Objective: In obese children, there is a greater likelihood that they will become obese adults, and they will have negative physical and psychological outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of parental nutritional style in the relationship between parental coping styles and childhood obesity. Materials and Methods: The present study was descriptive and correlationa...

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE COPING INVENTORY FOR STRESSFULSITUATIONS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURYby HILLARY A. GREENEMay 2013Advisor: Dr. Lisa J. RapportMajor: Psychology (Clinical)Degree: Master of ScienceAlthough research suggests that coping style affects recovery from traumatic brain injury(TBI), research on assessment of coping style aft...

Ecological studies on feral populations of mice, fish and birds elucidate the functional significance of phenotypes that differ individually in their behavioral and neuroendocrine response to environmental challenge. Within a species, the capacity to cope with environmental challenges largely determines individual survival in the natural habitat. Recent studies indicate that individual variatio...

Predicting the individual vulnerability to immune mediated disease is one of the main challenges of modern biomedical research. However, the question of individual behavioral and physiological characteristics that might predict this vulnerability has been subject of research and debate for a long time. This paper will argue that animal models aimed at individual vulnerability should consider th...

  Purpose: To compare early maladaptive schemas and coping styles in drug dependent and non-dependent prisoners of Zahedan city.   Materials and Methods: This was an ex post facto study. The population of the study consisted of all men prisoners of Zahedan prison in 2013. The participants were 240 prisoners among which 120 prisoners were selected by convenience sampling method and the rest by s...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the presented study was to determine the relations of styles and strategies of coping with stress and demographic variables with the intensity of PTSD symptoms in persons diagnosed with cancer. The study tried to determine which style of coping with stress is the best predictor of posttraumatic symptoms in the group. METHODS This study was conducted on the group of 150 p...

OBJECTIVE To understand the general self-efficacy of primary and secondary school counseling staff in Foshan City. METHODS Using multi-stage random sampling method to choose 108 counseling staff from primary and secondary school in Foshan City. Taking a self-made questionnaire, General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) for investigation. RESULTS The...