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Talbot, Laura A. (Laura Ann). "The Association between Sense of Humor, Coping Ability and Burnout among Nursing Education Faculty." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278798/.
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A nonexperimental descriptive study was conducted to determine the interrelatedness among coping strategies, humor and burnout among nursing education faculty. The conceptual framework of this study was based on the constructs of coping strategies and humor which were conceptualized as having a direct relationship to burnout. Areview of the literature concerning coping, humor and burnout supported this proposition and emphasized the need for empirical testing. Coping Humor Scale. Wavs of Coping Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory were the instruments used to measure the constructs. Academic history and demographic data sheets were also used. Hie instruments were mailed to 285 nursing faculty teaching in programs of nursing in the Dallas /Fort Worth, Texas area. The return rate for the mailing was 70.07%. Burnout among nursing education faculty showed a low degree of emotional exhaustion (54.8%), a low degree of depersonalization (84.7% and a low degree of personal accomplishment (60.7%). The findings did not reveal a high or low degree of burnout but rather a pattern of burnout suggestive of a different stage. Humor as a coping mechanism during stressful events was not frequently used. The highest proportion of nursing education faculty used distancing (46.53%) as a coping strategy. The second strategy used was planful problem solving (11.3%) with escape-avoidance used the least (3.34%). Multiple regression was used to test the research questions related to the predictor variables of coping, academic history and demographic data as they relate to each criterion variable of burnout. The use coping strategies (including humor) to predict various stages of burnout revealed only weak variable predictors. Academic history and demographic were also weak predictors for burnout.
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Tessler, Emma-Rose. "Relationship between symptoms of mild head injury, psychosocial ability, psychological morbidity and coping style." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2694.
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The mild head inured population accounts for 80 per cent of all head injuries and whilst research has identified no neurological abnormalities, this population still report to experience functional impairment. The current study set out to explore the biopsychosocial factors that could exacerbate the symptoms of mild head injury. In this respect, the study looks at the relationship between post concussion symptoms, social ability, psychological morbidity and coping style using the Rivermead Post-concussion symptoms Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the COPE questionnaire. Questionnaires were sent out to 138 individuals at 6 months post injury to identify relationships between coping style, post concussion symptoms, social support and psychological morbidity. 32 respondents completed and returned the questionnaires. Post concussion symptoms were positively related to social support, depression and anxiety. Active coping was found to be negatively related to post concussion symptoms whereas emotion focused and avoidant coping were positively associated with post concussion symptoms. The results of the study suggest that in order to improve symptoms of mild head injury practitioners must address symptoms of depression and anxiety, in addition to promoting a more productive coping style.
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Christian, Kelly M. "The Construct of Playfulness: Relationships with Adaptive Behaviors, Humor, and Early Play Ability." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1310254723.
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Permuth-Levine, Rachel. "Differences in perceived stress, affect, anxiety, and coping ability among college students in physical education courses." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/6811.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.Thesis research directed by: Public and Community Health. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Kellner, Frank Wade. "Examination of How Nursing Students' Coping Methods for Stress are Related to Ability and Personality as Indicated by Emotional Intelligence [Ability] and Locus of Control [Personality]." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505237/.
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Undergraduate nursing students face tremendous stress in regards to academic and clinical demands while emotional intelligence (EI) is a topic of interest in the nursing field. This study examined whether problem-focused coping methods for stress are related to ability and personality. In this study, EI represented ability and locus of control (LOC) represented personality. Confrontive coping, seeking social support, and planful problem-solving represented the problem-focused coping variables. A survey instrument which represented a combination of the Assessing Emotions Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Ways of Coping Scale (Revised), and the Rotter Locus of Control Scale was administered to 11 undergraduate nursing schools during the spring semester of 2019. The results indicated that EI had strong and statistically significant correlations with each of the other variables in the study which were LOC, stress, confrontive coping, seeking social support, and planful problem-solving. The results further supported that EI was a statistically significant predictor for each of the three problem-focused coping variables. It was concluded that level of stress did not mediate the relationship between EI and any of the three problem-focused coping methods. In addition, LOC moderated the relationship between EI and stress. The limitations and possibilities for future research are addressed in this study. Specifically, future research should examine specific stressful encounters in addition to the participants' perception on if the stressful encounter was impactful and if the participant had the resources to cope with the stressful encounter. This information would provide insight into each participant's primary and secondary appraisals.
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Kellner, Frank Wade. "Examination of How Nursing Students' Coping Methods for Stress are Related to Ability and Personality as Indicated by Emotional Intelligence (Ability) and Locus of Control (Personality)." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505237/.
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Undergraduate nursing students face tremendous stress in regards to academic and clinical demands while emotional intelligence (EI) is a topic of interest in the nursing field. This study examined whether problem-focused coping methods for stress are related to ability and personality. In this study, EI represented ability and locus of control (LOC) represented personality. Confrontive coping, seeking social support, and planful problem-solving represented the problem-focused coping variables. A survey instrument which represented a combination of the Assessing Emotions Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Ways of Coping Scale (Revised), and the Rotter Locus of Control Scale was administered to 11 undergraduate nursing schools during the spring semester of 2019. The results indicated that EI had strong and statistically significant correlations with each of the other variables in the study which were LOC, stress, confrontive coping, seeking social support, and planful problem-solving. The results further supported that EI was a statistically significant predictor for each of the three problem-focused coping variables. It was concluded that level of stress did not mediate the relationship between EI and any of the three problem-focused coping methods. In addition, LOC moderated the relationship between EI and stress. The limitations and possibilities for future research are addressed in this study. Specifically, future research should examine specific stressful encounters in addition to the participants' perception on if the stressful encounter was impactful and if the participant had the resources to cope with the stressful encounter. This information would provide insight into each participant's primary and secondary appraisals.
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Ollis, Cindy L. "The Ability of the Coping Competence Questionnaire to Predict Resilience Against Learned Helplessness Among Undergraduate College Students: An Experimental Study." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/626.
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The Coping Competence Questionnaire (CCQ), based on the reformulated learned helplessness theory, was designed to assess a general stress resistance versus a propensity towards learned helplessness with a brief, 12-item self-report questionnaire. In this study the CCQ was administered to 247 undergraduate students, who were then paired, in groups of around 24 at a time, and then randomly assigned to either success or failure conditions on the computer game TetraVex. Mood was pretested using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) depression subscale; the experimental condition, success or failure at TetraVex was conducted; then outcome measures including 20 five letter anagrams to test performance and a posttest of the POMS depression subscale testing mood were administered. The first n = 80 participants were administered the anagrams then POMS; then the next n = 167 participants completed the POMS then anagrams. Findings indicate helplessness was induced. A statistically significant main effect of group was found for both performance and mood measures, suggesting those who were exposed to success on the TetraVex puzzles performed better on the anagrams and had lower levels of depressed mood than those who were exposed to failure. A statistically significant main effect of CCQ on mood, indicating high CCQ scores were correlated with better mood, was also found. Three way interactions of CCQ, group, and the order in which the outcome measures were administered suggested that when performance was measured first, the CCQ moderated the relationship between performance outcomes and group in the predicted direction, but when mood was measured first no interaction between performance and group resulted. Additionally, when mood was measured first, the mood effects were greater; however, coping competence, as measured by the CCQ, was inadequate to immediately overcome the frustration induced in the treatment group by TetraVex failure.
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Harbridge, Jenny. "Adjustment to amputation : identifying the contribution of family environment, coping style, functional ability and satisfaction with life variables to adjustment following unilateral below-knee amputation in adults." Thesis, Open University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286952.
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Cline, Kimberly L. "Identifying protective and risk factors in mothers of developmentally disabled children an assessment of their coping ability and strategies /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.088-0139.
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Priester, Michael J. "The relationship of problem solving skill, self-appraised problem solving ability and coping style to adjustment : a longitudinal analysis /." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-162901/.
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Dumaine, Marian Lee. "An evaluation of coping ability as a guide to the treatment of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia and substance abuse." FIU Digital Commons, 1997. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3099.
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This dissertation introduced substance abuse to the Dynamic Vulnerability Formulation (DVF) and the social competence model to determine if the relationship between schizophrenic symptomatology and coping ability in the DVF applied also to the dually diagnosed schizophrenic or if these variables needed to be modified. It compared the coping abilities of dually and singly diagnosed clients in day treatment and identified, examined, and assessed the relative influence of relevant mediating variables on two dimensions of coping ability of the dually diagnosed: coping skills and coping effort. These variables were: presence of negative and nonnegative symptoms, duration of mental Illness, type of substance used, and age of first substance use.
A priori effect sizes based on previous empirical research were used to interpret the results related to the comparison of demographic, socioeconomic, and treatment characteristics between the singly and dually diagnosed study samples. The data suggested that the singly diagnosed group had higher coping skills than the dually diagnosed group, particularly in the areas of housing stability, work affect, and total social adjustment. The dually diagnosed group had lower scores on one aspect of coping effort — agency or self-efficacy. The data supported the presence of an inverse relationship between symptom severity and coping skills, particularly for the dually diagnosed group. The data did not support the presence of an inverse relationship between symptom severity and coping effort, but did suggest a positive relationship between symptom severity and one measure of coping effort, agency, for the dually diagnosed group. Regression equations using each summary measure of coping skill — social adjustment and role functioning — yielded statistically significant F-ratios. Thirty-six percent of the variance in social adjustment and thirty-one percent of the variance in role functioning were explained by the relative influence of the relevant variables. Both negative and non-negative symptoms were the only significant predictors of social adjustment. The non-negative symptoms variable was the sole significant predictor of role functioning. The results of this study provided partial support for the use of the Dynamic Vulnerability Formulation (DVF) with the dually diagnosed.
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Scott, Josephine. "The roles of learning ability and stress reactivity in coping behaviour change : a CBT-based brief stress-management intervention." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2012. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/339976/.
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CBT is well established as an effective treatment for a range of mental health problems and its use as a treatment for stress-related problems in occupational settings is also well evidenced; however, not every recipient of CBT necessarily shows improvement. Despite decades of research into the comparative effectiveness of psychological therapies like CBT, little is known still regarding how and why such therapies work. Mechanisms of change research in the field of therapeutic effectiveness has thus far focussed on therapy-specific variables or common factors such as therapist variables or the therapeutic alliance. Little attention has been paid to the role of individual client characteristics in processes of therapeutic change, and less still on psychobiological variables such as stress reactivity. High levels of stress reactivity have been found to constitute a risk factor for psychopathology, and further to impact upon cognitive processes of learning. The literature review herein explores this gap in knowledge and the research study that follows investigated the relationship of stress reactivity and learning ability to coping behaviour change. This was explored with a longitudinal control group design involving application of a brief CBT based stress management intervention to a university student population. Results found no positive intervention effect on coping behaviour change and no relationships with the variables of learning ability and stress reactivity; however, a negative relationship between these two variables was reported. Results and limitations of the study, along with implications for clinical practice are discussed.
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Ottosson, Johan. "The importance of nature in coping : creating increased understanding of the importance of pure experiences of nature to human health /." Alnarp : Dept. of Work Science, Business Economics and Environmental Psychology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/2007115.pdf.
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Fouganthine, Anna. "Dyslexi genom livet : Ett utvecklingsperspektiv på läs- och skrivsvårigheter." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Specialpedagogiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-78874.
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The thesis reports a follow-up study from eight years of age to adulthood for a group of students with dyslexic problems compared to a matched group of students without such problems. The empirical basis of the thesis is provided by the research project, Reading Development in Kronoberg, which has been supplemented by data from adulthood in the form of questionnaires, test results and interviews. The thesis comprises three studies. In Study I, the aim is to examine how reading and writing disabilities emerge during the first school years. The Simple View of Reading, was used to classify the poor readers into various subgroups. In Study II, the reading development of students with reading disability was examined at group and individual levels. The theme of Study III is a comparison of the living conditions of adults in a group of dyslexics compared to a group without difficulties, and to investigate how the participants in the study have tackled their problems. The results reveal a development pattern among dyslexic students, with early phonological problems persisting into adulthood in spite of substantial special education measures, in school Baseline performance at eight years of age is by far the best predictor of adult skills. No clearly discernible subgroups were found among the dyslexic students. The result profiles indicate a great variation among the participants, both regarding function and degree of impairment. Nevertheless, a number of students in the dyslexic groups have achieved surprisingly good word decoding abilities. In addition to the degree of impairment, factors such as reading development, the teaching of reading demands for reading and writing in adult life, and individual coping ability affect the outcome of the perceived difficulties. It is of the utmost importance that special needs education in the future be guided by a thorough assessment and follow-up program where manifest reading and writing skills as well as underlying cognitive functions are profiled. Moreover, intervention should follow evidence-based methods in order to prevent educational failure and social maladjustment among pupils. The thesis demonstrates that reading and writing disabilities have major consequences for educational achievement and working life outcomes, in addition to many other aspects of adult livelihood.
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Alinmis, Raziye Kivilcim. "The Explanatory Relationship Among Self - Esteem, Problem Solving, Ways Of Coping, Social Support And Suicidal Ideation Of Patients With Schizophrenia." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613957/index.pdf.
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This study aimed to explore the relationship among self-esteem, problem solving ability, ways of coping, social support and suicidal ideation of patients with schizophrenia and the differences between these variables according to the
existence of suicide attempt of the patients with schizophrenia. In order to analyse the relationship and find out the differences among patients who did and did not attempt suicide, Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale, Problem Solving Inventory, Turkish Ways of Coping Inventory, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Suicidal Ideation Scale were conducted to 90 patients with schizophrenia. The results of the study indicated that there was not a significant main effect for suicide attempt on self-esteem, problem solving,problem focused coping, emotion focused coping, indirect coping, social support and suicidal ideation of patients with schizophrenia. The only variable that significantly predict suicidal ideation found to be self-esteem. The results of the study evaluated and implications of the study were discussed. Finally, limitations of the study and recommendations for future research were explained.
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Li, Fuli. "A stress and coping perspective on creativity : a reward for creativity policy as a stressor in organizations = Cong ya li he ying dui de jiao du li jie chuang xin : zu zhi chuang xin jiang li zheng ce zuo wei yi zhong ya li yuan / Li Fuli." access full-text access abstract and table of contents, 2009. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/thesis.pl?phd-mgt-b30082468f.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2009."Submitted to Department of Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-173)
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Stanford, Jacqueline, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Prevention of body concerns and risk behaviours in adolescent boys." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2003. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050815.093958.
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Overall, this thesis was designed to explore the nature of adolescent boys' body image, the effects of body image on body change strategies and psychological adjustment, and the factors that influence body image. The first study examined body image in 362 adolescent boys. Body image was considered in terms of attitudes to different body parts and attributes, including, lower, middle and upper body, as well as weight, shape and muscles. The relationships between Body Mass Index (BMI), body image, sociocultural messages, psychological adjustment and body change strategies, including strategies to decrease weight and increase muscles using food and exercise, drive for thinness, bulimic attitudes and behaviour, excessive exercise, food supplements to lose weight, increase muscles and steroids, were also investigated. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine the role of body image, sociocultural messages and psychological adjustment to predict satisfaction with different body attributes and body change strategies. The findings from study one led to the development of a program aimed at preventing the development of unhealthy attitudes and behaviours among adolescent boys. Study two involved the implementation and evaluation of this prevention program. One hundred and twenty one boys participated in the program. The program was based on social-cognitive theory, and included a focus on accepting differences and the development of self-esteem. The boys who participated in the program indicated some change in existing attitudes and showed less development of risk behaviours relative to the control group. The implications of the findings from this thesis in relation to future research, as well as the prevention of adolescent boys' body image problems are discussed.
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Kirsch, Heitor Marcos. "Vulnerabilidade e resiliência social da agricultura familiar do Alto Guaporé (MT) em contexto de mudanças ambientais contemporâneas." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/132985.
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O presente trabalho de tese tem como objetivo identificar e compreender os principais fatores que estão subjacentes à formação das situações de vulnerabilidade e de resiliência social entre os agricultores familiares que residem na região do Alto Guaporé, no estado de Mato Grosso, diante das mudanças ambientais contemporâneas. Dentro do quadro teórico aqui desenvolvido, as reações ou os ajustamentos a esses processos, mobilizados e traduzidos pela noção de capacidade adaptativa ou de enfrentamento não são condicionadas a previsões ou respostas comportamentais futuras, mas determinadas pela capacidade que indivíduos ou grupos possuem em mobilizar ou transformar os mecanismos necessários que lhes permite contornar e/ou superar as barreiras que os expõem à uma situação de risco. Isso implica em reconhecer que as iniciativas que buscam garantir a subsistência familiar são o resultado objetivo da ação vinculada à experiência cotidiana na interação que ocorre entre os sistemas natural e social e pressupõe a existência de processos de aprendizagem individual e/ou coletiva. Com isso, a partir da identificação das principais estratégias de subsistência mobilizadas pelos agricultores familiares dessa região, foi possível apontar os principais fatores sociais e/ou naturais que constrangem ou mesmo facilitam a produção de respostas às mudanças ambientais contemporâneas. Como consequência, permitiu que se determinasse quais são os aspectos que caracterizam a vulnerabilidades e como se melhora tanto a capacidade de enfrentamento, quanto a adaptabilidade dos agricultores familiares no Alto Guaporé, num cenário de profunda incerteza e rápida transformação dos fatores que integram os sistemas natural e social. Assim, essa tese trata fundamentalmente da maneira como os agricultores que residem nessa região viabilizam melhores condições de vida e como fazem para garantir o processo de reprodução econômica e assim viabilizar a subsistência familiar. Para tanto, foram realizadas 65 entrevistas com agricultores em cinco diferentes municípios, mas em dois diferentes contextos: aquelas mobilizadas pelos agricultores que se localizam em áreas próximas aos centros urbanos, em distâncias não superiores aos 40 km e as que estão em locais mais distantes, entre 50 e 100 km dos perímetros urbanos. O estudo revelou que alguns aspectos do funcionamento do quadro institucional criam a possibilidade de mobilização de uma diversidade maior de arranjos e formas de produção pelos que integram o primeiro grupo, comparativamente aos que estão submetidos a distâncias maiores. Todavia, essa relação de proximidade não modifica qualitativamente a sua situação de vulnerabilidade e de resiliência. Foram identificadas evidências empíricas que demonstram que em razão da singularidade dos elementos do sistema natural e a experiência passada das famílias em um contexto socioeconômico, elas diferem substancialmente em termos de capacidade de acesso e habilidade de mobilização dos principais fatores que modelam essa competência e exerce uma influência que modifica os fatores que podem expô-los aos riscos e aos perigos que decorrem das transformações no ambiente em sua maneira de garantir a reprodução familiar. Dessa maneira, é possível afirmar que são as condições dos fatores sociais e institucionais que exercem a principal influência na geração de situações que podem implicar numa fragilidade ou mesmo numa incapacidade de enfrentar ou se adaptar às mudanças ambientais contemporâneas.This thesis aims at identifying and understanding the main factors underlying the formation of the situations of vulnerability and social resilience among farmers living in the Alto Guaporé region in the state of Mato Grosso, in relation to the contemporary environmental changes. Within the theoretical framework developed here, reactions or adjustments to these processes, mobilized and translated by the notion of adaptive capacity and coping are not conditioned to forecasts or future behavioral responses, but are determined by the ability that individuals or groups have to mobilize or transform the necessary mechanisms that allow them to bypass and/or overcome the barriers that expose them to a risk situation. This implies recognizing that initiatives that seek to ensure family subsistence are the objective result of the action linked to the everyday experience in the interaction that occurs between the natural and social systems and requires the existence of individuals an/or collective processes. Thus, taking as our starting point the identification of the main subsistence strategies mobilized by the farmers of this region, it was possible to identify the main social and / or natural factors that constrain or even facilitate the production of answers to contemporary environmental changes. As a result, it was possible to determine the aspects that characterize the vulnerabilities as well as to improve the coping ability and the adaptability of farmers in Alto Guaporé, in a scenario of deep uncertainty and rapid transformation of the factors that integrate the natural and social systems. Thus, this thesis mainly deals with the construction of strategies mobilized by farmers living in this region to ensure family subsistence. For this purpose, 65 interviews with farmers were held in five different cities, but in two different contexts: that mobilized by farmers who are located in areas close to urban centers, within no greater distances than 40 km and that afield, between 50 and 100 km from urban perimeters. The study revealed that some aspects of the functioning of the institutional framework create the possibility of mobilizing a greater diversity of arrangements and forms of production by incorporating the first group, compared to those subjected to greater distances. However, this proximity relationship does not qualitatively change their situation of vulnerability and resilience. Empirical evidences were identified, which show that because of the uniqueness of the elements of the natural system and the past experience of families in a socioeconomic context, they differ substantially in terms of access capacity and mobilizing ability of the main factors that shape such competence and exerts an influence that modifies the factors that may expose them to the risks and dangers that arise from changes in the environment in their manner of ensuring social and material reproduction. Thus, it is possible to assert that the conditions of the social and institutional factors exert a major influence on the generation of situations that may involve a weakness or an inability to cope or adapt to contemporary environmental changes.
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Lees, Nicola Frances. "The ability to bounce back : the relationship between resilience, coping and positive outcomes : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1173.
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Resilience is a term of increasing prevalence in many aspects of society including the workplace. This thesis has sought to examine the relationship resilience has with coping, engagement, and life satisfaction. Data was collected via a survey that included standard measures for the variables of interest and two open-ended questions targeting sources of stress and sources of satisfaction. Findings show a positive relationship between resilience and task-focused coping, engagement, and life satisfaction. No relationship was found between resilience and maladaptive coping or social support. Additionally, it was found that resilience acted as a full mediator in the relationship between task-focused coping and engagement, but had no mediating effect in the relationship between task-focused coping and life satisfaction. The open-ended questions identified that the same demand frequently acted as both a source of stress and a source of satisfaction.
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Moxon, Alicia M. "The effectiveness of a brief psychoeducational intervention for people with schizophrenia and their families : a dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1143.
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In an attempt to replicate and extend previous research, the present study conducted a brief psychoeducational intervention through community organisations designed to overcome methodological shortcomings of past studies. The two session intervention (one session with follow-up phone call) sought to establish if a brief community intervention was effective in both improving family members’ knowledge about schizophrenia and various other indicators linked to improved client functioning. People with schizophrenia and their family members (N = 50) were recruited into a controlled trial of a brief educational intervention. Clients and their corresponding key family members were randomly allocated to a treatment group or a wait-list control group. Measures included those reflecting knowledge about schizophrenia, expressed emotion, perceived coping ability, burden of care and distress. Analyses showed that knowledge increased significantly after the intervention and not after the control condition and was maintained at a nine-month follow-up. Family members’ and clients’ expressed emotion ratings significantly decreased from pre- to post-test with changes in total expressed emotion scores improving across treatment by over twice the magnitude compared to the control condition. All gains were maintained at the nine-month follow-up, with continuing improvement seen in family members’ intrusiveness ratings. A similar pattern of findings was reflected on other indices, with significant improvements in burden of care, coping and distress that were more a function of intervention than the control condition. All gains were maintained at the nine-month follow-up. Additionally, assessment of relapse rates at this follow-up interval indicated that no client had relapsed. Overall the results suggested that although knowledge increased as a result of education, the improvements in all indicators other than knowledge appeared to be due to education combined with some non-specific factors. These non-specific factors may have included expectancy effects, setting effects, sampling bias and other possibilities. These issues are considered in terms of implementation of brief programs in supportive community settings and in terms of future research.
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Freeman-Hildreth, Yolonda. "THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE: EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ON CHRONIC DISEASE OUTCOMES." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1554315427596961.
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Filkins, Margaret E. "Coping with the brain-nerd stereotype high ability adolescent's use of academic self-presentation strategies /." 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/33880278.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1995.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-52).
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Pura, Vivian B. "The relationship between roles, coping strategies, and the ability to cope with changes in morals, values and technology." 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/16701.
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Chin-Ju, Huang, and 黃清如. "The Effects of College Athletes'' Goal Orientation, Perceived Ability, and Cognitive Appraisal on Coping Strategies of Competitive Stress." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22684525589785960411.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of college athletes’ goal orientation and perceived ability on cognitive appraisal and coping strategies of competitive stress. The sample consisted of 466 athletes from 6 colleges or universities. The instruments administered to the subjects were Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire, Perceived Ability Scale, Cognitive Appraisal Scale, and Coping Strategies Scale for Competitive Stress. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, independent sample one-way ANOVA, and two-way ANOVA. The major findings were as follows: 1. Differences of coping strategies among athletes'' cognitive appraisals There were significant differences of "problem-focus" and "avoidance" coping strategies among athletes'' cognitive appraisals, but there was no significant difference of "emotion-focused" coping strategies among athletes'' cognitive appraisals. 2. Differences of cognitive appraisals among athletes'' goal orientation and perceived ability (1) There were significant relationships of athletes'' goal orientation and perceived ability to their cognitive appraisals. (2) High task/high ego athletes with high or low perceived ability mostly had "coping directly" cognitive appraisal. High task/low ego athletes with high or low perceived ability mostly had "looking for support" cognitive appraisal. Low task/high ego athletes with high perceived ability mostly had "accept the fact" cognitive appraisal. Low task/high ego athletes with low perceived ability, and low task/low ego athletes with high or low perceived ability mostly had "give up" cognitive appraisal. 3. The effects of goal orientation and perceived ability on coping strategies (1) Goal orientation and perceived ability did not interactively affect "problem-focused", "emotion-focused", and "avoidance" coping strategies. Goal orientation had main effect on all the coping strategies and perceived ability had main effect on "problem-focused" and "emotion-focused" coping strategies. (2) High task/high ego athletes employed "problem-focused" and "emotion-focused" coping strategies most, but employed "avoidance" coping strategies least. Low task/low ego athletes employed "problem-focused" and "emotion-focused" coping strategies least, but employed "avoidance" coping strategies most. (3) High perceived ability athletes employed more "problem-focused" and "emotion-focused" coping strategies than low perceived ability athletes. 4. Differences of coping strategies among background variables (1) There was no significant gender difference of coping strategies. (2) There were significant differences of "avoidance" coping strategies between individual and team sport, but there was no significant difference of “problem-focused” and ”emotion-focused” coping strategies. (3) There were significant differences of “problem-focus” and “avoidance” coping strategies among international, national, and local competitive levels, but there was no significant difference of “emotion-focused” coping strategies among competitive levels. Based on the results, applications of this study were discussed and suggestions for future research were proposed as well.
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Su-Jen, Hwang, and 黃淑珍. "Effects of problem-solving training on the problem-solving ability, coping and mental health status in college students." Thesis, 1994. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10127105201882260617.
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Teng, Pi-Huei, and 鄧碧雲. "The Investigation of Goal Orientation, Perceived Motivational Climate, Perceived Ability, Competitive State Anxiety and Coping Strategies Among Basketball Players." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zmaz98.
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碩士國立體育學院
教練研究所
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The Investigation of Goal Orientation, Perceived Motivational Climate, Perceived Ability, Competitive State Anxiety and Coping Strategies Among Basketball Players Abstract The purpose of this study was three-fold. First, to examine the gender differences on goal orientation, perceived motivational climate, perceived ability, state anxiety, and coping strategies. Second, to examine the relationships between goal orientation, perceived motivational climate, perceived ability, state anxiety, and coping strategies. Third, to examine the predictive utility of goal orientation, perceived motivational climate, perceived ability on state anxiety and coping strategies. Two hundred and eighty-six (172 males and 114 females) high school basketball players who competed in the 2001 HBL Game were recruited as participants. Their average age was 16.74± 89 years. Participants were asked to complete TEOSQ, PMCSQ, MPS, Perceived Competence Inventory, and Coping Style Inventory for Athletes before the competition. Participants were also requested to fill out Pre-competitive State Anxiety Scale one hour before the competition. The results of this study indicated that: (1) The t-test analysis showed that male players scored higher on goal orientation, perceived motivational climate, perceived ability, cognitive anxiety, confidence, and “problem-focus” than female players. (2) The results of Pearson correlation analysis found that male players’ cognitive anxiety was negatively related to perceived ego-involved climate and was positively related to perceived ability. Male players’ somatic anxiety was positively related to task orientation and perceived ability. of Male players’ somatic anxiety was negatively related to perceived ability. Both male and female players’ direction of somatic anxiety were positively related to perceived ability. Male players’ self-confidence was positively related to task orientation, perceived task-climate, and perceived ability. On the other hand, female players’ self-confidence was positively related to perceived ego-involved climate and perceived ability. Male players’ task orientation, perceived task-involved climate and perceived ability were positively related to direction of self-confidence. On the other hand, female players’ perceived task-involved climate and perceived ability were positively related to direction of self-confidence. Male players’ task orientation, ego orientation, perceived task-involved climate, perceived ego-involved climate, and perceived ability were positively related to “problem-focus”. Male players’ task orientation, ego-orientation, and perceived ability were positively related to “emotion-focus”. Female players’ perceived task-involved climate and perceived ability were positively related to “emotion-focus”. Male players’ perceived ego-involved climate was positively related to “avoidance”. (3) The results of stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that: Male players’ perceived ability and perceived ego-involved climate predicted intensity of cognitive anxiety. Male players’ direction of cognitive anxiety was predicted by perceived ability and ego orientation. Male players’ perceived ability and perceived ego-involved climate predicted somatic anxiety effectively. Both male and female players’ perceived ability predicted the direction of somatic anxiety effectively. Male players’ perceived ability and perceived task-involved climate predicted self-confidence effectively. On the other hand, female players’ perceived ability, perceived ego-involved climate and perceived task-involved climate could predict self-confidence effectively. Male players’ perceived ability, perceived self-climate and task orientation could predict the direction of self-confidence effectively. Female players’ direction of self-confidence was predicted by perceived ability and perceived task-involved climate. Male players’ perceived ability, perceived task-climate, and task orientation could predict the strategy of effectively. On the other hand, female players’ perceived ability and perceived task-involved climate could predict “problem-focus” coping strategy effectively. Male players’ emotion-focus coping strategy was predicted by task orientation and perceived task-involved climate. Female players’ emotion-focus coping strategy was predicted by perceived task-involved climate and perceived ability. Male players’ perceived ego-involved climate predicted avoidance coping strategy effectively.
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Chen, Chu-kei, and 陳珠桂. "The Effects of Life-and-Death Education Program upon Coping Ability toward Death for Junior High School Students'' Parents." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17137290171191373584.
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碩士南華大學
生死學研究所
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The main purpose of this study is to plan and implement the life-and-death education program suitable for junior high school students’ parents as well as to explore the effects of such program on their coping ability toward death. Based on the results of the research, concrete suggestions are presented as a reference of developing life-and-death education for junior high school students’ parents. Pretest and posttest of the quasi-experimental research designs were adopted. Thirty parents were recruited as the experimental group. The researcher in person taught the life-and-death education program one and half an hour per week for 9 weeks（a total of 13.5 hours）. And thirty-four parents were recruited as the control group. The instrument used in this study is Bugen’s coping with death scale which was revised by Dr. Tseng Huan Tang (1997). One-way Analysis of Covariance （ANCOVA） were conducted on each of the seven factors. Besides, the Program Feedback Form was used as an assistant tool to evaluate the performance of implementing the life-and-death education program. The following conclusions were reached in this study: 1.The life-and-death-education intervention had a positive impact upon parents’ coping ability toward death. The parents in the experimental group significantly scored higher than the control group in the coping with death scale（p＜.01）. And the parents in the experimental group also significantly scored higher than the control group from Factor 1 to Factor 6（at least reaching p＜.05）. However, in Factor Seven- the ability to relate to others about death, the scores between two groups didn’t reach a significant difference. 2.According to the results of this study, this life-and-death education program is effective and suitable for junior high school students’ parents. 3.To parents, their favorite teaching approach in this life-and-death education program is video tape teaching, story telling, and group discussion. Based on the results, suggestions are made to serve as a reference for life- and- death education promoters and follow-up researchers.
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Chen, Jen-tai, and 陳建台. "The associations of exercise participation, exercise self-efficacy, and stress-coping ability in junior high school students in Yunlin county." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04484319138470683538.
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碩士國立中正大學
運動與休閒教育所
94
Abstract This thesis aims to explore the relationship among the exercise participation, the exercise self-efficacy, and the stress coping of the junior high school students in Yunlin County. Self-designed questionnaires were used in this study. There were 879 valid samples, selected by stratified cluster sampling. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression. The major findings are as follows. 1. Students with varied degrees of exercise participation significantly differ in their stress-coping abilities. The stress-coping abilities are better in students with high degree of exercise participation than those with middle and low degree of exercise participation. 2. There was a positive correlation between the stress coping ability and the exercise self-efficacy. 3. There was a positive correlation between the exercise self-efficacy and the different degrees of exercise participation. 4. A negative correlation between the stress of life and the stress coping ability was ascertained. The more stress of life, the lower ability of stress coping. On the other hand, there was no correlation among the stress of life, the exercise participation, and the exercise self-efficacy. 5. The stress copying ability was effectively predictable with reference to the variances of background, stress of life, exercise participation and exercise self-efficacy (25.9% of variance), especially the stress of life (11.6% of variance).
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Nharirire, Edwin. "An investigation into the relationship between spiritual intelligence, emotional intelligence, coping ability, and burnout among humanitarian aid workers in Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24808.
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This study examined the relationship between spiritual intelligence (SI), emotional intelligence (EI), coping ability (CA), and burnout (BO) among humanitarian aid workers in Zimbabwe. A convenience sample of 296 (53% males and 47% females) humanitarian aid workers was used in the study. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to explore the contribution of SI, EI, and CA to the burnout. Results indicated that SI, EI, and CA are all significantly related to Burnout and its dimensions of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalisation (DP) and personal accomplishment (PA) in humanitarian aid workers. CA and EI significantly contributed to the variation of scores in EE and DP whereas SI did not. However, all the three variables significantly contributed to the variation in PA. Gender, age, employment status and tenure in NGO had no significant relationships with EE, DP, or PA whereas contract type, length of service, educational level and nature of work were associated with statistically significant differences in EE, DP, and PA. The research contributed to the understanding of burnout among aid workers in Zimbabwe. Humanitarian organisations can use the findings to come up with scientifically backed recruitment, selection, training, and staff wellbeing policies and programmes that help to reduce the impact of burnout in the humanitarian aid sector.Psychology
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Kuo, Ju-Yu, and 郭如玉. "A Study on Difficulties and Coping Strategies of Ability Grouping in Heterogeneous Classes in Junior High School Students in Taichung City." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/whh4d9.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
教育學系教育行政與管理碩士在職專班
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The purpose of the research is to investigate the difficulties and coping strategies of applying the instruction by academic competence-based grouping among junior high school in Taichung. The obtained information of the research was collected through the questionnaire survey based on the modified questionnaire opinion survey and implementation status of instruction by academic competence-based grouping in Taichung junior high school. The serving teachers were the main respondents of the survey. In total, around 80 junior high schools in Taichung city were involved in the stratified random sampling based on the scale of the school. 680 questionnaires were distributed and were all returned. Among the total of 680 questionnaires, 607 of them were valid with the completion rates at 88.23%. The statistical analysis was conducted through descriptive statistics, Chi Squared Test, Spearman Ranking Correlation, The Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance, and open-ended question. According to the data analysis, the results are as follows： 1. It is pointed out that ability grouping is implemented by a small number of schools in Taichung city. Ability grouping allows students to get access to adaptive learning. Mathematics is proved to be the module that has adopted the instruction by academic competence-based grouping most. 2. Ability grouping had been applied among schools in Taichung. Some schools failed to maintain the strategy due to the incapability of teachers to control all the students in the class and achieve a successful class management. 3. The Junior high school teachers in Taichung averagely support group division while teaching. The level of support for teachers to teach students with different levels at the same time is medium. 4. Teachers of Junior High School in Taichung hold the same opinion on the ways to divide students in different grades, with different subjects and backgrounds. 5. Teachers in different fields have the same perspective on the proper amount of students for each group. 6. Teachers with different genders and different areas of teaching hold different view on “method of grouping through the grades results”. There are no differences in the other variables. 7. Teachers in six background variables believe that the greatest benefit of ability grouping teaching could achieve is the better learning result led by the teaching material used on the basis of students’ ability to learn. 8. Teachers in six background variables think that the greatest resistance is from parents. Not all of the students can be well taught by the teacher and thus it is hard to manage the class effectively. 9. Among the six variables , there are only differences in the views of teachers who are of different genders on counseling work. There are no other differences. Based on the conclusions of this study, this research aims to propose recommendations for educational administration, school units, future related research as reference.
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Lin, Shu-Hui, and 林淑惠. "The Exploration of Relationship between Proactive Coping Ability and Retirement Planning – the Case of Elder Teachers in Yunlin and Chiayi Primary School." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8w82aw.
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碩士國立中正大學
成人及繼續教育研究所
102
This study aimed to explore the relation between proactive coping ability and retirement planning and focused on the group of middle-aged and older teachers in primary schools. The purposes include: 1) to understand and analyze the differences within diverse background variables; 2) to explore the relation between proactive coping ability and retirement planning; 3) to predict how proactive coping ability influencing retirement planning; 4) to provide suggestions for government and teachers preparing retirement. Based on Ya-Hui Lee’s(2012-2014) NSC Project: Make an appointment with successful aging career: A constitution of coping model for middle-aged and older adults in late adulthood, we adapted the "Future preparation and retirement planning questionnaire" to investigate the relation between proactive coping ability and retirement planning of the middle-aged and older teachers in Yunlin and Chiayi primary schools by using descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation, One-Way ANOVA, Pearson’s Correlation, Multiple Regression statistical methods. The findings are as following: 1) The proactive coping ability of the middle-aged and older primary school teachers in Yunlin and Chia-yi County are above the average and their cognitive ability is better and poor at action capabilities. 2) Their retirement planning ability is around the average level and makes proper health care plan rather than economic one. 3) The teachers with higher education (master or above), better financial situation, single, or married with spouse have greater proactive coping ability. 4) The teacher’s financial and health situation are good and they make the better retirement plans. 5) There is a significant positive correlation between proactive coping ability and retirement planning. 6) The teacher’s proactive coping ability, especially the action factor can forecast their retirement planning. In addition, this study proposed some suggestions. For instance, firstly the government can establish an middle-aged and older teacher’s networking community and encourage them to participate in and provide retirement preparation programs. Second, it should be encouraged that the middle-aged and older teachers who divorce, poor economic conditions, poor health or a lower level of education can participate in senior teachers association increasing the future preparation for retirement planning and prospective ability. Moreover, paying attention continually on health care plan may improve the retirement plan and learning is another approach to enhance the proactive coping ability. Finally, a number of perspectives of future research , such as participants, research methods, questionnaires, different variables were recommended.
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Liu, Chia-Lun, and 劉嘉倫. "The Relationships of Goal Orientation, Perceive Ability and Perceived Motivational Climate to Appraisals of Control and Coping Strategies among Elite Soccer Players." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88255204997434808777.
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碩士國立體育學院
教練研究所
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Abstract .The purpose of this study was to examine the prediction of elite soccer players’ appraisals of control and coping strategies by using the framework of Lzazrus and Folkman’s (1984) stress and coping theory and achievement goal theory (Nicholls, 1984) Participants were 210 elite soccer players (males＝138, females＝81) recruited from 7 men’s and 6 women’s soccer teams. The average age of participants was 19.48±3.50 years. After receiving the informed consent, participants were requested to complete inventories assess their goal orientation, perception of motivational climate, perceive ability, appraisal of control, and cope strategies. The results indicate that (1) perceive ability were significantly predicated by task orientation and both mastery and performance climate.(2) predicting appraisal of control were significantly by perceived ability and mastery climate.(3)「problem focus」coping strategy was significantly predicting by appraisal of control.(4)「emotion focus」coping strategy was significantly predicting by appraisal of control、ego orientation and both mastery and performance climate.(5)「avoidance」coping strategy was predicting by ego orientation and performance climate.(6) The path analysis indicated that perceived ability played as an important mediator in terms of goal orientation and perceptions of motivational climate predicting appraisal of control. In turn, appraisal of control positively predicted 「problem focus」and「emotion focus」coping strategies. In addition, perception of mastery climate had direct effect on appraisal control. Ego orientation, perception both of mastery and performance climate and appraisal of control had direct effects on「emotion focus」 coping strategies. Ego orientation and perception performance climate positively predicted「avoidance」coping strategies. According to the results and discussion, the practical application and future research suggestions are provided. Key words: appraisal of control, Goal orientation, coping strategies, Perception motivation climate, Path analysis
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Lin, I.-Ching, and 林怡青. "The Study of the Relationship between the Proactive Coping Ability and the Retirement Preparation – the Case of Middle-aged Police Officers in Chiayi County." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x86n8j.
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碩士國立中正大學
成人及繼續教育研究所
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The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze the relationship between the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation of the middle-aged police officers in Chiayi county. According to the conclusion, this study provided suggestions for government and the middle-aged police officers. The method of the study was based on questionnaire survey, by making a questionnaire to collect the data of substantial evidence. Also assisting with the collection of foreign and domestic related literature review, which will be the discussion for inducing, studying and analyzing. The finding of this study were summarized as follows: 1.It was moderate in the proactive coping ability of the middle-aged police officers. 2.It was moderate in the retirement preparation of the middle-aged police officers. 3.It was not high willingness of the middle-aged police officers to participate in the "learning or training courses". 4.The retirement age for the middle-aged police officers was closer, the degree of retirement preparation was higher. 5.The educational level of the middle-aged police officers were higher, the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation were better. 6.The proactive coping ability of single middle-aged police officers were higher. 7.The proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation of middle-aged police officers in good health were higher. 8.The economic situation of the middle-aged police officers was the better, the retirement preparation of the middle-aged police officers was higher. 9.The proactive coping ability of middle-aged police officers was higher, the retirement preparation of the middle-aged police officers was higher. Based on the findings, the suggestions for the middle-aged police officers, government, and further researchers as follows: 1.Suggestions to police officers (1) Should cultivate the proactive coping ability as soon as possible. (2) Should do more for the retirement preparation. (3) Should contact with more people and things in different areas, and develop a second skill to enrich retirement. (4) Should participate in multiple learning activities or retraining courses, maintain the attitude of learning and the innovative spirit. 2.Suggestions to government (1) Should provide enough members of police officers in order to balance the heavy duty. (2) Should provide multifaceted educational seminars and diversified learning pathways for retirement preparation. 3.Suggestions to further researchers (1) The subjects for research may expand to get the information of the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation of middle-aged police officers in the other areas. (2) The tool for research may care the wording in the questionnaire to avoid the bias of interpretation or interpretation. (3) The method for research may add depth interviews to understand the impact of the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation.
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CHEN, CHING LIANG, and 陳靖良. "The study of the relationship between the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation – the case of middle-aged firefighters in Chiayi,Yunl and Tainan county." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/732u4d.
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碩士國立中正大學
成人及繼續教育學系碩士在職專班
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The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze the relationship between the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation of the middle-aged firefighters in Chiayi,Yunl and Tainan county. According to the conclusion, this study provided suggestions for government and the middle-aged firefighters. The method of the study was based on questionnaire survey, by making a questionnaire to collect the data of substantial evidence. Also assisting with the collection of foreign and domestic related literature review, which will be the discussion for inducing, studying and analyzing. The finding of this study were summarized as follows: 1. It was moderate in the proactive coping ability of the middle-aged firefighters. 2. It was moderate in the retirement preparation of the middle-aged firefighters. 3. The middle-aged of the firefighters who are in economic conditions that are not sufficient andin the poor health, the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation were better. 4. The retirement age for the middle-aged firefighters was closer, the degree of retirement preparation was higher. 5. It was not high willingness of the middle-aged firefighters to participate in the "reading club or mind presentation course "and” the lesson of the volunteer training”. 6. The proactive coping ability of middle-aged firefighters was higher, the retirement preparation of the middle-aged firefighters was higher. Based on the findings, the suggestions for the middle-aged police officers, government, and further researchers as follows: 1. Suggestions to firefighters (1) Should cultivate the proactive coping ability as soon as possible. (2) Should do more for the retirement preparation. (3) Should contact with more people and things in different areas, and develop a second skill to enrich retirement. (4) Should participate in multiple learning activities or retraining courses, maintain the attitude of learning and the innovative spirit. 2. Suggestions to government (1) Should provide enough members of firefighters in order to balance the heavy duty. (2) Should provide multifaceted educational seminars and diversified learning pathways for retirement preparation. 3. Suggestions to further researchers (1) The subjects for research may expand to get the information of the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation of middle-aged firefighters in the other areas. (2) The tool for research may care the wording in the questionnaire to avoid the bias of interpretation or interpretation. (3) The method for research may add depth interviews to understand the impact of the proactive coping ability and the retirement preparation.
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Kuo, Chen-Hsiu, and 郭真秀. "Study on the Influence of Computer Self-Efficacy and Computer Copying Strategies to Information Ability for College Students." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19438289253933760483.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
工業科技教育學系
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The purpose of this study was to find out the influence of computer self-efficacy and computer copying strategies to information ability for college students. The study is based on survey questionnaire. Take the students those who study in STU-TE University 2006 as main research objects. And 7134 study samples were included four colleges, nineteen-department students. The main research tool has three： “Information Ability Test System”、the survey of computer self-efficacy and the survey of computer copying strategies. The analysis showed that each survey used in the study was reliable. The findings of this research are： 1、Students with high computer self-efficacy also have higher information ability. 2、Students get high score in “computer coping strategy in solving problems” also have higher information ability. 3、Students get high score in “seeking support” also have better information ability. 4、Students get high score in “self-adjustment” also have higher information ability. 5、Students those who get high score in “avoidance of computer use” have lower information ability. 6、Students with high computer self-efficacy tend to take “computer coping strategy in solving problems”, “seeking support”, or “self-adjustment” when they got trouble in computer using. 7、The “computer self-efficacy”, “computer coping strategy in solving problems”, “seeking support”, and “avoidance of computer use” are implications for performance in Students’ information ability.