What Coping Functions are Served when Health Behaviours are Used as Coping Strategies

Bibliographic Data

ID4226656
AuthorsDavid K Ingledew (Bangor University), Georgina Mcdonagh (Bangor University)
Year1998
Volume3
Issue2
Pages195-213
Publication date1998-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135910539800300204
PMID22021359
OpenAlexW4255625974, W2002899684
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

The aim was to clarify what coping functions are served by certain health behaviours when used as coping strategies. A preliminary questionnaire was used to identify individuals scoring high on eating (unhealthily), exercise or self- care as a coping strategy. These individuals completed a further questionnaire to elucidate the specific coping functions being served by their eating, exercise or self-care. Principal components analysis produced five coping function variables: Problem Solving, Feeling Better, Avoidance, Time Out and Prevention. Discriminant analysis (coping functions predicting coping strategy group) produced a Prevention with Problem Solving function, on which the exercise and self- care groups were high compared with the eating group; and a Time Out without Problem Solving function, on which the exercise group was high compared with the self- care group, the eating group being intermediate. Thus health behaviours used as coping strategies can serve not only problem-focused, emotion- focused and avoidance functions, but also time out and prevention functions

Avoidance coping · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Discriminant function analysis · Feeling · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology

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