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The Journal of Psychology
Interdisciplinary and Applied
Volume 126, 1992 - Issue 6
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Reliance On Self or Seeking Help From Others: Gender Differences in the Locus of Coping in Chinese Working Parents

Pages 671-678 | Published online: 04 Nov 2012
 

ABSTRACT

In the present study, I examined gender differences in the coping behavior of Chinese working parents in Hong Kong. The Chinese Coping Scale (CCS; Shek & Mak, 1987), which assessed internal locus of coping (reliance on self) and external locus of coping (seeking help from others) in Chinese people in marital, familial, interpersonal, and occupational domains, was administered to 1,000 subjects. The results showed that men had higher internal coping scores in the marital, familial, and occupational domains, and that women had a stronger tendency to seek help from others (i.e., external coping) when facing stress in all four domains.

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