Publication details
Vztah Stress-related growth, optimismu a proaktivního zvládání u osob po partnerském rozchodu
| Title in English | The relations between Stress-related growth, optimism and proactive coping occurring in the partnership breakup |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The main aim of the study was to explore the link among Stress-Related growth in partnership break-ups, proactive coping and optimistic explanatory style. We were as well interested in relations between Stress-Related growth (SRG) and selected sociodemographic characteristics and aspects of the relationship/breakup. SRG concept is defined as positive changes that occur after having experienced stress. In accordance with the current trend of research, we focused on the whole spectrum of changes, both the negative and positive ones. The practical part is focused quantitatively. The group of respondents consisted of 80 participants (57 women and 23 men). The methods we used were Revised - Stress-Related Growth Scale (R-SRGS) for evaluation of Stress-Related Growth, Proactive Coping Inventory (CPI) for the assessment of proactive coping and The Attributional Style Questionnaire to measure optimistic explanatory style. The results of our research confirmed that people experience positive changes after partnership breakups. In 74 out of 80 respondents at least moderately positive changes outweigh the negative. One of our goals was to help with validation of psychometric characteristics of the R-SRGS questionnaire in the Czech population. The results of factor analysis differs from the original structure of the questionnaire, which was published by S. Armeli, K. Gunthert and L. Cohen (2001). The single factor model fits the obtained data best, but part of the items can be explained by three factors. Another aim of our study was to find the link among proactive coping, optimistic explanatory style and SRG. These connections have proved to be statistically significant. We found that of socio-demographic and relationship/breakup characteristics the only statistically significant effect on SRG is caused by establishing a new relationship. |