Coping with Concerns: An Exploratory Comparison of Australian, Colombian, German, and Palestinian Adolescents

Frydenberg, Erica; Lewis, Ramon; Kennedy, Gregor; Ardila, Rubén; Frindte, Wolfgang; Hannoun, Rasmiyah

doi:10.1023/a:1021084524139

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“…Among the gender differences in coping during adolescence reported in earlier studies, a consistent finding has been that, compared to males, females generally show higher levels of seeking support and talking about the problem with others (Frydenberg et al 2003;SeiffgeKrenke et al 2009;Tamres et al 2002). Our findings expand on these studies by showing that females from all three regions exhibited higher levels in all three coping styles, irrespective of the stressor at hand.…”

Section: Universality In the Basic Rankings Of Everyday Stressorssupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Although age-specific stressors may be common and ubiquitous among many adolescents, the ways adolescents cope with them may be critically important for their adjustment (Auerbach et al 2010;Frydenberg et al 2003). During the last decade, a great deal of theoretical and empirical attention has been devoted to how adolescents cope with stress (see reviews by Compas et al 2001;Seiffge-Krenke 2011;Skinner and Zimmer-Gembeck 2007).…”

Section: Minor Stressors and Coping Behavior In Adolescencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Competence in Coping with Stress in Adolescents from Three Regions of the World

Persike

Seiffge‐Krenke

2011

J Youth Adolescence

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The ways adolescents develop and use strategies to cope with stress vary according to cultural scripts and values. This cross-sectional study tested the impact of region and gender on adolescents' stress perceptions and coping styles. A total sample of 10,941 adolescents (51.3% female) from 20 countries completed questionnaires on stress and coping behaviors in four domains (school, parents, peers, and romantic relationships). Standardized samples of n = 200 were drawn from each country, resulting in a sample of N = 4,000 adolescents (mean age 15.18, SD = 1.76, balanced gender distribution). Based on the results of discriminant analysis, the adolescents could be grouped into three world regions (Western, Eastern/Asian, and Southern). Results revealed that levels of perceived stressfulness of issues in different domains were universally similar among adolescents from all three regions. Parent- and school-related stress received the highest rankings, and peer- and romance-related stress the lowest. Differences emerged with respect to coping style, depending on region and gender. Coping styles characterized by negotiating, seeking support, and emotional outlet were used more often by adolescents from the Western region than those from the Eastern/Asian or Southern regions. Females in all regions had higher rates in the use of negotiating and seeking support than males did. Adolescents from all countries, despite regional variations, exhibited more emotional outlet in response to conflicts with parents than with peers or romantic partners. Overall, adolescents from all regions of the world demonstrated an impressive level of coping competencies, as only about one fifth of all coping responses involved the use of withdrawal and denial. The findings are discussed with respect to how the effects of globalization and changing societal expectations may have contributed to similar levels of perceived stressfulness and increased coping agency in adolescents in different parts of the world.

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Section: Universality In the Basic Rankings Of Everyday Stressorssupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Minor Stressors and Coping Behavior In Adolescencementioning

confidence: 99%

Competence in Coping with Stress in Adolescents from Three Regions of the World

Persike

Seiffge‐Krenke

2011

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Furthermore, the variety of possible coping options was limited by the fact that adolescents were asked to spontaneously name their ways of coping. This procedure may account for the similarities found in the Gibson-Cline study, as self-reports generally yield fewer and highly similar responses from each participant (Frydenberg, Lewis, Kennedy, Ardila, Frindte, & Hannoun, 2003).…”

Section: Culture and Copingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, by far the most employed strategy within this coping style was ''trying harder'' among adolescents from Russia, Turkey, or the United States, whereas it was ''planning toward a solution'' for Brazilian, Dutch, and Philippine adolescents, ''showing assertiveness'' for Venezuelan females and ''seeking social support'' for Australian females and Kuwaiti males. Furthermore, Frydenberg et al (2003) found that Palestinian adolescents showed a quite diverse coping pattern, i.e., they used many different coping strategies, whereas Australian, Colombian, and German youths employed a smaller number of coping strategies for coping with stressful events. Based on these reflections, the present study aimed to analyse aggregated coping styles as well as single coping strategies across cultures.…”

Section: Culture and Copingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent coping with everyday stressors: A seven-nation study of youth from central, eastern, southern, and northern Europe

Gelhaar¹,

Seiffge‐Krenke²,

Borge

et al. 2007

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

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“…These include interpretation of events (Folkman, Lazarus, Dunkel-Schetter, DeLongis, & Gruen, 1986), thinking styles (Zhang, 2004), core self-evaluations (Kammeyer-Mueller, Judge, & Scott, 2009), view of the self within the environment (Lazarus, Coyne, & Folkman, 1982), culture (Frydenberg et al, 2003), family environment (Compas et al, 1992), gender (Frydenberg & Lewis, 2002b) and types of resources available (McKenzie, Frydenberg, & Poole, 2004). Findings for coping differences in gender are mixed, with some studies indicating no meaningful differences (Hamilton & Faggot, 1988), while some suggest males use more problem-solving strategies (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980) and females use more nonproductive strategies (Frydenberg & Lewis, 2002b), social support (Frydenberg & Lewis, 1991) and emotion-oriented coping (Matud, 2004;Ptacek, Smith, & Zanas, 2006).…”

Section: Factors Influencing Coping: Gender and Partner Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing Wellbeing through a Parenting Program: Role of Gender and Partnered Attendance

Thomson

Frydenberg

Deans

et al. 2015

The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

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Coping skills provide a resource for tackling stress in everyday situations, including those relating to parenting. The aim of this article is to establish whether parents who experienced a 10-hour universal social emotional parenting program -Families Coping (FC) -benefit through increased productive coping strategies, decreased nonproductive coping strategies, and increased parent wellbeing, within a positive parenting framework. It is also of interest to see whether gender and/or partner attendance makes a difference in program outcomes such as coping styles and wellbeing. The data set combined two groups of parents (N = 23) of preschool-aged children from an early learning centre in inner-metropolitan Melbourne in 2013 and 2014 who undertook the FC parenting program. A mixed methods design was employed, where parents completed pre-and post-program questionnaires on coping and wellbeing. Results were considered with respect to gender and partner attendance. A one-way repeated-measures multiple analysis of variance (RM-MANOVA) showed a significant increase in one productive parenting style (Dealing with the Problem), a significant decrease in nonproductive parent coping, and a significant increase in parent wellbeing. Comparison of results between gender and partner attendance groups showed minimal differences in program effectiveness. Qualitative data mostly confirmed the key findings.

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Coping with Concerns: An Exploratory Comparison of Australian, Colombian, German, and Palestinian Adolescents

Cited by 51 publications

References 22 publications

Competence in Coping with Stress in Adolescents from Three Regions of the World

Competence in Coping with Stress in Adolescents from Three Regions of the World

Adolescent coping with everyday stressors: A seven-nation study of youth from central, eastern, southern, and northern Europe

Increasing Wellbeing through a Parenting Program: Role of Gender and Partnered Attendance

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