“…Here, too, this relationship may be mediated by a change in coping responses from productive to nonproductive coping. Similarly, there is conclusive evidence that nonproductive coping is associated with emotional impairment, behavioral problems, and lower grades among high school students (Cooper, Wood, Orcutt, & Albino, 2003;Mantzicopoulos, 1997;Thuen & Bru, 2004). Presumably, some students may be inclined to employ nonproductive coping strategies in school because they have a longer history of school failure or have traits that foster the adoption of nonproductive coping strategies (e.g., high neuroticism or low mood regulation expectancies).…”