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- Title
The Costs and Benefits of Active Coping for Adolescents Residing in Urban Poverty.
- Authors
Carothers, Kristin; Arizaga, Jessica; Carter, Jocelyn; Taylor, Jeremy; Grant, Kathryn
- Abstract
The present study addresses the lack of specificity and diversity highlighted in recent stress literature reviews by examining active coping in relationships between exposure to violence and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a sample of urban youth from predominantly low-income, African American and Latino backgrounds. Two hundred and forty-one youth (mean age at Time 1 = 13 years; 66 % female; 41 % African American, 28 % Latino, 14 % European American, 6 % Asian American, 7 % mixed/biracial, 1 % American Indian/native American, .5 % Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 2 % other) and their parents participated in this three-wave study. Hierarchical regression analyses tested for moderation, and a cross lag panel path analysis tested for mediation. The results provide greater support for active coping as a variable that changes the relationship between exposure to community violence and externalizing symptoms, or moderation, rather than one that explains or mediates it. Further, specificity did not emerge for type of psychological outcome but did emerge for gender, such that active coping exacerbated the association between exposure to community violence and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms for girls, but not boys. These findings highlight the importance of contextual and demographic factors in influencing stress and coping processes during adolescence.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation in adolescence; URBAN poor; POOR teenagers; VIOLENCE &; psychology; STRESS in adolescence; AFRICAN American youth; HISPANIC American youth; HISTORY; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED States history; POVERTY &; psychology; METROPOLITAN areas; SCHOOLS; CHI-squared test; CHILD Behavior Checklist; CONFIDENCE intervals; MATHEMATICAL models; MEDICAL cooperation; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SEX distribution; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; THEORY; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 7, p1323
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-016-0487-1