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A computer-based avatar task can differentiate avoidant and non-avoidant coping styles..
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Anxiety, Stress & Coping . Sep2019, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p477-483. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background/Objective: Coping styles play a role in how individuals respond to stress and therapy. One aspect of coping which has been linked to adverse outcomes including anxiety disorders and PTSD is avoidance. However, a tendency to avoid may affect the accuracy of paper and pencil inventories used to identify avoidant temperaments. Previously, we showed that a computer-based task in which an on-screen "avatar" is guided through a series of onscreen events could predict avoidance including behavioral inhibition, harm avoidance, and self-reported PTSD symptoms. Since some coping styles involve avoidance, we extended this work to determine whether scores on the avatar task would also differentiate avoidant and non-avoidant coping styles as measured by the Brief COPE. Methods: One hundred and fifty undergraduates voluntarily completed the avatar task and the Brief COPE. Results: Scores on the avatar task had a significant positive relationship with an aggregate score for the five avoidant coping styles and a significant negative relationship with an aggregate score for the nine non-avoidant coping styles. Conclusions: The effectiveness of the avatar task to differentiate coping styles based on avoidance further validates this task and also shows selectivity to avoidant coping styles as opposed to other non-avoidant coping styles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *AVATARS (Virtual reality)
*ANXIETY disorders
*TASKS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10615806
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Anxiety, Stress & Coping
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138105241
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1618841