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Fried, Rebecca R.; Karmali, Shazya; Irwin, Jennifer D. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective/Participants: The American College Health Association (ACHA) found that 65.4% of Ontario (Canada) students feel overwhelming anxiety and 89.5% of students feel overwhelmed by all of their obligations. Thus, this study assessed the current state of full-time undergraduate (UGS) and graduate students' (GS) mental health and resilience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Mental Health, Resilience (Psychology)
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Chiu, Chung-Yi; Jochman, Joseph; Fujikawa, Mayu; Strand, David; Cheing, Gladys; Lee, Gloria; Chan, Fong – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2014
Purpose: To examine the factorial structure of the "Coping Strategy Questionnaire"-24 (CSQ-24) in a sample of Canadians with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Method: The sample included 171 workers' compensation clients (50.9% men) recruited from outpatient rehabilitation facilities in Canada. Mean age of participants was 42.45 years (SD =…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Questionnaires, Coping, Measurement Techniques
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Kennett, Deborah J.; O'Hagan, Fergal T.; Cezer, Diego – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2008
A concurrent mixed methods approach was used to understand how learned resourcefulness empowers individuals. After completing Rosenbaum's Self-Control Schedule (SCS) measuring resourcefulness, 16 past clients of a multimodal pain clinic were interviewed about the kinds of pain-coping strategies they were practicing from the program. Constant…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Pain, Coping, Comparative Analysis
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Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D.; Craig, Kenneth D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Divided 90 chronic low back pain patients into those who demonstrated signs that were congruent or incongruent with underlying anatomical and physiological principles. Low socioeconomic status, compensation claims, use of opiate analgesics, greater disability, catastrophizing cognitions, stronger emotionality, and passive coping were more…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Chronic Illness, Cognitive Style
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Endler, Norman S.; Parker, James D. A.; Summerfeldt, Laura J. – Psychological Assessment, 1998
A self-report measure, the Coping with Health Injuries and Problems Scale (CHIP), was developed to identify basic coping dimensions for responding to health problems. The CHIP factor structure, established with samples of 532 adults and 598 adults in Canada, is cross-validated with 390 general medical patients and 286 chronic back pain patients.…
Descriptors: Adults, Chronic Illness, Coping, Foreign Countries
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Gignac, Monique A. M.; Cott, Cheryl A.; Badley, Elizabeth M. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2003
This study examined the impact of the 1998 Canadian ice storm on the physical and psychological health of older adults (age greater than 55 years) living with a chronic physical illness, namely osteoarthritis and/or osteoporosis. Although disasters are relatively rare, they are a useful means of examining the impact of a single stressor on a group…
Descriptors: Helplessness, Older Adults, Depression (Psychology), Chronic Illness
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology