ORIGINAL PAPER Sense of Coherence and Coping with Stress Among Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism Ewa Pisula • Zuzanna Kossakowska Published online: 2 April 2010 Ó Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2010 Abstract The purpose of the study was to compare the level of sense of coherence (SOC) in parents of children with autism and in parents of typically developing children‚ and to examine the association between SOC level and coping strategies. Two questionnaires were used: Sense
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Understanding change in the work place Introduction I work in a residential care home there are 26 bedrooms but 28 beds as two of the rooms are double rooms most of them have en-suite. The home provides care for the elderly of different needs and different levels of care. All members of staff are trained to the highest standards with on-going training throughout the year both in house and from funded outside agencies (i.e. distance learning programmes). This means that each resident gets the
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one that can be frightening and unsettling. Loss can be categorized as subjective or objective material or psychological‚ expected or unexpected‚ actual or perceive. In this study the loss and life changing experience by Mrs Mendis and possible coping strategies will be highlighted. Mrs Mendis a 79 year old client experienced material and objective loss when she was no longer able to mobility‚ and dependent entirely on a wheel chair to move around. In addition‚ material loss was also
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Coping with everyday stress can sometimes be a problem for most people including myself. Maintaining a home‚ doing school work‚ and paying bills are three of the main stressors in my life. I have come up with different coping methods that help me day to day. Developing a routine‚ utilizing school facilities‚ and establishing a budget help me to cope with everyday stressors. Developing a routine within the home is essential to a less stressful life. I have set aside time from each day of the week
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1. Do you think mimicking a genuine smile can help to reduce levels of stress? Why or why not? Stress is a negative feeling induced by a wide range of stressors which brings forth changes to our body physically and mentally. Intense and prolonged pressure would make us stressful and lead to the warning signal of our body showing that we are more vulnerable to stress-related disorders such as heart disease and depression (Kemeny‚ 2003). Therefore‚ when human beings encounter stress‚ they would
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DIFFERENCES IN COPING 174569 Abstract The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between personality and coping style. The study selected four predetermined groups of personality comprising of‚ high neuroticism group‚ low neuroticism group‚ high extraversion group‚ and low extraversion group from 386 undergraduate psychology students. Personality was assessed using the International Personality Item Pool (Goldberg‚ 1999). The study then measured which of two coping styles each personality
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Running Head: STRESS COPING STRATEGIES IN YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN Stress coping strategies in young men and women Manahil Nauman Szabist University Abstract This study uses a qualitative method of design. It aims to find out the different coping strategies in men and women of ages 18-25. Brief Cope Self-Reporting Questionnaires were used and there was a total pf 166 participants (83 males and 83 females). The investigator collected the data in an excel sheet where the means for the 14 subscales
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Stress and Coping Stress is the combination of physiological‚ psychological and behavioural effects when people are responding to any challenges or threatening situations. Long term stress reduced the capacity of our body to adapt. Stress influence conception‚ development and result of an illness. The source of stress has to change or adapt to balance our body system (Potter & Perry‚ 1997). Overton (2005) illustrates a good example that when our body is stressed due to the exposure
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Coping with Methuselah Lu’Ciana S. Knight Eng./215 Date February 26‚ 2013 Tracy A. Boothe Coping with Methuselah Methuselah was a patriarch of the Bible who was said to have lived for 969 years. In the essay “Coping with Methuselah” they discuss the possibility of manipulating the genetics that shape living beings. Also‚ with the declining rate of human mortality year after year we will soon see humans living well in to a century or more. With this rise in life span also comes a rise in
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Tami Jakel PY529 02-07-05 Coping with Death People cope with the loss of a loved one in many ways. For some‚ the experience may lead to personal growth‚ even though it is a difficult and trying time. There is no right way of coping with death. The way a person grieves depends on the personality of that person and the relationship with the person who has died. How a person copes with grief is affected by the person’s cultural and religious background‚ coping skills‚ mental history‚ support systems
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