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  • Differential relationship of coping styles with well-being and ill-being of professional firemen
    Avsec, Andreja ; Novak, Maja, psihologinja, 16.5.1982- ; Bajec, Boštjan, 1975-
    In the present study we were interested in how coping styles relate to different indicators of well- and ill-being. We assumed that coping styles are differently related to well- and ill-being ... indicators because they are theoretically and empirically independent from each other. To examine this assumption we asked 139 professional firemen to fill in measures of coping styles (COPE, EAS), well-being (PANAS, SWLS) and ill-being (IES-R, PANAS). The results confirmed the overall importance of non-constructive coping for ill-being and well-being, whereas constructive coping predicted only positive emotionality. The prototypical masculine working environment characteristic for our sample could be the cause that socially/emotionally oriented coping is the weakest predictor of well-being, although other studies report the adaptive role of conscientious dealing with individualʼs own emotions as a coping style. Both well- and ill-being measures should be used to get an insight into a complex area of individualʼs adaptation to stress.
    Type of material - article, component part ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2012
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 48630370