Abstract The Positive Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ-P) was designed to assess
the frequency of positive self-statements. This article reports original data and reviews other …

Three stages of factor-analytic investigation aimed at uncovering general strategies that
underlie the myriad specific coping responses to stress. Each stage utilized a separate …

The structure of coping was examined in three studies by means of Wherry's approach to
hierarchical factor analysis. A hierarchical model with three levels was identified that …

One hundred twenty‐five commercial fishers in Cordova, Alaska, completed a mailed survey
regarding current mental health functioning 6 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill …

As numerous coping strategies to deal with stressors can be used concurrently or
sequentially, it may be productive to consider coping from a broad, systemic perspective …

Background: Depressive illness is associated with several functional disturbances, including
increased stress perception and reliance on emotion focused coping styles, reduced …

Dysfunctional coping strategies can be expected to be among the criteria distinguishing
personality disorders from normal personality functioning. In the present study the …

Stressful experiences may influence neuroendocrine, immune and cytokine functioning, as
well as physical and psychological well being. The present prospective investigation …

Objectives: First, to systematically identify the concepts contained in outcome measures of
trials on depressive disorders using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability …

This study examines television viewing motives and psychological outcomes of television
news viewing by persons in depressive moods. Subjects were measured for depression …