Examination of the relationship between self and choice of coping strategies among U.S. active duty military wives
- Page, A. P., Ross, A. M., & Solomon, P. (2023). Examination of the relationship between self and choice of coping strategies among U.S. active duty military wives. Armed Forces and Society, 49(3), 687-712. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X221081222
- This study examined whether military wives’ sense of self (i.e., identity status, selfconcept clarity, role conflict, mastery, and self-monitoring) was associated with their emotion-focused coping (i.e., efforts to temper feelings) and problem-focused coping (i.e., efforts to change a stressor). 202 military wives reported on their identity status (i.e., achieved, moratorium, foreclosed, or diffused), selfconcept clarity (i.e., their understanding of their own attributes), role conflict (i.e., having multiple roles with contradicting demands), mastery (i.e., perceived control over one’s life), and self-monitoring (i.e., attentiveness and adjustment to social cues). Overall, military wives with an achieved identity status tended to use more emotion-focused coping, and wives with a moratorium identity tended to use more problem-focused coping.
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