Development of Coping Strategies From Childhood to Adolescence: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Trends

IF 1.3 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Heike Eschenbeck, Steffen Schmid, Ines Schröder, Nicola Wasserfall, C. Kohlmann
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Abstract

Extensive research exists on coping in children and adolescents. However, developmental issues have only recently started to receive more attention. The present study examined age differences and developmental changes in six coping strategies (social support seeking, problem solving, avoidant coping, palliative emotion regulation, anger-related emotion regulation, and media use) assessed by a coping questionnaire (German Stress and Coping Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents, SSKJ 3–8; Lohaus, Eschenbeck, Kohlmann, & Klein-Heßling, 2006) in middle/late childhood and early adolescence. At the initial assessment, 917 children from grades 3 to 7 (age range 8–15 years) were included (cross-sectional sample). Three cohorts (grades 3–5 at baseline) were traced longitudinally over 1½ years with four assessments (longitudinal sample: n = 388). The cross-sectional coping data showed significant effects for grade level in four coping strategies. Older children scored higher in problem solving and media use, and lower in avoidant coping. Seventh graders scored lower than fourth and fifth graders in social support seeking. Longitudinal data confirmed time effects and cohort effects indicating developmental changes. Increases over time were found for problem solving and media use; decreases were found for avoidant coping and anger-related emotion regulation. For social support seeking, an increase within the youngest cohort (grades 3–5) was found. Developmental trends (in cross-sectional and longitudinal data), with especially strong increases for problem solving or declines in avoidant coping in the youngest cohort, differed for the two studied stressful situations (social, academic) but were independent of the child’s gender. To conclude, particularly in the age range of 9–11 years relevant developmental changes toward a more active coping seem to appear.
儿童至青少年时期应对策略的发展:横断面与纵向趋势
关于儿童和青少年应对的研究非常广泛。然而,发展问题直到最近才开始受到更多的关注。本研究采用德国儿童与青少年压力与应对问卷(SSKJ 3-8;Lohaus, Eschenbeck, Kohlmann, & Klein-Heßling, 2006)在童年中后期和青春期早期。在最初的评估中,917名3至7年级(8-15岁)的儿童被纳入(横断面样本)。三个队列(基线3-5级)在1年半的时间里进行了四次评估(纵向样本:n = 388)。横截面应对数据显示,四种应对策略对年级有显著影响。年龄较大的孩子在解决问题和使用媒体方面得分较高,而在回避性应对方面得分较低。七年级学生的社会支持寻求得分低于四年级和五年级学生。纵向数据证实了时间效应和队列效应表明发育变化。随着时间的推移,解决问题和使用媒体的能力有所增加;逃避性应对和愤怒相关情绪调节能力均有所下降。在寻求社会支持方面,在最年轻的队列(3-5年级)中发现了增加。发展趋势(在横断面和纵向数据中),在最年轻的队列中,解决问题的能力显著增加,逃避性应对能力下降,这在两种研究的压力环境(社会、学术)中有所不同,但与孩子的性别无关。总之,特别是在9-11岁的年龄段,似乎出现了相关的发展变化,趋向于更积极的应对。
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期刊介绍: Die "Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie" wurde gegründet, um dem raschen Anwachsen gesundheitspsychologischer Forschung sowie deren Relevanz für verschiedene Anwendungsfelder gerecht zu werden. Gesundheitspsychologie versteht sich als wissenschaftlicher Beitrag der Psychologie zur Förderung und Erhaltung von Gesundheit, zur Verhütung und Behandlung von Krankheiten, zur Bestimmung von Risikoverhaltensweisen, zur Diagnose und Ursachenbestimmung von gesundheitlichen Störungen sowie zur Verbessung des Systems gesundheitlicher Vorsorge.
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