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The paper introduces one of current trends in the field of coping strategies -- the Dual model of coping -- represented by Response to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ).The first part of the paper briefly describes current knowledge and principles of the Dual model of coping. The second part of the paper talks about adaptation and standardization of RSQ in The Slovak Republic. The research sample consisted of 258 university students. Results of confirmation and exploration factor analysis showed four factors of RSQ questionnaire: primary socially controlled coping, secondary controlled coping, ruminations, and loss of control. Some of the items were excluded due to their low inner reliability. Despite new factor analysis outcomes the dual characteristics of RSQ, including control and automatic stress reactions, stayed preserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Effective adaptation to the stress connected with a loss of employment requires expenditure of larger or smaller amounts of energy. This paper focuses on problems faced by unemployed men and women and their selection of various coping strategies. The research was carried out via questionnaire methods in a sample of 92 men and 84 women who had been unemployed for minimum of three months. The life satisfaction of the respondents was generally evaluated as a neutral value (neither satisfied nor dissatisfied). The most frequently selected coping strategies (regardless of gender) were self-distraction, active coping, planning and acceptance. Relatively infrequent strategies were religion, substance use and behavioural disengagement. Some differences were found between men and women in their evaluation of the seriousness of unemployment-related problems and their preferences of coping strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emerging adulthood is considered to be a transitional developmental period between adolescence and adulthood. The paper focuses on key features of this period which are exploration of identity, experimentation, instability, self-focus and focus on others. The scope of their subjective experience and relations of these features to coping strategies with stressful situations were studied in an empirical research. The research sample involved 486 university students of Masaryk University in Brno (237 males, 249 females) with mean age 21.8. The features of emerging adulthood were measured by The IDEA Scale; coping strategies were measured by The Brief COPE. The results especially emphasized the importance of experimentation, self-focus and exploration of identity. The significant connections between features of emerging adulthood and coping strategies were gained. Experimentation and self-focus strongly correlated with orientation to problem solving, identity exploration particularly correlated with support seeking. Substantial differences between males and females were not observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]