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Hovanitz, Christine A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1986
Evaluated the simultaneous contribution of life event stress and coping style, as well as the independent contribution of each, to psychopathology among college students. Sex differences were found in the type of coping style related to psychopathology, the relative contributions of coping style and negative life stress to psychopathology, and the…
Descriptors: College Students, Coping, Correlation, Higher Education
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Bowman, Marilyn L. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
An inventory with five subscales was developed to identify major kinds of coping used in dealing with recurring marital problems, based on 368 subjects. The final scale of 64 items was studied to determine the scale-score attributes of subjects sorted for age, sex, education, and years married, and for aspects of validity. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Age Differences, Coping
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Cantor, Joanne; Hoffner, Cynthia – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1990
Describes a study that was designed to examine the emotional consequences of providing information about the likelihood of a frightening media event to children in kindergarten through third grade. Facial and physiological indicators of fear were measured, and implications for understanding media-induced fear and for selecting effective coping…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Coping, Correlation