Are Health Fatalism and Styles of Coping with Stress Affected by Poverty? A Field Study
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Abstract
Background: Fatalism is an important parameter that affects individuals' understanding of health. In addition, stress and economic status, such as fatalism, are important factors that affect an individual's understanding of health. In this context, there may be an important link between stress, economic situation and fatalism. This study was conducted to determine whether health fatalism levels and styles of coping with stress are affected by poverty.
Methods: This cross-sectional field study involved participants consisted of 382 individuals living in the two-Family Health Center regions in Turkey in 2018. The data collection phase continued for approximately three months. Collecting the data were used, namely demographic introduction form, Health Fatalism Scale, Styles of Coping with Stress Scale, and Individual Poverty Index. The data were analysed using SPSS 22 package program.
Results: The difference between the average health fatalism score in poor and non-poor individuals was statistically significant (P<0.05). There was a weak, positive, and significant relationship between health fatalism score and optimistic, helpless, and submissive approach scores in both poor and non-poor individuals (P<0.05).
Conclusion: While individuals' health fatalism level was affected by poverty, their style of coping with stress was not affected. Still, there was a significant relationship between health fatalism level and their style of coping with stress.
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3. Agorastos A, Demiralay C, Huber CG (2014). Influence of religious aspects and personal beliefs on psychological behavior: focus on anxiety disorders. Psychol Res Behav Manag, 7: 93-101.
4. Karakaş SA, Durmaz H (2017). Old age psychological characteristics and mo-rale. Kocatepe Medical Journal, 18(1): 32-6.
5. Joshanloo M (2022). The relationship be-tween fatalistic beliefs and well-being depends on personal and national re-ligiosity: A study in 34 countries. Heli-yon, 8(6): e09814.
6. Cohn L, Villar OE, Armando O (2015). Fatalism and health behavior: A meta-analytic review. Subdirección de Publi-caciones, México.
7. Merten S, Schaetti C, Manianga C, et al (2013). Local perceptions of cholera and anticipated vaccine acceptance in Katanga Province, Democratic Re-public of Congo. BMC Public Health, 13:60.
8. Macit M (2014). Fatalism in the submission-coping pendulum: A social psychological ap-proach. Ötüken Publications, İstanbul.
9. Hayes J, Clerk L (2020). Fatalism in the fight against Covid-19: implications for mitigation and mental health. Res Net, 12: 201-33.
10. Çarkoğlu A, Kalaycıoğlu E (2009). Relig-iosity in Turkey: an international comparison. Istanbul: Sabancı Univer-sity Istanbul Policy Center. http://research.sabanciuniv.edu/13119/1/Rapor_Kamu-dindarl%C4%B1k.pdf
11. Lazarus RS, Folkman S (1984) Stress, ap-praisal and coping. Springer Publishing, New York.
12. Marchlewska M, Green R, Cichocka A, et al (2022). From bad to worse: avoidance coping with stress increases conspiracy beliefs. Br J Soc Psychol, 61(2): 532-549.
13. Dhabbar FS (2014). Effects of stress on immune function: the good, the bad, and the beautiful. Immunol Res, 58(2-3): 193-210.
14. Ekşi H. A Study on coping, religious coping, and the relationship between mental health [PhD thesis]. Uludağ University Social Sciences Institute. Philosophy and Religious Studies De-partment, Department of Psychology of Religion, Turkey; 2001.
15. World Bank (2017). Monitoring global poverty, report of the commission on global poverty. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bit-stream/handle/10986/25141/9781464809613.pdf
16. Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI) (2016). Poverty study, Newsletter; Is-sue:21867 https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Income-and-Living-Conditions-Survey-2016-21867
17. Bobov G, Capik C (2020). The Reliabil-ity and Validity of the Religious Health Fatalism Scale in the Turkish Language. J Relig Health, 59(2): 1080-95.
18. Ersin F, Capik C, Kissal A, Aydogdu NG, Beser A (2018). Breast cancer fa-talism scale: A validity and reliability study in Turkey. Int J Caring Sci, 11(2): 783-91.
19. Guo G, Harris KM (2000). The Mecha-nisms mediating the effects of poverty on children’s intellectual develop-ment. Demography, 37(4): 431-47.
20. Solantaus T, Leinonen J, Punamaki RL (2004). Children’s mental health in times of economic recession: replica-tion and extension of the family eco-nomic stress model in Finland. Dev Psychol, 40(3): 412-29.
21. Kelly MM, Li K (2019). Poverty, toxic stress, and education in children born preterm. Nurs Res, 68(4): 275-84.
22. Franklin MD, Schlundt DG, Wallston KA (2008). Development and valida-tion of a religious health fatalism measure for the African–American faith community. J Health Psychol, 13(3): 323-35.
23. Folkman S, Lazarus RS (1980). An anal-ysis of coping in a middle-aged com-munity sample. J Health Soc Behav, 21(3):219-39.
24. Şahin NH, Durak A (2005). Adapting the scale of stress coping styles for college students. Turkish Psychological Association, 10(34): 56-73.
25. Çapık C, Bahar Z (2008). Determination of factors influencing perceived health status among poor and non-poor women in Eastern Turkey. Int J Caring Sci, 1(2): 58-65.
26. Öge S. (2014). Arabesque perception of fate - Orhan Gencebay example. Jour-nal of Atatürk University Faculty of Theol-ogy, 41: 47-76.
27. Cidade EC, Moura JRJF, Nepomuceno BB, et al (2016). Poverty and fatalism: Impacts on the community dynamics and on hope in Brazilian residents. J Prev Interv Community, 44(1):51-62.
28. da Costa LP, Dias JG (2015). What do European believe to be the causes of poverty? A multilevel analysis of het-erogeneity within and between coun-tries. Soc Indic Res, 122:1-20.
29. Powe BD (1995). Cancer fatalism among elderly Caucasians and African Ameri-cans. Oncol Nurs Forum, 22(9): 1355-9.
30. Freeman HP (1989). Cancer in the soci-oeconomically disadvantaged. CA Cancer J Clin, 39(5): 266–88.
31. Babjaková J, Džuka J, Gresty J (2019). Perceived Causes of Poverty and Sub-jective Aspirations of the Poor: A Lit-erature Review. Ceskoslovenska Psychol-ogie, 63(3): 325-36.
32. Gün S. Children working on the street in the context of the poverty cycle. [PhD thesis]. Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences, Turkey; 2010.
33. Folkman S, Lazarus RS (1985). If it changes, it must be a process: study of emotion and coping during three stag-es of college examination. J Pers Soc Psychol, 48(1): 150-70.
34. Barut Y, Özkamalı E, Tıngır S (2010). Ways for working women and non-working women to cope with stress. International Journal of Social Research, 3(14): 120-30.
35. Kuşat A (2000). Self-deception as a psy-chological phenomenon and its asso-ciation with religious belief. Religious Studies, 3(8): 97- 116.
36. Kaya A, Bozkur B (2017). Investigating the relationship between tendency of fatalism, self-efficacy and defense styles. Ege Eğitim Dergisi, 18(1): 124-45.
37. Ersari G, Naktiyok A (2012). Role of stress-fighting techniques in the inter-nal and external motivation of em-ployees. Journal of Atatürk University In-stitute of Social Sciences, 16(1): 81-101.
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Durmaz H, Çapik C. Are Health Fatalism and Styles of Coping with Stress Affected by Poverty? A Field Study. Iran J Public Health. 2023;52(3):575-583.
