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A Reciprocal Effects Model of the Temporal Ordering of Coping and Defenses
Martin DrapeauGuillaume MartinentMichel Nicolassubject
Coping (psychology)Panel design05 social sciences050109 social psychologyCompetitive athletes030229 sport sciencesGeneral Medicinemedicine.disease_causeStructural equation modelingDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciencesPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical Psychology0302 clinical medicineCompetitive behaviormedicinePsychological stress0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologySocial psychologyPractical implicationsApplied Psychologydescription
This study aimed to examine how coping and defenses are related over time, using a two-wave cross-lagged panel design. Coping and defenses were assessed before and after a sport competition in a sample of 296 competitive athletes. Partial least squares path modeling results showed that (a) pre-competitive mature defenses predicted increases in the use of task-oriented coping during competition; (b) pre-competitive immature defenses predicted an increase in the use of disengagement-oriented coping during competition; and (c) pre-competitive task-oriented coping predicted an increase in the use of immature defenses during competition. Overall, our findings suggest that defenses predict the use of coping and conversely, that coping predicts the use of defenses in psychological adjustment to stressful situations. These findings have important theoretical and practical implications. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-14 | Stress and Health |