We examined the association between marital conflict and child abuse potential in N = 86 Dutch families from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The percentage of parents who exceeded the upper 5 percent cut-off score on Milner’s Child Abuse Potential Inventory was 17%. It was found that lower socioeconomic status, relatively inadequate marital conflict strategies, and fewer marital conflicts predic...

we aimed to investigate the efficacy of coping cat protocol on coping strategies of girls and boys with internalized disorders. a true experimental method in the form of pre-test and post-test. the study population consisted of all children with internalized disorders in tehran. the sample consisted of 80 children aged 9 to 11 years (40 boys and 40girls) with internalized disorders were based o...

Over the past 30 years, the lion’s share of research on stress and coping has focused almost exclusively on the coping efforts used by individuals, describing types or modes of coping strategies and their effects on physical and mental health outcomes. Major life stressors do not limit their influence to individuals but instead spread out like crabgrass to affect the lives of others in the indi...

In this study, we examined associations among romantic attachment anxiety and avoidance, positive and negative religious coping, and marital adjustment in a community sample of 81 heterosexual couples. Multilevel modeling (MLM) for the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM; Cook & Kenny, 2005) was used to analyze data from both spouses. Romantic attachment avoidance was associated with less...

The Couples Coping Enhancement Training (CCET) (Bodenmann, 1997a; 2000b) is based both upon stress and coping theory and research on couples. In addition to traditional elements of couples programs (e.g., communication and problem solving skills), CCET also addresses individual and dyadic coping in promoting marital satisfaction and reducing marital distress. CCET enjoys good consumer acceptanc...

Objectives Nursing profession is a stressful job. Nurses need to use appropriate coping strategies maintain their focus on patient care and having marital adjustment solving personal problems. The relationship between nurses’ identity styles with used not clear yet. Therefore, this study aims determine the of in nurses. Methods This descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was conducted...

AIM We wanted to understand coping strategies specific to different phases up to two years after radiotherapy, to identify patients who are at higher risk of mood disturbances and to characterise the association between coping strategies and psychosocial adaptation. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 1997 to 2001, 2,169 patients with different diagnoses were screened (27.8% refused to participate). Da...

OBJECTIVE To study pain coping strategies in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), and to assess the psychometric qualities of the French version of the Pain Coping Inventory (PCI). METHODS We conducted a national, cross-sectional survey in a primary care setting in France. A total of 1,811 general practitioners included 5,324 patients with hip and knee OA who completed several ques...