Processes of Coping with Difference among Adolescents

Coping With Discrimination Among Mexican Descent Adolescents

Cyber-Bullying, Personality and Coping among Pre-Adolescents

The aim of this study was to investigate the association of personality (Five Factor Model), coping and cyber-bullying/victimization experiences among 300 Greek pre-adolescent students attending the upper two primary school grades. Boys reported more frequent involvement in cyber-bullying incidents, while there were no significant gender differences in terms of cyber-victimization. In terms of ...

Brief report: Coping among Austrian children and adolescents.

The study investigated age and gender effects on coping with common stressors among 494 Austrian children and adolescents (age 8-14 years). Participants were subdivided into subgroups of late children comprising third and fourth graders, early adolescents consisting of fifth and sixth graders, and middle adolescents including seventh graders. Middle adolescents showed a maladaptive coping patte...

Negative life events, distress, and coping among adolescents in Botswana

This study examined the potential mediating and moderating effects of different ways of coping on the impact of negative life events (NLE) on psychological health among adolescents, 63 boys and 66 girls, in Botswana. Distraction as a way of coping and seeking social support were found to reduce the impact of NLE on psychological health concerns. Rumination was associated with increased distress...

Adolescents coping with stress: development and diversity.

3 I " Approximately 25% of adolescents will experience at least one significant stressor, including the death of a loved one or witnessing a traumatic event. " Interventions for adolescents are often aimed at helping them deal constructively with the stressors in their daily lives. Achieving positive outcomes depends on understanding the actual stressors faced by adolescents, the ways they make...