Coping : a research manual for qualitative microanalysis of stress processes / Karen Pallesgaard Munk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munk, Karen Pallesgaard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adjustment (Psychology)--Research.

Adjustment (Psychology).

Stress (Psychology)--Research.

Stress (Psychology).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2019]

Summary:

The concept of 'coping' is fundamental in stress research, as an overall designation for everything people do to deal with stressful situations. In this book Karen Pallesgaard Munk further develops the theory of coping, using the American psychologist Richard S. Lazarus' analysis of emotions to research how individuals and groups experience stress. This new method, which Karen Pallesgaard Munk calls Qualitative Micro Analysis, begins with interviews that focus on both practical and emotional aspects of the life situation of the informant. Against this background, a systematic mapping of the informant's coping strategies and related narratives is made as a basis for change. In this book, instructions are given for how to conduct a coping interview, analyse the results and then communicate the data. The guidelines are applicable to both large research projects and smaller investigations on stress and well-being, for example by students of health.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Colophon

Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Content of The Manual

1. Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of the Research Manual

The Concept of Stress

The Concept of Coping

A Theory-Driven Research Method

A Change of Perspective

A Systemic Onset

The Goal Hierarchy As A Leading Principle

The Concept Of Goal

The Heart of The Theory and Method

The Concept of Hierarchy

The Goal Hierarchy and The Wellbeing of Human Beings

The Role of The Goal Hierarchy in the Coping Process

Emotions as a 'second language'

The Three-Part Structure of The Coping Process

The trigger

Stage one:

Stage two:

Different Types of Coping

Outcome of The Coping Process

Summary

2. The Formative Elements of The Coping Course

1. The Objective Character of A Situation of Mental Strain

Mental illnesses and the objective character of a situation

2. The Subjective Character of A Situation of Mental Strain

3. The Level of Perceived Reversibility of The Burden

4. Emotional Reactions

5. Resources Of Personality

SummaryPersonal faculties

6. Environmental Resources

3. Guidance on The Analysis of Coping Courses

Step One: Identify the distressing event(s)

Step Two: Find the personal meanings

Step Three: Estimate the emotional implications

Step Four: Map the coping strategies used by the informant

Narrativity and Coping Strategies

The Coping Strategies 'Prevention' and 'Restoration'

The Coping Strategy 'Active Resignation'

The Coping Strategy 'Extinction of Goal'

The Coping Strategy 'Palliation'

Absence of Coping: 'Passive Resignation'

Step Five: Identify interventions

Step Six: Record the outcomes of each sub-process

Step Seven: Detect patterns across cases

4. The Coping Interview

The Research Contract

Attitudes to the interviewee

The distribution of roles

Practical arrangements

Conclusion

Coping Memories: Stored, Forgotten or Changed?

Types of knowledge

The phases of the memory process

Forgetting

A model for autobiographical memory

Guidance from memory research for the interviewer

The seductive storyteller

The Coping Interview as A Non-Linear Process

Conclusion

Interview Guide for The Coping Process

Further comments on the interview

The Pitfalls of The Research Interview

5. The Life-Historical Resource Interview

The structure of a life-historical resource interview

Analytic scheme for resources

6. Publication of The Results of The Microanalysis

Schemes of Results Regarding Coping Courses

Examples of Coping Narratives

Appendix

The Method Used on A Real Case

Notes

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-158).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9788772190006

8772190000

OCLC:

1369637866