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Stress and coping and behavioral organization.

L Van Egeren1

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA. vaneger1@pilot.msu.edu

Psychosomatic Medicine
|June 14, 2000
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a new theoretical framework for stress and coping, viewing stress as behavior disorganization and coping as reorganization. This model enhances understanding of psychological stress and coping mechanisms.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Behavioral Science
  • Stress and Coping Research

Background:

  • Existing stress and coping theories lack a unified framework.
  • Behavioral organization offers a novel perspective on stress and coping dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an integrative theoretical framework for stress and coping.
  • To link behavioral organization to stress and coping processes.
  • To classify stress, emotions, and coping functions based on control domains.

Main Methods:

  • Functional analysis of behavioral organization.
  • Identification of four core control domains.
  • Postulation of four types of control beliefs (performance, process, prospect, profit).

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Main Results:

  • Stress is conceptualized as disorganizing behavior; coping as reorganizing it.
  • Four control domains identified, linked to specific stress, emotion, and coping types.
  • A coping belief model based on four basic control beliefs is proposed.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework enriches the psychological content of stress and coping research.
  • It offers improved research designs for studying stress and coping.
  • It facilitates reexamination and integration of fragmented literature findings.