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Managing Stress and Maintaining Well‐Being: Social Support, Problem‐Focused Coping, and Avoidant Coping
Author(s) -
Chao Ruth ChuLien
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2011.tb00098.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , social support , psychology , clinical psychology , coping behavior , social psychology
This study tested a model that links stress, social support, problem‐focused coping, and well‐being. First, it looks at how high support significantly moderated the association between stress and well‐being. Next, the students' problem‐focused coping was seen as mediating this moderated association. Finally, a 3‐way interaction of stress, social support, and avoidant coping revealed that only frequent use of avoidant coping accelerated the association between stress and well‐being in a negative way at both low and high support.