Changes in Stress Perception and Coping During Adolescence: The Role of Situational and Personal Factors

Seiffge‐Krenke, Inge; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari‐Erik

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01258.x

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“…This paper aimed to describe age and gender differences in coping behaviour and explore the relationship between the use of (engagement/ disengagement) coping strategies and PTSS. Older adolescents in our study used a broader array of coping strategies than younger adolescents, confirming our hypothesis based on earlier findings (Baràth, 2002;Magaya et al, 2005;Seiffge-Krenke, Aunola, & Nurmi, 2009). Previously, these age differences have been ascribed to advanced cognitive abilities in older adolescents, allowing for more flexible and contextually adaptive coping (Weisenberg et al, 1993).…”

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Coping Behaviours and Post‐traumatic Stress in War‐affected Eastern Congolese Adolescents

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This study explores coping strategies used by war-affected eastern Congolese adolescents across age and sex, and the association between post-traumatic stress symptoms and engagement and disengagement coping. Cross-sectional data were collected in 11 secondary schools across four areas in the Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. A total of 952 pupils (45.3% girls, 54.7% boys) aged 13-21 years (M = 15.83, standard deviation = 1.81) participated in self-report assessment, using instruments that were either specifically developed (Adolescent Complex Emergency Exposure Scale, assessing traumatic exposure), validated (Impact of Event Scale Revised, assessing post-traumatic stress symptoms) or reviewed (Kidcope, assessing coping strategies) for the study population. Reported coping strategies varied with age, and boys more frequently reported problem solving and resignation as compared with girls. Disengagement coping was associated with lower symptom scores in younger adolescent girls, as was the interaction effect between engagement and disengagement coping. We conclude that disengagement coping is not necessarily a maladaptive reaction to stressful events in war-affected situations and that future research should aim to better understand the heterogeneous patterns of stress and coping responses, including the role of factors such as the nature and appraisal of stressors, available resources for coping and cultural preferences.

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Coping Behaviours and Post‐traumatic Stress in War‐affected Eastern Congolese Adolescents

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“…Adolescent stress approaches [42][43][44] based in Lazarus' transactional model [45] emphasizes the importance of individual characteristics, stressors, and context. There is evidence that both, major and daily events or hassles, due to its frequency, intensity, and duration represent a high stress burden [46].…”

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Poverty and Mental Health Outcomes in Mexican Adolescents

Barcelata‐Eguiarte¹,

Márquez-Caraveo²

2017

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the adaptive and resilience processes in adolescents from different marginalizing communities. The theoretical and empirical foundations of the ecological-transactional perspective of adolescent development as a framework for understanding the adaptive processes and resilience in contextual adversity is reviewed, with the recognition of risk and protective factors at multiple levels and ecological settings. Under this perspective, the authors provide data supporting the predictive role of stressful life events, coping, and family functioning in adaptive and nonadaptive outcomes in adolescents living in diverse contexts of high-risk communities in Mexico City. These findings may contribute to early intervention programs based on empirical evidence with adolescents and families living in disadvantages communities in schools and in clinical settings.

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“…Students' perceptions and experiences in a school setting influence the development of their self-esteem, self-perception, and health behaviour and in the future formation their well-being (6). School can sometimes be risky for future development of a student's health behaviour and also for motivation and engagement if the classmates and teacher are not kind and supportive (7).…”

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Trends in Perception of Psychosocial School Environment: HBSC Study 2002-2014 in the Czech Republic.

Vašíčková¹,

Hollein²,

Sigmund³

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Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYObjective: School is a place where students spend most of their daytime hours. Previous studies indicate that the class climate significantly affects students in both positive and negative ways. The aim of our study is to describe the trends in the psychosocial school environment based on four surveyed years in the Czech Republic.Methods: The trends in perception of school were assessed by the standardised self-reported HBSC questionnaire from data collected in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. The overall sample included 8,530 girls and 8,087 boys. Data was analysed separately by gender and three age categories 11, 13, and 15 years. Trends were calculated using descriptive categories and percentages. To identify factors influencing school likeness we used binominal logistic regression.Results: Results showed that school satisfaction declines with age both in boys and girls in each of four surveyed periods. Students who do not feel a high level of support from the teacher are more prone to negative perceptions of school. School duties in both genders were perceived to be greater and more stressful in 2014 than in 2002.Conclusions: Interventions to support the perception of psychosocial school environment via the educational system should, therefore, take the aforementioned variation into account.

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Changes in Stress Perception and Coping During Adolescence: The Role of Situational and Personal Factors

Cited by 202 publications

References 87 publications

Coping Behaviours and Post‐traumatic Stress in War‐affected Eastern Congolese Adolescents

Coping Behaviours and Post‐traumatic Stress in War‐affected Eastern Congolese Adolescents

Poverty and Mental Health Outcomes in Mexican Adolescents

Trends in Perception of Psychosocial School Environment: HBSC Study 2002-2014 in the Czech Republic.

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