However, negative caregiving experiences were not related to coping in the same study.[ 23 ] Expressed emotions Scazufca and Kuipers reported use of avoidance coping to be strongly associated with high expressed emotion.[ 21 ] In another study, “assertive coping scale” showed a trend toward a negative correlation with the number of critical comments made by parents.[ 43 ] Social support Poor social support has been reported to be related to more frequent use of emotion-focused strategies, whereas uses of problem focused coping strategies was associated with higher levels of pra
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