Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Coping"
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As normal a life as possible: Mothers and their daughters with congenital heart disease
This study utilized qualitative descriptive methodology to examine the impact of the chronic illness, specifically congenital or acquired childhood heart disease, on the mother-daughter relationship. Many studies have ... -
Coping with Acute Myocardial Infarction
This study examined how acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients cope during the first three days of illness. Although the ability of patients to cope has been previously studied, there has been little investigation of ... -
Coping with appraised threat of breast cancer: Primary prevention coping behaviors utilized by women at increased risk
Breast cancer affects nearly one in nine women and is a leading cause of cancer related deaths among this group. Yet, little is known about how high risk women deal with this health threat. Conceptualized within the Neuman ... -
Differences in Coping Between Parents of Mentally Handicapped Children and Parents of Non Handicapped Children
The purpose of this study was to ascertain if there was a difference in perceived effectiveness of coping behaviors between mothers and fathers of a mentally handicapped child and mothers and fathers of a non handicapped ... -
The effects of resiliency on adaptation of African-American caregivers of chronically ill elderly
The purpose of this descriptive, correlational study was to determine relationships among family demands, established patterns of functioning, family resources, situational appraisal, family problem solving and coping ... -
Effects of self-esteem, threat appraisal, and coping responses on the somatic components of illness: A test of a proposed causal model with professional women
The study was designed to test a causal model of theoretical relationships among self-esteem, threat appraisal, coping responses, and the somatic components of illness with a population of professional women. The proposed ... -
The experience of families when a child is diagnosed with cancer with a favorable diagnosis
The major objective of this longitudinal, descriptive study was to describe the family transition to living with childhood cancer, from the family's point of view, when a child is diagnosed with cancer with a favorable ... -
The impact of stress, coping, constructive thinking and hardiness on health and academic performance of female registered nurse students pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretically-derived model of hardiness, constructive thinking, coping complexity and perceived stress level in predicting academic performance and perceived health status among ... -
Influence of stress, cognitive appraisal, resilience, and social support on coping of older women whose spouses have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery
Purpose. To describe the influence of stress, cognitive appraisal, resilience and social support on coping of older women in relation to the coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) of their spouse. Many older men are ... -
Perceived control and adaptation in elderly caregivers
This study examined the mediating effects of perceived control on the adaptation of elderly caregivers. Perceived control, or the perception that salient or valued aspects of one's life are manageable, was hypothesized as ... -
Perceived Social Support, Coping, and Psychological Distress in Advanced Cancer Patients
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which perceived social support and coping mechanisms contribute to explaining psychological distress in advanced cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The Lazarus ... -
Preferences for information and self-care, stress and coping with outpatient surgery: A descriptive correlational study
Outpatient surgery is a rapidly growing phenomena in the health care field; however, little is known about the stressful aspects of the experience of how patients cope with this type of surgery. The purposes of this ... -
A prospective study documenting women's experiences of combining breastfeeding and employment
This investigation explored women's perceptions of their experiences combining employment and breastfeeding. The study was based on the feminist concept of the importance of analyzing the condition of women's lives from ... -
Purpose in Life, Appraisal, and Coping Behaviors in Black, Hispanic, and White Anglo-Saxon Pregnant Adolescents
The purposes of this descriptive study were: (1) to identify differences in perceptions of life purpose, appraisal, and coping behaviors based on ethnicity; and (2) to describe the interrelationship of these variables, ... -
The relationship of coping and family function to outcomes of care in families of tracheostomized infants and children
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of parent coping and family function to outcome measures in terms of the rate of re-hospitalization, emergency physician utilization, and infection. Major questions ... -
Resilience among nursing students in clinical placement
(2020-01)Purpose: To understand the mechanism of coping with resilience and its implications for the well-being of nursing students in the context of clinical placement. Design and Methods: Twenty-nine final year baccalaureate ... -
Stress and Coping of Caregivers to Individuals with Dementia
Considerable literature exists on the presence of burden among caregivers, however, it has also been discovered that individuals psychologically adapt to situations in which they are involved. The purpose of this study is, ... -
A study of coping with fear of cancer recurrence among ovarian cancer survivors living outside of large metropolitan centres (The FEARLESS Study)
(2018-05-15)The purpose of this study was to examine how ovarian cancer survivors living outside of large urban centres cope with one of their most common concerns, their fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). A small number of interventions ... -
Testing an Intervention to Decrease Catastrophizing in Persons with Fibromyalgia
Problem statement. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a brief psychoeducational nursing intervention to alter catastrophizing and improve coping with fibromyalgia, a syndrome of chronic, widespread ...
