Cognitive Therapy and Research, VoL 7, No. 1, 1983, pp. 93-98 Self-Control Behaviors and Coping with Seasickness Michael Rosenbaum I and Arnon Rolnick Tel-A viv University and The Sch wartz Research Center The study examined the relations between subjects" general repertoire of self-control behaviors and their ability to cope with seasickness. Based on peer evaluations, sailors of the Israeli Navy were divided into "seasick" and "'not seasick" groups. Each of these groups was further divided into high self-controllers (HSC) and low self-controllers (LSC) on the basis of their scores on Rosenbaum's Self-Control Schedule. Performance deficits as a consequence of a stormy sea were assessed by a peer evaluation technique. As expected, (a) HSC seasick subjects had fewer performance deficits than LSC seasick subjects, and (b) HSC seasick subjects reported using more extensively self-control methods to cope with seasickness than did LSC seasick subjects. These differences were not observed between HSC subjects and LSC subjects in the not-seasick group. HSC subjects did not differ from LSC subjects in their susceptibility to seasickness. These findings highlight the importance of cognitive skills in the process of coping with physically stressful situations. There is growing evidence that individuals who were trained to use various self-control skills cope effectively with stressful situations (Goldfried, 1980; Meichenbaum, 1977). On the basis of this literature, Rosenbaum (1980a) developed a self-report measure, the Self-Control Schedule (SCS), that assesses the general repertoire of self-control behavior of an individual and his/her inclination to employ it when faced with everyday problems. The following content areas are covered by the SCS: (a) use of cognitve and "self-statements" to control emotional and physiological responses; (b) application of problem-solving strategies (e.g., planning, problem 'Address all correspondence, including requests for an extended report of this study, to Dr. Michael Rosenbaum, Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, israel. 93 0147-5916/83/0200-0093503.00/0 ©1983 Plenum Publishing Corporation