For generations, Black Americans depended on religious coping strategies to counter the impact of racism; the idea of giving the problem to God was shown to alleviate powerlessness and racism-related stress among pre-Millennial generations of Black Americans. However, the shift …
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread public health problem in the United States (U.S.) linked to physical, mental, emotional, and psychological problems for women who experience it. Previous researchers indicated that African American (AA) women in the U.S. experience…
Chronic pain is one of the most debilitating physical problems one can experience. Chronic pain is pain that persists for at least three months. In contrast to acute pain, in which pain signals fire for a short period of time, chronic pain signals continue firing for weeks, mont…
Cystic fibrosis (CF) – a genetic, progressive disease affecting approximately 30,000 individuals in the United States – has been linked with psychological maladjustment and clinical difficulties among both affected individuals and their caregivers, specifically as the disease pr…
Defining the predominant cause of tropical deforestation is a major issue of contention in international politics. The present debate revolves around the role of indigenous slash-and-burn agriculture in propagating this destruction. This ancient system of farming has had the mis…
Using the theoretical underpinnings of dynamical systems theory and the construct of self-organization, this study uses a multistrategy research design to explore coping and adaptive mechanisms in a group of 26 Bosnian refugees. Qualitative findings indicated that in spite of tr…
This inquiry study uses qualitative methodology to explore implications of how two groups, adult former hostages and related supportive others, managed adversity both during a major stress event and the ensuing twenty years. Resilience theory development and implications for soc…
Purpose of study. Most studies examining stress and coping patterns of pastoral wives have been conducted from an advanced country background. Even though all the researchers agreed that these pastoral wives do experience a certain amount of stress, very little is known about pa…
Most studies done on the education of women in developing countries are based on social reproduction theory (Powers, 1994), and mainly limited to identifying the constraints of female education in these countries (Stromquist, 1989). The current study included the other half of t…
Mental health is a term which encompasses “a positive sense of well-being, or the capacity to enjoy life and deal with the challenges we face” (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2018, p. 1). Both risk and protective factors have previously been found to be associated with Arab…
The presence of an autistic child in a family has adverse effects on many parts of family life. Parents of autistic children are known to experience disbelief, sadness, depression, self-blame, and anger. Autism is also commonplace in African countries, but little empirical resea…
Eighty-three Southern Sudanese and thirty-one Ethiopians living as displaced persons or as refugees in Khartoum, Sudan were interviewed about several aspects of their life quality, their attributional beliefs, extent of socially supportive relationships, and the hardship they ex…
Giriş: Ruhsal bozukluk tanılı hastaların ifade ettiği sorunlar işlevsellik düzeyleriyle ve stresle başa çıkma tarzlarıyla ilişkilidir. Amaç: Ruhsal bozukluk tanılı hastaların bildirdikleri sorunlar ile işlevsellik düzeyleri ve stresle başa çıkma tarzları arasındaki ilişkinin inc…
Background. Psychosocial factors such as stress, depression, feelings of hopelessness, and hostility are known to be associated with physical health. Similar associations have been believed to be true for stress and periodontal diseases as well. Objectives. The purpose of this s…
Parents of children who are seriously ill become overwhelmed and distraught as they attempt to cope with the changes illness has brought into their lives. In support of their need for healing, a resource, Hope and Healing: A Spiritual Resource for Parents was compiled. The resou…
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which coping style can be function of internal and external sources of acute stress, and the extent to which perceived control mediates the relationships between sources of acute stress and coping style. Participants were 37…
Cancer pain remains inadequately treated worldwide in up to 91% of patients. Challenges to daily activities due to cancer pain may produce maladaptation that significantly affects quality of life. Enhancing behavioral and cognitive coping are important strategies in providing ho…
The multivariate domains of God concepts, motivation, religious coping, and locus of control were examined for the prediction of Spiritual Well-Being via a path-analytic model. Questionnaires were completed by 151 Christian undergraduates. A traditional benevolent conceptualizat…