Determinants of stress-related growth: Gender, stressfulness of the event, and coping strategies

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2005-03-01

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Kesimci, A
Goral, FS
Gençöz, Tülin

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The present study aimed to investigate the determinants of stress-related growth. For this aim the associations of gender, stressfulness of the event, and three coping strategies (problem-oriented, fatalistic, and helplessness) with stress-related growth were tested by multiple regression analysis. Participants were 132 undergraduate students. Results revealed that females reported higher levels of stress-related growth than males, and as expected, higher levels of the stressfulness of the event associated with more stress-related growth. Furthermore, frequent utilization of problem-oriented and fatalistic coping strategies was associated with higher stress-related growth. These findings were discussed in the light of relevant literature and culture-specific features.

Subject Keywords

Posttraumatic growth, Breast-cancer, Perceived benefıt, Life changes, Adjustment, Adversity, Health

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32835

Journal

CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-005-1005-x

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Department of Psychology, Article

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A. Kesimci, F. Goral, and T. Gençöz, “Determinants of stress-related growth: Gender, stressfulness of the event, and coping strategies,” CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, pp. 68–75, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32835.