ABSTRACT

The main aim of the study was to investigate the coping strategies and their association with self-reported general health/psychological status in Ukrainian female refugees’ sample (N = 919) in the Czech Republic. The BRIEF-COPE inventory was employed to investigate coping strategies. Binomial logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between self-reported general health status and self-reported psychological status with coping strategies adjusted by socio-demographics. The findings showed that within problem-focused coping strategies, planning what to do and taking action to try to make the stressful situation better has been found the most frequently used. Among the emotion-focused coping, more often used strategies connected with accepting the situation and learning to live in new circumstances. On side of avoidance coping strategies, only strategies to work or to do other activities ‘to take their minds off things’ were used more often. Further, outcomes revealed that ineffective coping strategies of self-blame and behavioral disengagement were associated with poorly reported general health/psychological status, and effective coping strategy was positively associated with better-reported psychological status. The research outcomes could be useful for the policymakers to help Ukrainian female refugees to better adapt to the country and avoid worsening physical and mental health statuses.

摘要

该研究的主要目的是调查乌克兰女性难民样本中的应对策略及其与自我报告的一般健康/心理状况的关联（N = 919) 在捷克共和国。BRIEF-COPE 清单用于调查应对策略。进行二项式逻辑回归分析以调查自我报告的一般健康状况和自我报告的心理状态与社会人口统计学调整的应对策略之间的关联。调查结果表明，在以问题为中心的应对策略中，最常使用的是计划做什么和采取行动以努力改善压力情况。在以情绪为中心的应对中，更常使用与接受情况和学习在新环境中生活相关的策略。在回避应对策略方面，只有工作或做其他活动“让他们的注意力从事情上转移”的策略被更频繁地使用。更远，结果显示，自责和行为脱离的无效应对策略与报告的总体健康/心理状态不佳有关，而有效的应对策略与报告的心理状态呈正相关。研究成果可能有助于决策者帮助乌克兰女性难民更好地适应该国，避免身心健康状况恶化。