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“Research has shown that an individual’s social position shapes access to coping resources, the types of coping resources, and the efficacy of these coping resources, particularly as it relates to health outcomes”
From Is John Henryism a Health Risk or Resource?: Exploring the Role of Culturally Relevant Coping for Physical and Mental Health among Black Americans. (2021) · cites this paper as Pearlin et al. 1981
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“Assessing depressive symptoms is beneficial because they provide a strong assessment of subclinical risk and generalized distress, which tends to be influenced by stress exposure”
From Is John Henryism a Health Risk or Resource?: Exploring the Role of Culturally Relevant Coping for Physical and Mental Health among Black Americans. (2021) · cites this paper as Pearlin et al. 1981
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“The Mastery Scale has shown satisfactory psychometric properties concerning both validity and reliability (20, 21)”
From Factors influencing subjective perceptions of everyday occupations: Comparing day centre attendees with non-attendees (2012) · cites this paper as [20]
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“For example, self-mastery is seen as a self-variable (20), not so easily influenced by the external life situation.”
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“Personality scales included the Eysenck neuroticism (EPQ-N), extraversion (EPQ-E), and psychoticism (EPQ-P), in addition to ruminative style and perceived mastery (Pearlin et al. 1981; Eysenck et al. 1985; Nolen-Hoeksema & Morrow, 1991).”
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Leufstadius, C., Erlandsson, L., & Eklund, M. (2006) · Occupational Therapy International · doi:10.1002/oti.207 · Cited by 87
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“Both stress process and life-course theoretical models emphasize the importance of framing individual lives within social contexts including socioeconomic status, gender, and ethnicity (Pearlin et al. 1981; George 1999).”
BackgroundMild acute inflammatory stimulation induces transient negative mood
Strike, P. C., Wardle, J., & Steptoe, A. (2004) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/s0022-3999(03)00569-5 · Cited by 83
Occupational Value among Individuals with Long-Term Mental Illness
Eklund, M., Erlandsson, L.-K., & Persson, D. (2003) · Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy · doi:10.1177/000841740307000504 · Cited by 82
“The participants in Persson et al. (2003) tended to re-evaluate what brought meaning to their lives as their ability to perform daily occupations became more restricted, retrieving new meaning from occupations that previously had not been so highly valued.”
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Characterizing the life stressors of children of alcoholic parents.
Hussong, A. M., Bauer, D. J., Huang, W., Chassin, L., Sher, K. J., & Zucker, R. A. (2008) · Journal of Family Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0013704 · Cited by 81
Perception of occupational balance by people with mental illness: A new methodology
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“[37] In order to investigate sense of self-mastery, or perceived control of one’s life situation, a Swedish version [38] of the Mastery Scale was used.[39] The measure has good construct validity in terms of unidimensionality.”
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Stress at work: Differential experiences of high versus low SES workers
Damaske, S., Zawadzki, M. J., & Smyth, J. M. (2016) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.010 · Cited by 71
“The stress process model argues that inequalities in the social structuredparticularly inequalities across class, gender, and racedcreate inequalities in social stress (Aneshensel and Mitchell, 2014; Pearlin et al., 1981).”
BackgroundAdams, A. E., & Beeble, M. L. (2019) · Psychology of Violence · doi:10.1037/vio0000174 · Cited by 73
Krause, N., Pargament, K. I., Ironson, G., & Hill, P. (2017) · Substance Use & Misuse · doi:10.1080/10826084.2016.1225096 · Cited by 70
“Three indicators were taken from the work of Pearlin et al. (1981) to measure this construct.”
Getting to 70%: Barriers to modern contraceptive use for women in Rwanda
Brunie, A., Tolley, E. E., Ngabo, F., Wesson, J., & Chen, M. (2013) · International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.07.005 · Cited by 70
Robinson, M. N., & Thomas Tobin, C. S. (2021) · Journal of Health and Social Behavior · doi:10.1177/00221465211009142 · Cited by 68
“because coping styles are typically shared from one generation to the next, largely due to similar societal contexts and social positions, John Henryism may serve a similar function for black Americans (Hall 2018; James 1994, 2019; Meyer, Schwartz, and Frost 2008; Pearlin et al. 1981).”
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The Impact of Work Interferences on Family Caregiver Outcomes
Colin Reid, R., Stajduhar, K. I., & Chappell, N. L. (2010) · Journal of Applied Gerontology · doi:10.1177/0733464809339591 · Cited by 66
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It's My World? Exploring Black and White Perceptions of Personal Control
Bruce, M. A., & Thornton, M. C. (2004) · The Sociological Quarterly · doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2004.tb02305.x · Cited by 59
“Since the idea of controlling one’s life has a number of overlapping dimensions, personal control has been examined variously as internal locus of control (Rotter 1966), mastery (Pearlin et al. 1981; Lachman and Weaver 1998), a sense of personal efficacy (Downey and Moen 1987), selfefficacy (Gecas 1989), and self-dire…”
BackgroundInfluentialAcculturative stress, emotion regulation, and affective symptomology among Latino/a college students
Mayorga, N. A., Jardin, C., Bakhshaie, J., Garey, L., Viana, A. G., Cardoso, J. B., & Zvolensky, M. (2018) · Journal of Counseling Psychology · doi:10.1037/cou0000263 · Cited by 57
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Håkansson, C., Björkelund, C., & Eklund, M. (2011) · Australian Occupational Therapy Journal · doi:10.1111/j.1440-1630.2011.00976.x · Cited by 55
“Mastery was measured with the Mastery scale (Pearlin et al., 1981).”
MethodWang, H.-X., Mittleman, M. A., Leineweber, C., & Orth-Gomer, K. (2006) · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics · doi:10.1159/000090893 · Cited by 53
Haagsman, K., Mazzucato, V., & Dito, B. B. (2015) · Ethnic and Racial Studies · doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.1037783 · Cited by 51
“The theory posits that certain groups experience a greater degree of particular stressors because they face many life changes and cannot cope with them due to a lack of resources (Pearlin et al. 1981).”
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Perceived stress in older dementia caregivers: Mediation by loneliness and depression
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“Some measures, such as the Family Social Network and Family Protective Factors scales, were developed in prior work with Yup’ik adults (Mohatt et al. 2004a, b), while others such as the Self-Mastery scale (Pearlin et al. 1981) were developed in non-indigenous populations.”
Suicide attempts and associated factors in older adults with schizophrenia
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Positive Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
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Argentzell, E., Leufstadius, C., & Eklund, M. (2012) · Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy · doi:10.3109/11038128.2011.560963 · Cited by 36
“The concept of self-mastery has been described as the individual’s control over life circumstances that significantly affect his or her life (20) and the basis of self-mastery has been proposed to be the perception of actual power to bring about desired outcomes (21).”
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Levin, J. (2001) · Review of Religious Research · doi:10.2307/3512570 · Cited by 35
9-11, Personal Stress, Mental Health, and Sense of Control Among Older Adults
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Profiles in health: multiple roles and health lifestyles in early adulthood
Mize, T. D. (2017) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.017 · Cited by 33
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What does resilience signify? An evaluation of concepts and directions for future research
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“Quantitative data were collected using Pearlin and Schooler’s mastery scale with construct validity confirmed (Pearlin et al., 1981) and individual questions regarding SRH and self-rated happiness.”
BackgroundMethodAdolescent problem behaviour: The gender gap in European perspective
Thijs, P. E., van Dijk, I. K., Stoof, R., & Notten, N. (2015) · European Journal of Criminology · doi:10.1177/1477370815578195 · Cited by 28
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Stressed-Out Oral Immunity: A Gateway From Socioeconomic Adversity to Periodontal Disease
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“(58), which has also been used in recent studies (32,59).”
MethodEklund, M. (2007) · American Journal of Occupational Therapy · doi:10.5014/ajot.61.5.535 · Cited by 25
“The Mastery Scale measures self-mastery, defined as “the extent to which people see themselves as being in control of the forces that importantly affect their lives” (Pearlin et al., 1981, p. 340).”
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The mobile assistance for regulating smoking (MARS) micro-randomized trial design protocol
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A program evaluation of an in-school daily physical activity initiative for children and youth
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“Pearlin et al. (1981) first hypothesized that a change in mastery should lead to proportionate changes in depression, as an attitude that belies the self-concept of worth or worthlessness.”
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“General elevated stress from a recent major life event was assessed with one item (no/yes) [28].”
BackgroundEklund, M., & Tjörnstrand, C. (2020) · Journal of Occupational Science · doi:10.1080/14427591.2019.1620121 · Cited by 14
“Both the original version and the Swedish version have shown excellent psychometric properties (Eklund, Erlandsson, et al., 2012; Pearlin et al., 1981).”
BackgroundKeynejad, R. C., Bitew, T., Sorsdahl, K., Myers, B., Honikman, S., Medhin, G., Deyessa, N., Mulushoa, A., Fekadu, E., Howard, L. M., et al. (2023) · PLOS Global Public Health · doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0002054 · Cited by 12
Hultqvist, J., Lund, K., Argentzell, E., & Eklund, M. (2019) · BMC Psychology · doi:10.1186/s40359-019-0359-z · Cited by 11
“The Pearlin Mastery Scale consists of seven items with four rating alternatives where four indicates the highest level of mastery, the possible sum score ranges between 7 and 28 and a higher score indicates stronger selfmastery.”
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Meinck, F., Lu, M., Suresh, D., Cetin, M., Neelakantan, L., Hemady, C., Franchino-Olsen, H., Woollett, N., Melendez-Torres, G., Gonzalez, A., et al. (2026) · Trauma, Violence, & Abuse · doi:10.1177/15248380251361468 · Cited by 9
“…mechanism also supports the stress process model based on social stress theory by which violence experience is considered a source of stress, which is linked to poor mental health, which is a mediator of stress to a manifestation of stress, that is, violence perpetration (Pearlin et al., 1981).”
Argentzell, E., & Eklund, M. (2013) · Work · doi:10.3233/wor-2012-1474 · Cited by 9
“The Swedish version [41] of the Pearlin Mastery Scale [42] was used to measure the participants’ sense of self-mastery.”
Women's use of aggression toward their former spouses during marital separation
Toews, M. L., Catlett, B. S., & McKenry, P. C. (2005) · Journal of Divorce & Remarriage · doi:10.1300/j087v42n03_01 · Cited by 8
Risk Screening of Veterans Throughout the Life Course
VanTil, L. D., MacLean, M. B., Coulthard, J., Murray, R., Lourenso, S., Camarda, J., & Lea, T. (2022) · Military Behavioral Health · doi:10.1080/21635781.2021.2007186 · Cited by 6
“Additions included a modified version of the Mastery Scale (Pearlin et al., 1981) with dichotomous responses, and the question on alcohol consumption.”
MethodYe, Y., Wang, H., Liao, X., Yu, C., & Zhang, W. (2024) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs14040286 · Cited by 5
Pongsaksri, M. (2018) · Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy · doi:10.11596/asiajot.14.1 · Cited by 2
“In addition, needs of people with schizophrenia to perform occupations, their living conditions [13], their accessibility to social contact [13, 14] and structured daily occupations [15] have been related to occupational performance of schizophrenic people.”
BackgroundRosario (1988) · doi:10.1002/1520-6629(198801)16:1
Metadata
- Authors
- Pearlin, L. I., Menaghan, E. G., Lieberman, M. A., & Mullan, J. T.
- Venue
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1981-12
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 337
- ISSN
- 0022-1465 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4292480755
- Cited by
- 6,289
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 104.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Keywords
- stress process, stress, stress response, coping
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Life Change Events, Self Concept, Social Environment, Stress, Psychological
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