"Then It Will Be Good": Negative Life Events and Resilience in Ugandan Youth

Autor/inn/en	Eggum, Natalie D.; Sallquist, Julie; Eisenberg, Nancy
Titel	"Then It Will Be Good": Negative Life Events and Resilience in Ugandan Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 26 (2011) 6, S.766-796 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558410391259
Schlagwörter	Resilience (Psychology); Stress Variables; Coping; Foreign Countries; Social Support Groups; Self Concept; Adjustment (to Environment); Correlation; Youth; Psychological Patterns; Behavior Problems; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Poverty; Death; Parents; Parent Child Relationship; Disadvantaged; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewältigung; Ausland; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Selbstkonzept; Korrelation; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Armut; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Eltern; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Youths (N = 57; mean age = 13.83 years) residing near Tororo, Uganda, were interviewed to obtain quantitative and qualitative data pertaining to negative life events, adjustment problems, coping, social support, self-worth, and hope. On average, they experienced nearly half of the 22 negative life events assessed. The experience of negative life events related positively to internalizing problems and negatively to social support and self-worth. Coping strategies (problem-focused, positive reframing, avoidance, and support-seeking) were positively associated with hope. Problem-focused coping was negatively related to externalizing problems. Furthermore, social support was positively associated with coping strategies, self-worth, and hope and was negatively related to adjustment problems. The qualitative data shed light on the difficult events the youths endured and what types of coping strategies they used. Ultimately, interviews suggested that youths experienced many negative events, but they remained optimistic. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10