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Cross-Cultural Analysis of Cognitive Attributions of Smoking in Thai and South Korean Adolescents
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Page, Randy M.; Park, Sunhee; Suwanteerangkul, Jiraporn; Park, Hyunju; Kemeny, Maria; Philips, Lynn – Journal of School Health, 2012
Background: Understanding the cognitive attributions of smoking has the potential to advance youth smoking prevention efforts; however, research on this subject is limited in Asian countries. We attempted to determine the degree to which cognitive attributions of smoking differ among adolescents in 2 Asian countries, Thailand and South Korea.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Attribution Theory, Smoking, Prevention
Depression in Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability: Role of Stress, Attributions, and Coping
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Hartley, Sigan L.; MacLean, William E., Jr. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
The experience of stressful social interactions, negative causal attributions, and the use of maladaptive coping efforts help maintain depression over time in the general population. We investigated whether a similar experience occurs among adults with mild intellectual disability. We compared the frequency and stress impact of such interactions,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mild Mental Retardation, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
Coping Skills Training: A Systematic Approach to Stress Management Counseling.
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Stensrud, Robert; Stensrud, Kay – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1983
Reviews coping theory and attribution theory to present a systematic approach to stress management counseling that focuses on teaching clients to diagnose life events and to choose the coping response that is most useful for them. Stresses the importance of counselors becoming proficient in a variety of coping techniques. (LLL)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role
Coping Strategies in the Workplace: Relationships with Attributional Style and Job Satisfaction
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Welbourne, Jennifer L.; Eggerth, Donald; Hartley, Tara A.; Andrew, Michael E.; Sanchez, Francisco – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
This paper examined the relationships between workplace coping strategies, occupational attributional style, and job satisfaction among a sample of 190 nurses employed with a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. As an occupational group, nurses experience high levels of chronic workplace stressors. Participants completed a questionnaire packet…
Descriptors: Vocational Adjustment, Questionnaires, Problem Solving, Nurses
Occupational Stress and Burnout: Annotations.
Riggar, T. F.; Beardsley, M. – 1983
In an attempt to classify some of the vast research on job stress, this annotated bibliography presents over 170 references relating to burnout, stress, and job satisfaction among managers, executives, and administrators. Bibliographic information is provided for each reference along with a summary of major ideas, and results and conclusions. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Attribution Theory, Burnout
Ability of Stress, Sense of Control, and Self-Theories to Predict Swedish High School Students' Final Grades
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Ollfors, Marianne; Andersson, Sven Ingmar – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
The aim of this study was to investigate self-theories (theories of intelligence, confidence in one's intelligence, internal attribution of failure, academic self-efficacy), specific control, and experiencing of stress by means of a questionnaire for 915 Swedish high school students. Factor analysis yielded 6 stress domains (Workload, Psychosocial…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physical Environment, Self Efficacy, Intelligence