“…In a review of 12 studies of stress, coping, and personal attributes in adolescents with cancer, two specific coping strategies were consistently related to lower levels of depressive symptoms, namely, problem-solving and seeking alternative rewards (Decker, 2006). In other research with adolescents or young adults, help-seeking (Gould et al, 2004), planning (Aldridge & Roesch, 2008) and positive reinterpretation (Stewart et al, 1997), as well as problem-solving (Khurana & Romer, 2012), were each associated with greater competence or fewer symptoms of mental health problems.…”