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- Title
Shift‐and‐persist coping and health among rural African American adolescents.
- Authors
Adesogan, Olutosin; Lavner, Justin A.; Carter, Sierra E.; Beach, Steven R. H.
- Abstract
This study examines whether shift‐and‐persist coping, a coping strategy defined by accepting challenges and remaining hopeful for the future, is associated with psychosocial and physical health and/or moderates the effects of contextual stress (i.e., racial discrimination, financial strain) on health among African American adolescents living in the rural Southeastern United States. Participants (N = 299, 56% boys, Mage = 12.91) completed measures of shift‐and‐persist coping, contextual stress, and psychosocial and physical health. Shift‐and‐persist coping was generally associated with better health but did not buffer the effects of contextual stress. Results suggest that shift‐and‐persist coping may serve as a source of resilience among African American adolescents living in a context where many experience heightened contextual stress.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AMERICANS; RURAL Americans; AFRICAN Americans; RURAL health; RACE discrimination; RACIAL identity of African Americans; AFRICAN American youth
- Publication
Journal of Research on Adolescence (Wiley-Blackwell), 2023, Vol 33, Issue 4, p1209
- ISSN
1050-8392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jora.12870