Coping With Obsessive-Compulsive, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms - Obritsch, Andrew M.

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Résumé :
The relationship between coping strategies and psychological symptoms has been studied for decades. From the groundbreaking work of Richard Lazarus beginning in the 1960s through the present, researchers have learned a great deal about how humans cope with their environment and how the coping strategies they choose interact with psychopathology. This study examines how people cope with obsessive-compulsive, social anxiety, and depressive symptoms as well as how these three symptom domains influence the coping strategies a person utilizes. It was found that increased use of coping strategies categorized under the avoidant coping factor were related to increased obsessive-compulsive, social anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Social anxiety symptoms were found to decrease as the use of self-sufficient coping strategies increased. Obsessive-compulsive and social anxiety symptomatology were also found to be predictive of self-sufficient coping strategies. The findings of this study further the understanding of how people cope with obsessive-compulsive, social anxiety and depressive symptoms....

Biographie:
Andrew M. Obritsch earned a B.A. in psychology from St. John's University (MN) and a M.A. in clinical psychology from Eastern Illinois University. He is currently enrolled in medical school at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences....