Structural model of coping and emotions produced by taking a new job

The relationship of preventive and combative coping resources to appraisals and emotions produced by taking a new job was investigated at 2 separate t imes. Participants consisted of 231 graduate students who completed invento ries measuring these variables regarding their last employment experience. The results of the structural model suggested that preventive coping resour ces may affect the appraised desirability of taking a new job as well as in itial emotions related to this event, and that combative coping resources m ay affect subsequent emotional responses. The implications of these results for timing interventions by employment counselors using stress counseling techniques are discussed.