Coping and adjustment in distressed and healthy adolescents

Ebata, Aaron T.; Moos, Rudolf H.

doi:10.1016/0193-3973(91)90029-4

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“…The importance of avoidance coping in influencing SA children's adjustment is also supported by the fact that avoidance coping differentiated those children classified as resilient over six month period from those still displaying behavior problems in a clinical range. Links between reliance on avoidance-type coping strategies and an increase in psychological distress have been established in analyses of children confronted with a variety of stressors (Ebata & Moos, 1991Sandler, Tein, & West, 1994). The present data did not find a significant influence of reliance on strategies designed to more actively confront the stressors on SA victimized children's adaptation level.…”

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“…Empirical results suggest that coping behavior may provide a crucial link between the experience of distressing events and children's adjustment. Approach or "active" strategies are found to be associated with positive functioning while reliance on avoidance strategies is related to increased distress (Brodzinsky et al, 1994;Compas, Malcarne, & Fondacaro, 1988;Ebata & Moos, 1991Holahan, Moos, & Schaefer, 1996). The possible role of coping in influencing the adaptation of youth reporting SA has been investigated in a few empirical reports.…”

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Correlates of Behavioral Outcomes in Sexually Abused Children

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The present study attempted to identify individual and contextual factors associated with outcomes in a group of 63 latency-aged children disclosing sexual abuse (SA). Children reporting SA were found to display greater internalizing and externalizing behavioral difficulties as well as more sexualized behaviors relative to same-age non-abused peers. Mothers also reported these children as less socially competent than their peers. Family contextual factors appeared to be associated with behavioral difficulties and made a unique contribution to the prediction of externalizing and sexualized behaviors. Of the personal variables, avoidance coping was found to be linked to poorer outcomes. In examining possible factors linked to 'resilient' outcomes in a 6-month time-frame, family conflict and avoidance coping were found to be associated to clinical status in children reporting SA.Keywords Child sexual abuse . Consequences . Coping . Family relationshipsThe problem of child sexual abuse (SA) has received increased attention in the past few years. Although prevalence rates vary depending on the definitions and the methods used, community samples generally identify that between 12 and 35% of women and 4 and 9% of men report SA before M. Hébert ( ) · C. Tremblay · I. V. Daignault

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Correlates of Behavioral Outcomes in Sexually Abused Children

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“…The results of the present study are also in line with previous work showing concurrent associations between higher levels of depressive symptoms, lower levels of active problem-focused coping and elevated levels of ruminative, avoidant, and passive coping (e.g., Compas, Ey, & Grant, 1993;Ebata & Moos, 1991;Sandstrom, 2004). Specifically, whereas children low in depression spent significantly more time on approach behavior in response to rejection, our data revealed no such effect of rejection for children high in depression.…”

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Children’s Coping with In Vivo Peer Rejection: An Experimental Investigation

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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We examined children's behavioral coping in response to an in vivo peer rejection manipulation. Participants (N = 186) ranging between 10 and 13 years of age, played a computer game based on the television show Survivor and were randomized to either peer rejection (i.e., being voted out of the game) or non-rejection control. During a five-min. post-feedback waiting period children's use of several behavioral coping strategies was assessed. Rejection elicited a marked shift toward more negative affect, but higher levels of perceived social competence attenuated the negative mood shift. Children higher in depressive symptoms were more likely to engage in passive and avoidant coping behavior. Types of coping were largely unaffected by gender and perceived social competence. Implications are discussed. Keywords

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“…Moreover, despite theoretical disclaimers to the contrary, explicitly formulated approach responses typically include only constructive approaches, whereas avoidance responses typically include only negatively toned responses (Altshuler & Ruble, 1989;Causey & Dubow, 1992;Ebata & Moos, 1991).…”

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