Tag: Coping

Coping flexibility and psychological adjustment to stressful life changes: a meta-analytic review

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Author: Cheng, C; Lau, HP; Chan, MP Description: Compared with the large body of literature on coping, coping flexibility has received relatively scant research attention, although more such studies have begun to emerge recently. Researchers have conceptualized coping flexibility in diverse ways: as a broad coping repertoire, a well-balanced coping profile, cross-situational variability in strategy deployment, a good strategy-situation fit, or the perceived ability to cope with environmental changes. This meta-analysis is the first to provide a summary estimate of the overall effect size and investigate cross-study sources of variation…

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Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: problems, progress, and potential in theory and research

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Author: Compas, BE; Connor-Smith, JK; Saltzman, H; Thomsen, AH; Wadsworth, ME Description: Progress and issues in the study of coping with stress during childhood and adolescence are reviewed. Definitions of coping are considered, and the relationship between coping and other aspects of responses to stress (e.g., temperament and stress reactivity) is described. Questionnaire, interview, and observation measures of child and adolescent coping are evaluated with regard to reliability and validity. Studies of the association of coping with symptoms of psychopathology and social and academic competence are reviewed. Initial progress has…

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