Coping Styles and Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behavior

Autor/in	Kort-Butler, Lisa A.
Titel	Coping Styles and Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behavior
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 1, S.122-136 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9291-x
Schlagwörter	Delinquency; Adolescents; Coping; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Stress Variables; Well Being; Regression (Statistics); Longitudinal Studies; Problem Solving; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriminalität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Problemlösen
Abstract	Building on research that links gender to differences in well-being and differences in stress exposure and vulnerability, the current study examines how coping styles are gendered in ways that may contribute to sex differences in depressive symptoms and delinquent behavior. The study disaggregates stress measures to reflect gender differences in the experience of stress, examining whether avoidant, approach, and action coping condition the relationship between stress and well-being. Regression analyses were conducted using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Results revealed sex differences and similarities. The interaction of avoidant coping and stress helped explain why girls had more depressive symptoms than boys, action coping increased delinquent behavior for girls, while approach coping decreased delinquent behavior for boys and girls. Assisting adolescents in developing coping styles that discourage avoiding problems or taking quick action, but that encourage problem-solving, can improve well-being, regardless of sex. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10