Coping with Stress: Implications for Preventive Interventions with Adolescents
By Bruce E. Compas, Ph.D., Jennifer E. Champion, B.A., and Kristen Reeslund, B.S.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 12, Number 3, 2005, Pages 17-20, Item# A123-COMPAS
Coping may be a moderator, or a protective factor, which increases or decreases the probability of developing mental health problems in response to a stressor. Coping may also be a mediator, which is set off by the stressor and accounts for the resulting symptoms.
This article summarizes the relationship between stress and psychopathology in adolescents then discusses the current coping research. It ends by discussing two approaches to preventive interventions using a case study.
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Teen Stress
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 12, Number 3, 2005
Adolescence can be a challenging time with youth experiencing biological, psychological, and social changes. Both normative stressors (such as moving from middle school to high school), as well as non-normative stressors (such as parental divorce) have been linked to an increased risk of such internalizing behaviors as depression and anxiety. This issue includes articles on the relationship between stress and at-risk behaviors, stress and culturally diverse youth, and various coping mechanisms.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Adolescent Stress: The Relationship Between Stress and Mental Health Problems, Pages 3-6
- • Coping with Stress: Implications for Preventive Interventions with Adolescents, Pages 17-20
- • Interconnected Accumulation of Life Stresses and Adolescent Maladjustment, Pages 13-16
- • Minority Adolescent Stress and Coping, Pages 7-9
- • Perceptions of Threat: Understanding Pathways Between Stress and Health in Adolescents, Pages 10-12
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