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Differences between genders in coping: different strategies or different stressors?
2012
These study analysed gender specificity in coping behaviours by taking into account the types of problem faced by Spanish adolescents attending school. It was focused on the ten problems most frequently reported by participants (828 adolescents, 355 boys, and 473 girls; M age = 14.07, SD = 1.34), which were classified using a multi-axial classification system. Coping was examined as a two separate measures of approach and avoidance coping, and as a combined measure indicating the predominant use of coping, and total coping effort. A MANCOVA and subsequent univariate tests were conducted to analyse the specificity of coping according to problem and gender, controlled by age. The results showed that the percentage of types of problems reported by adolescents differed according to gender. The influence of gender on coping was scarcely relevant when the type of problem was controlled for. There were no gender differences when the predominant type of coping was considered, but when a total coping effort measure was analysed girls showed more coping efforts than boys to face interpersonal relationship problems and personal illness.
Difference of Coping Strategies Between Early Adolescent Males and Females
Psikoislamedia : Jurnal Psikologi, 2017
Background: A number of studies argued that women and men have differences in both quantity and quality of psychosocial health problems, and women are more prone to depression (Compas, Orosan, & Grant, 1993). This latter may be explained by the gender differences of the ways of coping (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991).Objective: To determine the differences of coping strategies between early adolescents male and female. Methods: Independent Sample T-Test was operated to examine the difference of coping strategies between early adolescents male and female. Instrument: Coping strategies were assessed using the newly developed Self-Report Coping Scale (SRCS, Causey & Dubow, 1992). Results: Results indicated a non-significant trend in approach coping strategy for early adolescent females (M = 48.20, SD = 6.48) over early adolescent males (M = 45.00, SD = 8.78), t(79) =-1.88, p = .06. On the other hand, there was a significant effect for gender in avoidance coping strategy, t(79) =-2.40, p = .02, with early adolescent females receiving a higher score than early adolescent males. Conclusion: The findings supported the previous evidence that the coping strategy between early adolescents male and female was differ.
Background:Stress has a strong impact on the psychological and physiological health of an individual and recent times have witnessed an increase in research on stress and coping. Coping is an important mechanism in the overall well-being and a maladaptive coping strategy can be a predictor of anxiety, depression and stress among young adults. Adaptive coping strategies can lead to favorable consequences and adaptation whereas maladaptive coping strategies especially smoking, alcohol and drug use may have severe consequences in terms of health, career and overall well-being.Furthermore, studies report differences in the coping strategies used by men and women to cope with stress. In the present study, we aim to study such differences among adolescents and young adults and whether gender differences exist. Materials and Methods: The total sample consisted of 100 subjects equally divided into adolescent and young adult subjects and two levels of gender (males and females). We used a 2x2 Factorial designwhere two levels of group (adolescents and young adults) were matched with two levels of sex (male and female) to yield four conditions. The subjects were selected using stratified random sampling technique from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Coping Strategies Scale by A.K. Srivastava was used to assess the coping strategies of the subjects. The data was analysed using standard statistical packages. Results: Findings of the study suggest that adolescents and Young adults differed significantly in their coping strategies. The study also observed gender differences in coping strategies. Conclusion: The results support the hypothesis that adolescents and young adults differed significantly in the choice of coping strategies and gender played a significant role in the choice of coping strategies used at the time of crisis.
Gender Differences in Adolescent's Health: the Effect of Coping Mechanism
Introduction: Previous studies have suggested that male and female experience different types and severities of physical and psychological health symptoms. This study examined whether in the case of adolescents gender differences in physical and psychological health symptoms could actually be the result of differences in coping mechanism. Various factors have an influence on which coping strategies are mobilized under specific circumstances like age and gender. The present paper focuses on the interrelationships between the ways of coping and some health-related variables in adolescence. Objectives: (i) To find out gender differences affecting physical and psychological health symptoms. (ii)To find out gender differences affecting coping styles.(iii) To ascertain the relationship between coping styles and both physical and psychological health symptoms, in both male and female adolescents. Methods: The participants of the present study comprised of 100 adolescents male 50 and female 50 and they were from senior secondary schools and graduate schools recruited from Aligarh. They are adolescents and their age ranged from 13 to 18 years. Measures: Brief Cope Scale was developed by (Carver. 1997). The Brief Cope is a Likert type questionnaire that contains 14 strategies although the Brief COPE contains 28 items. WHO-QOL Scale: World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment, the WHOQOL-100 is a cross-culturally valid assessment of well-being. Assessment is operationalized through 100 items representing 25 facets organized in six domains. Result and Conclusion The results of this study suggest that doctors, school counselors and family therapists may want to take gender differences in coping styles into account when seeing adolescent patients for physical or psychological health symptoms, and find ways to help the adolescents cope more effectively with their stressors.
Coping Strategies: Gender Differences and Development throughout Life Span
The Spanish journal of psychology, 2012
Development during life-span implies to cope with stressful events, and this coping may be done with several strategies. It could be useful to know if these coping strategies differ as a consequence of personal characteristics. This work uses the Coping with Stress Questionnaire with this aim using a sample of 400 participants. Specifically, the effects of gender and age group (young people, middle age and elderly), as well as its interaction on coping strategies is studied. With regard to age, on one hand, it is hypothesised a decrement in the use of coping strategies centred in problem solving and social support seeking as age increases. On the other hand, the use of emotional coping is hypothesised to increase with age. With respect to gender, it is hypothesised a larger use of emotional coping and social support seeking within women, and a larger use of problem solving within men. A MANOVA found significant effects for the two main effects (gender and age) as well as several interactions. Separate ANOVAs allowed us to test for potential differences in each of the coping strategies measured in the CAE. These results partially supported the hypotheses. Results are discussed in relation to scientific literature on coping, age and gender.
Acta médica portuguesa
Coping is a psychological process that prompts the individual to adapt to stressful situations. The Adolescent Coping Scale is a widely used research and clinical tool. This study aimed to develop a Portuguese version of the Adolescent Coping Scale and to analyze the strategies and coping styles of young people in our sample. An anonymous questionnaire comprising the Adolescent Coping Scale was submitted and replied by 1 713 students (56% female, from 12 to 20 years, average age 16) The validity study of the scale included: principal component and reliability analysis; confirmatory analysis using structural equation modelling Subsequently, a gender comparison of both the strategies and the coping styles was conducted through independent samples t tests. The final structure of the Adolescent Coping Scale adaptation retained 70 items assessing 16 coping strategies grouped into three major styles. The scales showed good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha values between 0.63. and 0.86...
11.Adolescents Coping Understanding the Role of Gender and Academic Competence
An attempt was made to examine the effect of gender and academic competence on coping processes of adolescents. The study adopted a 2 (academically competent adolescents versus academically lesscompetent adolescents) × 2 (boys versus girls) factorial design. In the present study, two hundred forty adolescents (120 academically competent adolescents securing 80% or more marks and 120 academically less-competent adolescents securing 50% or less mark) are randomly sampled from different urban colleges of Odisha. All the subjects were first year graduate students. The participants of all the four groups were compared with respect to their coping processes. The result indicated that academically competent adolescents adopted more problem-focused coping strategies and academically less-competent adolescents adopted more emotion-focused coping strategies. Again, boys used more problem-focused while girls used more emotion-focused coping strategies.
Gender-Related Differences in Self-Reported Coping Mechanisms. A Study on Romanian Population
2015
The Romanian version of the COPE Questionnaire (the version with 60 items and 15 coping strategies) elaborated by Carver, Scheier, Weintraub (1989), was culturally adapted on a convenience sample of 1009 adults by Craşovan and Sava (2013) from general population (non-clinical sample). This study aims to identify gender differences in the usage of coping mechanisms, using a heterogeneous (N = 770) sample composed of different age groups with different social and educational backgrounds. The results show that a number of four coping mechanisms out of the 15 operationalized by COPE are more specific to women, respectively mental disengagement, focus on and venting of emotions, religious coping and use of emotional social support, while only one coping mechanism was identified as more specific to men, namely substance use.
GENDER-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN SELF-REPORTED COPING A STUDY ON ROMANIAN POPULATION
The Romanian version of the COPE Questionnaire (the version with 60 items and 15 coping strategies) elaborated by , was culturally adapted on a convenience sample of 1009 adults by Craşovan and Sava (2013) from general population (non-clinical sample). This study aims to identify gender differences in the usage of coping mechanisms, using a heterogeneous (N = 770) sample composed of different age groups with different social and educational backgrounds. The results show that a number of four coping mechanisms out of the 15 operationalized by COPE are more specific to women, respectively mental disengagement, focus on and venting of emotions, religious coping and use of emotional social support, while only one coping mechanism was identified as more specific to men, namely substance use.