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The relationships between dispositional coping and personality variables.
Măirean, C. & Turliuc, M. N. Pages 7-28Author(s): Cornelia Măirean, Maria-Nicoleta Turliuc
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: I - 2/2011
Page Range: 7-28
No. of Pages: 22
Keywords: coping; neuroticism; extraversion; agreeableness; conscientiousness
Summary/Abstract: Previous research claimed that coping resources reflect stable personality characteristics (Bouchard, Guillemette, & Landry-Léger, 2004). The aim of the present study was to explore the relations between active coping, positive reinterpretation, denial and personality variables. Active coping is the process of taking active steps to try to remove or circumvent the stressor or to ameliorate its effects (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989). Positive reinterpretation implies the fact that a person views a stressor in more positive terms. Denial is a strategy used when a person denies the reality of a stressful event (Carver et al., 1989). To assess personality traits, we used Big-Five personality dimensions: neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness. To measure participants' coping strategies when faced with stressful events, the 53-item COPE scale (Carver et al., 1989) was used. Participants in this study (N=112) also completed the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992). Pearson’s correlations revealed that neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness significantly relate with the use of a particular coping strategy. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that conscientiousness and extraversion are the best predictors for the use of active coping strategies and positive reinterpretation. The research contributes to existing knowledge of how personality traits are related to coping strategies when confronted with adversity. Download full article
Values and ethics of Community Psychology.
Cioară, I. Pages 29-42Author(s): Ionel Cioară
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: I - 2/2011
Page Range: 29-42
No. of Pages: 14
Keywords: cultural competence; social justice; participation; health; caring; human diversity
Summary/Abstract: Based on the analysis of distinct notes of community psychology, defined by cultural competence, the paper presents cultural and moral values (social justice, self-determination, participation, wealth, caring, human diversity) that contribute to the particularization of this new field of contemporary psychology. The paper focuses on the openness to social interaction, the ways of development for community resources and the means to enhance citizen participation in social change facilitated by community psychology. Download full article
Inequality in action.
Potter, J., Tileagă, C., & Hepburn, A. Pages 43-60Author(s): Jonathan Potter, Alexa Hepburn , Cristian Tileagă
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: I - 2/2011
Page Range: 43-60
No. of Pages: 18
Keywords: inequality; action orientation; situation; construction; conversation analysis; child protection helpline
Summary/Abstract: This paper highlights some of the issues that arise when focusing on inequality (and similar notions) as participants’ concerns. It emphasises the value of understanding constructions of inequality in terms of how they are (a) oriented to action; (b) situated (sequentially, institutionally, rhetorically); and (c) constructed from discursive resources and constructive of social and mental worlds. These points are illustrated with an example from a call to a child protection helpline. This illustrates how a particular description of inequality can be oriented to action, constructed and situated. This is the basis for some more general observations on the nature of inequality as an object in interaction. Download full article
Recent life experiences: psychometric data in the case of west area of Romania.
Oprea, I., Marian, M., & al. Pages 61-78Author(s): Viorica Banciu, Ionuţ Oprea, Mihai Marian, Letiţia Filimon
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: I - 2/2011
Page Range: 61-78
No. of Pages: 18
Keywords: daily hassles; life changes; stress; depression
Summary/Abstract: This study examined the relations between daily hassles, depression and life events on mental health among adults in Romania. Data on daily hassles, depression, life changes were collected from a sample of 724 adults by means of a self-administered questionnaire which included the translated Romanian version of the Survey of Recent Life Experiences (SRLE), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Evaluation Scale of Recent Life Events (ESRLE). With the use of principle axis factoring followed by direct oblimin rotation SRLE factors were extracted. Findings revealed that hassles were related to higher depression and life changes. Download full article
The psychosocial factors involved in shaping marital couples attitudes towards domestic violence in western Romania.
Chipea, F., Miclea, R., & Mada, B. Pages 79-103Author(s): Bianca Mada, Raluca Miclea, Floare Chipea
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: I - 2/2011
Page Range: 79-103
No. of Pages: 25
Keywords: domestic violence; victim; marital couple; abuse; gender inequality
Summary/Abstract: Even today in the Romanian society the organizing family pattern is closely linked to marital violence, a central social issue. The paper aims to highlight the role of psychosocial factors in outlining the marital couples attitude towards domestic abuse in western Romania, giving the fact that these factors are the ones who determine the main differences in this sense. The research was conducted on marital couples belonging to the rural and urban. We suggest a comparative and co-relational procedure, using the following independent variables - gender, age, residency, educational level, number of children, income of the respondent and of the partner. We obtained an image of domestic violence in terms of its incidence and managed to surprise the partners’ attitude towards marital abuse, in relation to the perception of marital dissatisfaction and gender belief system. According to the study, in the context of Romanian postindustrial society, male domestic violence prevails along with the equalization tendency of marital roles: women's independent position are clearly outlined, the behaviors and attitudes adopted by women are consistent with this trend. Download full article
Temporal experience as a component of social problem solving.
Roşeanu, G. & Piroiu, A. C. Pages 104-114Author(s): Gabriel Roşeanu, Alexandra Cristina Piroiu
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: I - 2/2011
Page Range: 104-114
No. of Pages: 11
Keywords: social problem solving; time management; long term personal objectives; procrastination; temporal pressure
Summary/Abstract: Temporal experience is a psychological concept which represents a person’s manner of relating to time. It reflects the person’s way of using time at a behavioral and cognitive level. Thus, this concept implies the use of time management techniques and the defining of several long term personal objectives as efficient temporal experience, and procrastination and temporal pressure as inefficient temporal experience. In this study we aimed at identifying the relationship between temporal experience and social problem solving. We considered that the temporal constructs will explain much of the variance of the problem solving variables. A sample of 158 participants was used (mean age was 31.46 years). Our results showed that time management and especially long term personal orientation constitute important factors of social problem solving. Download full article
The role of the social support in alcohol-related disorders.
Dindelegan, C. Pages 115-125Author(s): Camelia Dindelegan
Language: English
Subject(s): Psychology
Issue: I - 2/2011
Page Range: 115-125
No. of Pages: 11
Keywords: social support; stress; alcohol-related disorders; alcoholism
Summary/Abstract: As stated in many studies, addiction comes from the person’s life and problems and it represents a strategy of solving a failure or a painful situation. In this study we tried to underline the existence of significant differences between individuals diagnosed with alcohol dependence and non-alcoholic individuals, concerning the role of the social support, the perception of stress and social support and the associations between these variables and an increased vulnerability towards alcohol dependence as a response to mental stress. Data were gathered using Social Readjustment Rating Scale, Recent Life Events Scale, Perceived Stress Scale and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The outcomes of this study show that the alcoholic subjects experience a higher level of perceived stress and, having a low level of social support, they are more prone to maintain the alcohol addiction behaviors. Download full article
