TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping Across the Transition to Adolescence
T2 - Evidence of Interindividual Consistency and Mean-Level Change
AU - Valiente, Carlos
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Fabes, Richard
AU - Spinrad, Tracy
AU - Sulik, Michael J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded, in part, by National Institute of Mental Health Grants 1 R01 HH55052 and 1 R01 MH60838 to Nancy Eisenberg and Richard A. Fabes.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/10/11
Y1 - 2015/10/11
N2 - The goal of this study was to examine various forms of coping across the transition to adolescence, with a focus on interindividual (correlational) consistency of coping and mean-level changes in coping. Adolescents’ emotional coping, problem solving, positive cognitive restructuring, avoidance, and support seeking in response to everyday stressors were assessed via a daily diary beginning when participants (N = 155) were approximately 9 years old and continued every 2 years for a total of four assessments. Most indices of coping demonstrated some interindividual consistency across time. Emotional coping and support-seeking coping declined over time, whereas positive cognitive restructuring and avoidance increased as adolescents aged. The discussion focuses on the implications of the findings and suggestions for advancing this line of inquiry.
AB - The goal of this study was to examine various forms of coping across the transition to adolescence, with a focus on interindividual (correlational) consistency of coping and mean-level changes in coping. Adolescents’ emotional coping, problem solving, positive cognitive restructuring, avoidance, and support seeking in response to everyday stressors were assessed via a daily diary beginning when participants (N = 155) were approximately 9 years old and continued every 2 years for a total of four assessments. Most indices of coping demonstrated some interindividual consistency across time. Emotional coping and support-seeking coping declined over time, whereas positive cognitive restructuring and avoidance increased as adolescents aged. The discussion focuses on the implications of the findings and suggestions for advancing this line of inquiry.
KW - adolescent development
KW - coping
KW - latent growth curve modeling
KW - longitudinal
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U2 - 10.1177/0272431614548068
DO - 10.1177/0272431614548068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84941219002
SN - 0272-4316
VL - 35
SP - 947
EP - 965
JO - Journal of Early Adolescence
JF - Journal of Early Adolescence
IS - 7
ER -