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Evaluate strategies for coping with stress (Social Support (Neuling and…
Evaluate strategies for coping with stress
Folkman and Lazarus (88)
2 methods of coping
Problem-focused
Emotion-focused
Taylor (02) Tend and befriend theory
women more likely to look to social support
Social Support
Emotional
Informational
Practical
Neuling and Winefield (88)
longitudinal study
58 breast cancer recoverers
3 interviews in 3 months
rate frequency of social support (friends, family doctors)
patients needed large emotional supp. from family (most frequent support)
wish for more info support from doctors
social support helped
data descriptive, can't conclude effectiveness of social support
Allen et. al (99)
48 NYC stockbrokers suffering mental stress
lived alone, receiving drug treatments (hypertension)
1/2 given cat or dog
blood pressure and heart rate decreased over 6 months
pet owners more stable in stress
Social Support Eval
humans and animals
may be common among women
limited by culture
Asians/asian am. less willing to seek social support
Asian am. more concern over negative relational implications