The Utility of Systems Models of Stress and Coping for Applied Research
The Case of Cancer Adaptation by Mark R. Somerfield
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4227018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James C Coyne (University of Michigan) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-155 |
| Publication date | 1997-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/135910539700200203 |
| PMID | 22012990 |
| OpenAlex | W2332908284 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
c a l l s f o r a basic shift in the focus of coping research.He points to the need for a more systemic conceptualization of stress and coping processes, the organization of studies of coping around homogeneous stressors, and the adoption of a pragmatic, microanalytic approach to both coping assessment and the analysis of the resulting data.His examples drawn from the study of cancer patients facing bone-marrow transplant highlight the absurdity of organizing coping assessments around broader questions such as 'What did you do to cope with your cancer?' or even around respondents' selection of their most stressful recent experiences in broad categories such as 'cancer' or 'treatment'.If more researchers similarly stopped to contemplate exactly what they were asking of respondents, fewer studies of coping would be undertaken with no loss in the accumulation of knowledge.I can find little with which to disagree in his article, except his apparent optimism about coping researchers heeding his highly reasonable suggestions
Adaptation (eye · Cognitive psychology · Coping (psychology · Coping behavior · Health disparities and outcomes · Neuroscience · Psychology · Clinical Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |