I think therefore i om: cognitive distortions and coping style as mediators for the effects of mindfulness meditation on anxiety, positive and negative affect, and hope

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 561-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Sears ◽  
Sue Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Cognitive Distortions ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals COMPULSIVE BUYING AND RELATED MOTIVES: ENHANCEMENT AND COPING

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuntay Arcan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Compulsive Buying ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Coping Motives ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Negative Feelings

"Background: Research indicates that compulsive buying that refers to chronic, excessive shopping and expenditure isn’t rare, especially among the young people. However, related studies are limited. More research is required to advance our understanding about the phenomenon and to improve prevention and treatment strategies. Objectives: This study especially aimed to investigate the role of shopping motives for compulsive buying. For this purpose, coping and enhancement motives that were originally developed to assess drinking reasons were adapted for shopping. Examining the relationships of compulsive buying with demographics, spending frequency of different products, positive and negative affect were also other objectives of the study. Methods: The sample was composed of 362 voluntary university students selected through convenience sampling in Turkey. Majority of the participants were females (77.9%). The mean age was 21.91 (SD = 3.11). Participants rated the frequency of shopping motives for each of the 5 enhancement items (e.g. to get high, because it’s fun) and the 5 coping items (e.g. to forget worries, to relax) on 4 point Likert-scale (1: almost never, 4: almost always). Compulsive Buying Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule were also utilized as standard measurement instruments. The participants rated their spending frequency on different products such as cosmetics, clothes, technological products, or furniture on a 1 to 4 scale (1: almost never, 4: almost always). Findings: According to the results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis being female, having younger age and lower GPA (1st step) in addition to higher personal income (2nd step), spending frequently for cosmetics, shoes and clothes (3rd step), having higher negative affect (4th step) were found to be associated with compulsive buying scores. Moreover, both enhancement and coping motives that were entered into the regression equation in the last step (5th step), also predicted the participants’ compulsive buying scores. The total explained variance was 58.2%. Conclusions: The findings of this study are important to indicate the possible risk factors for compulsive buying including age, gender, income, spending habits, and negative affect. Moreover, the results reveal that buying something in order to enhance positive affect and to avoid negative feelings can be prominent determinants of compulsive buying. Research from non-Western countries such as the present study are essentially important to highlight the associates of compulsive buying across cultures since majority of the relevant literature derive from studies conducted with Western participants."

Appraisal and Coping Link Sexual Victimization History to Emotional Experience: A Multilevel Daily Diary Study*Portions of this study were presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095769
Author(s):  
Lucy Finkelstein-Fox ◽  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
Tania B. Huedo-Medina
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
And Coping

Sexual victimization (SV) history is common among college students and has many adverse effects on health, but little is known about whether these effects are explained by everyday stress and coping. Further, most studies conflate between- and within-person effects, limiting our understanding of distinct trait- versus state-level pathways. To address these gaps, we examined the multilevel association of SV history with contemporary positive and negative affect and somatic symptoms via daily control appraisals and coping (problem-focused, meaning-focused, and avoidance) with daily stressors. Online daily diary surveys assessed stress, appraisals, coping, affect, and somatization among 261 undergraduates with and without SV history over 11 consecutive days. Between- and within-person differences in appraisals, coping, affect, and somatic symptoms were examined using multilevel covariance modeling in a causal system, testing daily stressor type as a moderator of within-person effects. Across days, SV history was indirectly linked only to average positive affect via meaning-focused coping, with no other between-person indirect effects. At the within-person level, greater negative affect was experienced in the context of interpersonal stress, driven by greater problem-focused coping, greater positive affect was experienced in the context of academic stress, driven by greater control appraisals, and less positive and negative affect were experienced in the context of intrapersonal stress, driven by lower control appraisals and less problem-focused coping. SV may influence daily stress processes at multiple levels, depending on stressor type. Appraised control and active coping are potentially important but understudied ways in which SV history informs contemporary stress management.

Positive and Negative Affect, Life Satisfaction, and Coping with Stress by Attachment Styles in Turkish Students

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 480-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Engin Deniz ◽  
Erkan Işik
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Unique Predictor ◽  
Preoccupied Attachment ◽  
And Coping

The purpose was to investigate positive and negative affect, life satisfaction, and coping with stress in relation to attachment styles. Undergraduate students ( N = 421) completed the Relationship Scales Questionnaire, the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, and the Coping with Stress Scale. Results indicated that secure attachment style was the unique predictor of positive affect while fearful and preoccupied attachment styles significantly predicted negative affect. Regarding life satisfaction, a positive correlation with secure attachment style and a negative correlation with fearful and preoccupied styles were seen. However, the unique predictor of life satisfaction was preoccupied attachment style. In terms of coping with stress, there was no significant association between attachment variables and avoidance coping style, but significant links were observed between problem-focused coping and dismissing, and fearful and preoccupied attachment styles.

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