This study sought to establish the psychometric properties of a Coping Strategies Inventory Short Form (CSISF) by examining coping skills in the Jackson Heart Study cohort. We used exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson's correlation, and Cronbach Alpha to examine reliability and validity in the CSI-SF that solicited responses from 5302 African American men and women between the ...

Patients with special needs often present a challenge for the dental care team. The exacting and surgical nature of dental procedures requires significant patient cooperation to ensure the safe delivery of care. Some individuals who have special care needs have difficulty cooperating during treatment, thus creating a potentially harmful situation. Modern dentistry, particularly pediatric dentis...

BACKGROUND Social support can be a critical component of how a woman adjusts to infertility, yet few studies have investigated its impact on infertility-related coping and stress. We examined relationships between social support contexts and infertility stress domains, and tested if they were mediated by infertility-related coping strategies in a sample of infertile women. METHODS The Multidi...

investigating the relationship between coping skills and career exhaustion with psychological health of urmia doctors     soleimannejad a [1] , hamdami p [2] , soudi h [3]     received: 30 aug, 2011 accepted: 23 oct, 2011     abstract   background & aims : this research was conducted to study the relationship between the coping skills and career exhaustion with psychological health of urmia doc...

one of the most important factors affecting relapse of addiction is craving beliefs of substance use. the goal of the present study was assessment of the effectiveness of coping skills education program to reduce craving beliefs among opium addicts.in a randomized controlled trial, during september 2011 to august 2012, 70 opium addicted men referred to the behavioral disorders and substance abu...

BACKGROUND Stressful life events are common among youth students and may induce psychological problems and even suicidal behaviors in those with poor coping skills. This study aims to assess the influence of stressful life events and coping skills on risk for suicidal behavior and to elucidate the underlying mechanism using a large sample of university students in China. METHODS 5972 students...

The present study compared the relative efficacy of comprehensive group coping skills training and supportive group therapy for enhancing cancer patients' adjustment to their disease. Forty-one cancer patients exhibiting a marked degree of psychosocial distress were randomized to one of three conditions: (a) group coping skills instruction, (b) support group therapy, and (c) no-treatment contro...

BACKGROUND Having a set of effective coping skills can prevent suicidal behavior by increasing self-control and self-direction. This study examines coping styles used by suicidal patients. OBJECTIVES The researchers in this study try to identify coping strategies used by suicide attempters admitted to Shiraz Shahid Faghihi Hospital emergency room. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a analytical ...

BACKGROUND Personal social network and coping skills have important influences on suicidality of young people and such influences must be understood in the context of other factors. This study aims to assess the influences of social contacts and coping skills on risk for suicidal ideation and to disentangle their possible pathways using a large sample of university students from China. METHOD...