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Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees

This study was carried out to investigate coping process in relation to specific distressful episodes xperienced by 120 paratrooper trainees. Scores of direct coping and emotional coping that were derived from the “Ways of Coping questionnaire were analyzed to examine the role of appraisal, level of...

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Main Authors: Normah Che Din,, Shahidah Leong Abdullah,, Fauziah Shaari,
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Language:English
Published: penerbit ukm 2003
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/949/1/jurnal5.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.9492016-12-14T06:28:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/949/ Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees Normah Che Din, Shahidah Leong Abdullah, Fauziah Shaari, This study was carried out to investigate coping process in relation to specific distressful episodes xperienced by 120 paratrooper trainees. Scores of direct coping and emotional coping that were derived from the “Ways of Coping questionnaire were analyzed to examine the role of appraisal, level of anxiety, depression and level of stress as predictors of coping. Extrovert personality did not influence direct or emotional coping at all three phases (Training, Outdoor, and Jumping phases), Neurotic personality influenced direct coping in phases II and emotional coping in phase III. Anxiety affects emotional and direct coping in phases II and III. Depression significantly influenced emotional and direct coping at phase I only. Stress has significant contribution toward emotional and direct coping for all three phases. Appraisal signifantly affects direct coping at all phases but only phase I and II for emotional coping penerbit ukm 2003-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/949/1/jurnal5.pdf Normah Che Din, and Shahidah Leong Abdullah, and Fauziah Shaari, (2003) Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 1 . pp. 23-33. ISSN 1675-8161 http://www.fskb.ukm.my/fskbold/jurnal
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description This study was carried out to investigate coping process in relation to specific distressful episodes xperienced by 120 paratrooper trainees. Scores of direct coping and emotional coping that were derived from the “Ways of Coping questionnaire were analyzed to examine the role of appraisal, level of anxiety, depression and level of stress as predictors of coping. Extrovert personality did not influence direct or emotional coping at all three phases (Training, Outdoor, and Jumping phases), Neurotic personality influenced direct coping in phases II and emotional coping in phase III. Anxiety affects emotional and direct coping in phases II and III. Depression significantly influenced emotional and direct coping at phase I only. Stress has significant contribution toward emotional and direct coping for all three phases. Appraisal signifantly affects direct coping at all phases but only phase I and II for emotional coping
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author Normah Che Din,
Shahidah Leong Abdullah,
Fauziah Shaari,
spellingShingle Normah Che Din,
Shahidah Leong Abdullah,
Fauziah Shaari,
Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees
author_facet Normah Che Din,
Shahidah Leong Abdullah,
Fauziah Shaari,
author_sort Normah Che Din,
title Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees
title_short Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees
title_full Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees
title_fullStr Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees
title_full_unstemmed Coping skills among Malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees
title_sort coping skills among malaysian armed forces paratrooper trainees
publisher penerbit ukm
publishDate 2003
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