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| The use of pre-existing and novel coping strategies in adapting to age-related vision loss | | Author(s) | Mark Brennan, Gina Cardinali |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 3, June 2000 |
| Pages | pp 327-334 |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Biological ageing ; Adjustment. |
| Annotation | Research has proposed that when faced with a stressor, individuals test novel coping strategies when pre-existing strategies fail to reduce a perceived threat. However, using novel coping strategies has received scant empirical attention. This study presents data in the form of spontaneous comments or responses to open-ended questions from three previous quantitative studies (of 155, 93, and 343 participants) of adaptation to age-related vision loss. Self-reported coping strategies were identified using a "grounded theory" approach (i.e. the codes for the coping strategies had not been constructed previously). These were then examined for evidence of whether the strategy was recently used (novel) or whether it had been used prior to vision loss (pre-existing). Results supported the use of novel coping strategies in the process of adaptation to a chronic impairment among older people. Overall, the use novel coping strategies was found to be associated with better adaptational outcomes, emphasising the importance of novel coping in response to stressful life circumstances. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000717231 A |
| Classmark | BR: BH: DR |
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