Exploration of Ethnicity and Coping Resources among Middle Schoolers.

Autor/inn/en	McCarthy, Christopher J.; Seraphine, Anne E.
Titel	Exploration of Ethnicity and Coping Resources among Middle Schoolers.
Quelle	(1998), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adolescents; Children; Coping; Ethnic Groups; Factor Analysis; Intermediate Grades; Junior High Schools; Middle School Students; Middle Schools; Stress Management; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Bewältigung; Ethnie; Faktorenanalyse; Mittelstufe; Sekundarstufe I; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Testvalidität
Abstract	One of the most pernicious effects of stress is its effect on the ability of children and youths to function in the classroom. This study examined the factor structure of the Coping Resources Inventory for Educational Enhancement (CRISEE), an instrument designed to measure the coping resources and stressor load of children and youth. Participants were 1,546 students aged 10-16 from two ethnically diverse middle schools in the Southwest. Ethnicity was described as Latino, European American, African American, Mexican, Multiracial, Native American, Asian American, and Other. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted using tetrachoric correlations to estimate an unweighted least squares factor solution. This yielded a five factor solution for coping resources which replicated previous findings by W. L.Curlette and others. However, the external stressors scale did not emerge as unidimensionally distinct, which is discussed in terms of both methodology and theory. Implications for clinical interventions with children and youth in clinical settings and recommendations for further instrument development are also discussed. (Contains 1 figure, 7 tables, and 102 references.) (EMK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01