Coping with Interpersonal Stress and Psychosocial Health Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis

Clarke, Angela T.

doi:10.1007/s10964-005-9001-x

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“…Our continuum of coping ranks active forms of coping (e.g., shaping future oriented solutions) more highly than passive forms of coping (e.g., praying). In a meta-analysis of 40 studies of children and adolescents, Clarke (2006) found that active coping was associated with fewer externalizing problems and higher social competence only in the context of coping with controllable life stressors. Flexibility in selecting from a variety of strategies that may be broadly construed as adaptive may be particularly important for youth confronted with uncontrollable stressors (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984), including threats of violence (Zeidner, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

Adaptive Coping Reduces the Impact of Community Violence Exposure on Violent Behavior among African American and Latino Male Adolescents

Brady

Gorman‐Smith

Henry

et al. 2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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This study examined whether coping moderated the impact of community violence exposure (CVE) on violent behavior among 285 urban African American and Latino adolescent males assessed annually across five years. Composites indicating overall CVE (having knowledge of others' victimization, witnessing violence, direct victimization) and approach to coping with CVE were created by averaging across years 1-3 (Time 1; mean ages 14-16). Adolescents classified as coping effectively tended to respond to CVE in beneficial ways (e.g., developing long-term solutions, engaging in positive reappraisal). Violent behavior was examined across years 1-3 (Time 1) and years 4-5 (Time 2; mean ages 18-19). CVE was longitudinally associated with greater violent behavior, adjusting for Time 1 levels of violent behavior. This association was significant only among adolescents with less effective coping strategies. Interventions targeting the enhancement of coping skills may be an effective method of reducing the impact of CVE on adolescent violent behavior.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adaptive Coping Reduces the Impact of Community Violence Exposure on Violent Behavior among African American and Latino Male Adolescents

Brady

Gorman‐Smith

Henry

et al. 2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…There has not been much research in this area, but it is known that giving children responsibility to care for others and encouraging active coping can make them less vulnerable during stressful periods (Clarke, 2006). Furthermore, young children who took on a caregiver role towards a huggy-puppy doll during a war situation had their stress reaction alleviated (Sadeh, Hen-Gal, & Tikotzky, 2008).…”

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Communicating with children and adolescents about the risk of natural disasters

Midtbust

Dyregrov

Djup

2018

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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A vast number of people annually are affected by natural disasters. Children are at risk of losing their lives and suffer mentally or physically after such events. The fostering of resilience and preparedness ahead of disasters can reduce untoward effects of disastrous events. Risk communication and disaster education are considered important aspects of disaster preparedness, but little is known about whether such strategies influence children’s behaviour when natural disasters occur or how they cope in the aftermath. This paper presents and discusses various strategies that promote preparedness activities to save lives. To a minor extent, it also includes strategies that can promote coping in the aftermath. Strategies such as informational campaigns, educational activities, psychoeducation and parental guidance are addressed. The literature to date indicates that schools are a suitable arena for risk communication, and that adolescents themselves should be involved and engaged in the communication strategies. However, the relationship between knowledge of preparedness strategies and the resulting preparedness actions is largely unknown. It is unknown whether changes in awareness and attitudes have resulted in actual behaviour change. It is advocated that preparedness activities and parental involvement should supplement information-based strategies.

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“…Coping for telecentre users refers to "behaviours and thoughts which are consciously used by an individual to handle or control" the outcome of dealing with responsibilities or problems successfully or in a composed manner (Clarke, 2006;Stone & Neale, 1984, p. 10).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

Osman

Tanner

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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ICTs and ICT4Ds are powerful socio-economic enablers within developing countries and provide members of "underserved" communities within these countries with tools for selfempowerment and circumvention of inequalities. Telecentres provide public access to ICTs to meet the educational, social, psychological and economic needs of a community. However, few studies have focused on the influence that telecentres have on the psychological empowerment of members of "underserved" communities in which they are situated. This study addresses this gap by investigating the perceived influence of telecentre components on the psychological empowerment of "underserved" community members in Cape Town, South Africa. This study is interpretive and has been executed through the use of a qualitative case study. Deductive in nature, the research was guided by a conceptual model depicting constructs (intrapersonal factors, interactional factors and behavioural factors) related to the psychological empowerment of telecentre users. The research findings confirm that the various components of telecentres such as services, computer training and entrepreneurial support can positively influence and contribute to the perceived psychological empowerment of "underserved" community members. The findings could improve our understanding of the relevance of various components of telecentres towards leveraging psychological empowerment. In practice, emphasis could be placed on the implementation and elaboration of the most significant components of telecentres within "underserved" communities.

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Coping with Interpersonal Stress and Psychosocial Health Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis

Cited by 266 publications

References 55 publications

Adaptive Coping Reduces the Impact of Community Violence Exposure on Violent Behavior among African American and Latino Male Adolescents

Adaptive Coping Reduces the Impact of Community Violence Exposure on Violent Behavior among African American and Latino Male Adolescents

Communicating with children and adolescents about the risk of natural disasters

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

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