my recent publication in the open access journal Comprehensive Psychology, also on Researchgate:

 Good luck,

Peter

See the paper by Sodergren Sc, white a, et al in Critical reviews oncol hematolog, July 14, dpi 10.1016j. This is a new robust systematic review in GIST by eortc team looking at tyrosine kinase and QOL and have an ongoing program to develop a symptom tool for this area... Hope the paper help., I can Sent it if it's needed.

Dear Matthew, 

Check these out: 

Engagement, Flow, Self-Efficacy, and Eustress of University Students: A Cross-National Comparison Between the Philippines and Argentina.

Mesurado B, Richaud MC, Mateo NJ. J Psychol. 2015 Apr 27:1-24

Television watching and effects on food intake: distress vs eustress.

Benedict C, Schiöth HB, Cedernaes J. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Mar;175(3):468.

Effect of stress on academic performance in medical students--a cross sectional study.

Kumar M, Sharma S, Gupta S, Vaish S, Misra R.

Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2014 Jan-Mar;58(1):81-6.

Stress: perceptions, manifestations, and coping mechanisms of student registered nurse anesthetists.

Chipas A, Cordrey D, Floyd D, Grubbs L, Miller S, Tyre B.

AANA J. 2012 Aug;80(4 Suppl):S49-55.

Dear Milena! We want to conduct cross-cultural study of proactive coping strategies in different countries. You can also take part in our project. We will study the differences in coping strategies in different age groups and in different nations. Also we would like to identify the relationship between coping and depression, subjective well-being. Every researcher in the country will survey several samples of different ages. Each sample must consist of  25 people at least. Deadlines are not defined yet. But it is desirable to have time to complete the data analysis to July. Join us!

The Weight and Lifestyle Inventory (WALI; Wadden & Foster, 2001), is a measure of eating patterns, physical activity habits, and general psychosocial functioning.   Additionally, the IPAQ can be used to measure physical activity and time spent engaged in sedentary activity.  

Nursing students entering the profession in the first year do have a lot of self reported stress and anxiety. If they do not come out of the stress and anxiety with resiliency, soon they may start to follow escapism. They start to use escapism or defense mechanisms consciously or unknowingly. Eg students start lying and rationalize their actions, and also use projective techniques. If they do not get good grades they start blaming the course instructor when they did not study.

Depends on the people. The landlocked region people (LRPs) and their failure to thrive did not generate, apparently, sufficient effective coping strategies within a given period. They appeared to choose a poor coping strategy. But what would have been a better plan, beyond effective land management? What they do now will be instructive. Unfortunately mass migration, though effective for some groups, cause such cultural trauma (i.e., fear that overrides the calming impact of "being home" physically, emotionally, and spiritually). So, I would say that copying strategies that are sustainable, minimize cultural assault and other consequences migration-related trauma would be good coping strateges for informing resiliency of people. 

Has the custom board game been tested on a number of children (say 20), of this child's age, to determine if the problem might be with the materials, rather than the child?  Are your administrations over several days, or is the game to be played several times at one sitting?  Depending on the stimulation of the materials and the child's age, waning interest and feeling the situational demand to continue with the game without motivation/interest could cause this kind of frustration.  If you believe there to be no problem with the materials being appropriately stimulating, then helping the child to tolerate the frustration (having to do something s/he doesn't want to do), using repeated exposure and activity rewards, for ex., might be the intervention to consider.

Hi Lea,

I was struggling with similar (translating) issues in my research, and I found that the best way is to contact the author of the questionnaires and ask them if they know of any translations of it (in French). The authors are usually very informative and helpful with these matters. Good luck with your surveys :)

Kind Regards,

Plamena

Presentors at the Istanbul Process United Nations 16/18 in Qatar discussed various models for community reintegration being practiced in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and Argentina.  These are real-world examples of what is being done on the ground.  Descriptions can be found on pps 30-33 at this link:  https://www.academia.edu/7563863/Opening_Remarks_for_Session_on_Making_Common_Ground_p._29_

Thank you Beatrice.

Hello,

It would depend how you are operationalise stress. Would you be looking to measure stressors in the workplace or perceived stress? If you are looking to measure stressors you could use the HSE Stress Management tool which is free and psycho-metrically valid (http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/downloads.htm), which you could use along side the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). There are also some Psychological Well-Being scales that you could use instead of the anxiety and depression or along with, such as the WHO Well-Being scale (http://www.psykiatri-regionh.dk/who5/menu/) and other job specific well-being scales (http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~pspector/scales/jawspage.html). All these scales have previously been used and their are a number of validation studies providing support for their use. If you'd like any more information I'd be happy to help.

The Short-Form- 36 Health Survey (SF-36) has been widely used as measure of QoL, especially HRQoL or well-being.

Optimism has been defined as a dispositional trait, and an explanitory style. Seligman mentions it is a trait that may have some biological (genetic) origins, but definitely is developed via environmental factors. He also often refers to it as an explanatory style. I personally like to look at it as an explanatory style, the way one interprets life experiences. It is a trait that can be developed to some extent, but people seem to tend to be born "optimists" or "pessimists". There are behaviors that are typical of the optimistic person, such as having and displaying a sense of gratitude.

The parenting stress index (Richard R. Abidin et al) looks me good. On the other hand, The Coping Inventory for Stressfull Situations CISS (Norman S. Endler & James D.A. Parker) could be helpful for your aims.

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Merissa , you might consider adding "future oriented thinking", as this general area would cover both optimism and hope.

I've been enjoying your questions and everyone's answers thanks.

All the best

Sue

In my view, self-esteem can be a useful resource for successful coping; formation of high self-esteem could be well supported by positive emotions whereas coping can takes place also in absence of such emotions.

Just this morning I was discussing with a nephrologist colleague of mine whether resilience is a trait or a state. My answer is that it is a little of both. I operate out of a social learning perspective, and look at resilience as a coping resource consisting of both a set of beliefs and behavioral tendencies. According to social learning theory, our beliefs and behavioral characteristics are shaped by our experiences. As we gain more experience, who we are and what we do are changeable. At the same time, the older we get, the more difficult it is to change, but impactful experiences can, indeed, make us more (or less) resilient.