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Coping as a mediator of emotion

Folkman, Susan, Lazarus, Richard S.·1988·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Abstract

There is widespread conviction among health care professionals that coping affects emotion. Yet theory and research have traditionally emphasized the effects of emotion on coping. The present research addresses this imbalance by evaluating the extent to which coping mediated emotions during stressful encounters in two Caucasian, community-residing samples. Subjects' recently experienced stressful encounters, the ways they coped with the demands of those encounters, and the emotions they experienced during two stages of those encounters were assessed repeatedly. The extent to which eight forms of coping mediated each of four sets of emotions was evaluated with a series of hierarchical regression analyses (of residuals). Coping was associated with changes in all four sets of emotions, with some forms of coping associated with increases in positive emotions and other forms associated with increases in negative emotions.

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Authors
Folkman, S., & Lazarus, R. S.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
1988-03
Volume
54
Issue
3
Pages
466-475
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W2082682076
Cited by
2,103
References
38
Citations by year
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FWCI
24.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Keywords
coping, emotions, mediation, positive emotions, negative emotions, community residents
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Affective Symptoms, Aged, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors

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