Top

Gepubliceerd in:

01-02-2006 | Original Article

Adolescents Coping with Poverty-Related Family Stress: Prospective Predictors of Coping and Psychological Symptoms

Auteurs: Martha E. Wadsworth, Lauren E. Berger

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2006

Abstract

Examined prospective associations among poverty-related family stress, coping, involuntary stress reactivity, and psychological symptoms in a sample of 79 rural, low-income adolescents. Poverty-related family stress predicted adolescents’ anxious/depressed and aggressive behavior 8 months later, controlling for prior symptoms. Coping interacted with initial symptoms and involuntary stress reactivity to predict changes in symptoms over time, showing that primary and secondary control coping were most strongly associated with changes in symptoms for adolescents with low initial symptoms and involuntary stress reactivity. The only significant predictor of coping over time was prior coping, suggesting that coping is not symptom-driven and may be somewhat trait-like. Implications for interventions and additional research are offered.

vorige artikel The Role of Spirituality Versus Religiosity in Adolescent Psychosocial Adjustment

volgende artikel Shyness, Sociability, and Parental Support for the College Transition: Relation to Adolescents’ Adjustment

Achenbach, T. M. (1991). Manual for the Youth Self-Report and 1991 Profile. University of Vermont Department of Psychiatry, Burlington, VT.

Aiken, L. S., and West, S. G. (1991). Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Caspi, A., Sugden, K., Moffitt, T. E., Taylor, A., Craig, I. W., Harrington, H., et al. (2003). Influence of life stress on depression: Moderation by a polymorphism in the 5-HTT gene. Science 301: 386–389.PubMedCrossRef

Chang, E. C., and Strunk, D. R. (1999). Dysphoria: Relations to appraisals, coping, and adjustment. J. Couns. Psychol. 46: 99–108.CrossRef

Clarke, G., Lewinsohn, P., and Hops, H. (1990). Adolescent Coping with Depression Course. Castalia Publishing, Eugene, OR.

Cleveland, H. H. (2003). Disadvantaged neighborhoods and adolescent aggression: Behavioral genetic evidence of contextual effects. J. Res. Adolesc. 13: 211–238.CrossRef

Cole, P. M., Zahn-Waxler, C., and Smith, K. D. (1994). Expressive control during a disappointment: Variations related to preschoolers’ behavior problems. Dev. Psychol. 30: 835–846.CrossRef

Compas, B. E., Connor, J. K., Harding, A., Saltzman, H., and Wadsworth, M. (1999). Getting specific about coping: Effortful and involuntary responses to stress in development. In Lewis, M., and Ramsey, D. (eds.), Soothing and Stress. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 229–256.

Compas, B. E., Connor-Smith, J. K., Saltzman, H., Thomsen, A. H., and Wadsworth, M. E. (2001). Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: Progress, problems, and potential in theory and research. Psychol. Bull. 12: 87–127.CrossRef

Compas, B. E., Forsythe, C. J., and Wagner, B. M. (1988).Consistency and variability in causal attributions and coping with stress. Cogn. Ther. Res. 12: 305–320.CrossRef

Conger, R. D., and Conger, K. J. (2002). Resilience in Midwestern families: Selected findings from the first decade of a prospective, longitudinal study. J. Marriage Fam. 4: 361–373.CrossRef

Conger, R. D., Conger, K. J., Elder, G. H., Lorenz, F. O., Simons, R. L., and Whitbeck, L. B. (1993). Family economic stress and adjustment of early adolescent girls. Dev. Psychol. 29: 206–219.

Connor-Smith, J. K., Compas, B. E., Wadsworth, M. E., Thomsen, A. H., and Saltzman, H. (2000). Responses to stress in adolescence. Measurement of coping and involuntary stress responses. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 68: 976–992.PubMedCrossRef

Ebata, A. T., and Moos, R. H. (1994). Personal, situational, and contextual determinants of coping in adolescents. J. Res. Adolesc. 4: 99–125.CrossRef

Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A., and Guthrie, I. (1997). Coping with stress: The roles of regulation and development. In Sandler, I. N., and Wolchik, S. A. (eds.), Handbook of Children's Coping with Common Stressors: Linking Theory, Research, and Intervention. Plenum, New York, pp. 41–70.

Elder, G. H., and Caspi, A. (1988). Economic stress in lives: Developmental perspectives. J. Soc. Issues 44: 25–45.CrossRef

Gomel, J. N., Tinsley, B. J., Parke, R. D., and Clark, K. M. (1998). The effects of economic hardship on family relationships among African American, Latino, and Euro-American families. J. Fam. Issues. 19: 436–467.CrossRef

Grant, K. E., Compas, B. E., Stuhlmacher, A. F., Thurm, A. E., McMahon, S. D., and Halpert, J. A. (2003). Stressors and child and adolescent psychopathology: Moving from markers to mechanisms of risk. Psychol. Bull. 129: 447–466.PubMedCrossRef

Gunthert, K. C., Cohen, L. H., and Armeli, S. (2002). Unique effects of depressive and anxious symptomatology on daily stress and coping. J. Social Clin. Psychol. 21: 583–609.CrossRef

Gutman, L. M., and Eccles, J. S. (1999). Financial strain, parenting behaviors, and adolescents’ achievement: Testing model equivalence between African American and European American single- and two-parent families. Child Dev. 70: 1464–1476.

Haaga, D., and Beck, A. (1992). Cognitive therapy. In Paykel, E. S. (ed.), Handbook of Affective Disorders (2nd ed.). Guilford Press, New York, NY, pp. 511–523.

Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., and Brennan, P. L. (1997). Social context, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms: An expanded model with cardiac patients. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 7: 918–928.

Hollingshead, A. B. (1975). Four factor index of social status. Unpublished manuscript. Yale University, Department of Sociology.

Hoyt, D. R., Conger, R. D., Valde, J. G., and Weihs, K. (1997). Psychological distress and help seeking in rural America. Am. J. Community Psychol. 25: 449–470.PubMedCrossRef

Kagan, J., Snidman, N., and Arcus, D. M. (1995). Initial reactions to unfamiliarity. Curr. Dir. Psychol. Science. 1: 171–174.CrossRef

Kim, K. J., Conger, R. D., Elder, G. H., and Lorenz, F. O. (2003). Reciprocal influences between stressful life events and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems. Child Dev. 74: 127–143.PubMedCrossRef

Lazarus, R. S., and Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. Springer, New York.

Lewinsohn, P. M., and Talkington, J. (1979). Studies on measurement of unpleasant events and relations with depression. Appl. Psychol. Meas. 3: 83–101.CrossRef

Matthews, G., and Wells, A. (1996). Attentional processes, dysfunctional coping, and clinical intervention. In Zeidner, M., and Endler, N. S. (eds.), Handbook of Coping: Theory, Research, Applications, pp. 573–601.

McLoyd, V. C. (1998). Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development. Am. Psychol. 53: 185–204.PubMedCrossRef

McLoyd, V. C., Jayaratne, T. E., Ceballo, R., and Borquez, J. (1994). Unemployment and work interruption among African American single mothers: Effects on parenting and adolescent socioemotional functioning. Child Dev. 65: 562–589.

McMahon, S. D., Grant, K. E., Compas, B. E., Thurm, A. E., and Ey, S. (2003). Stress and psychopathology in children and adolescents: Is there evidence of specificity? J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry: Annu. Res. Rev. 44: 107–133.CrossRef

Rothbart, M. K., Posner, M. I., and Hershey, K. L. (1995). Temperament, attention, and developmental psychopathology. In Cicchetti, D., and Cohen, D. (eds.), Developmental Psychopathology: Vol. 1. Theory and Methods. Wiley, New York, pp. 315–340.

Rudolph, K. D., Dennig, M. D., and Weisz, J. R. (1995). Determinants and consequences of children's coping in the medical setting: Conceptualization, review, and critique. Psychol. Bull. 11: 328–357.CrossRef

Sandler, I. N., Tein, J., Mehta, P., Wolchik, S., and Ayers, T. (2000). Coping efficacy and psychological problems of children of divorce. Child Dev. 71: 1099–1118.PubMedCrossRef

Sandler, I. N., Tein, J., and West, S. G. (1994). Coping, stress, and the psychological symptoms of children of divorce: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Child Dev. 65: 1744–1763.PubMedCrossRef

St. Lawrence, J. S., and Ndiaye, S. M. (1997). Prevention research in rural communities: Overview and concluding comments. Am. J. Commun. Psychol. 25: 545–562.

Tolan, P. H., Gorman-Smith, D., Henry, D., Chung, K., and Hunt, M. (2003). The relation of patterns of coping of inner-city youth to psychopathology symptoms. J. Res. Adolesc. 12: 423–449.CrossRef

Turkheimer, E., Haley, A., Waldron, M., D’Onofrio, B., and Gottesman, I. I. (2003). Socioeconomic status modifies heritability of IQ in young children. Psychol. Sci. 14: 623–628.PubMedCrossRef

Valliant, G. (1977). Adaptation to Life. Little Brown, Boston.

Wadsworth, M. E., and Compas, B. E. (2002). Coping with economic strain and family conflict: The adolescent perspective. J. Res. Adolesc. 12: 243–274.CrossRef

Wadsworth, M. E., Rieckmann, T., Benson, M. A., and Compas, B. E. (2004). Coping and responses to stress in Navajo adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Responses to Stress Questionnaire. J. Commun. Psychol. 32: 391–411.CrossRef

Wandersman, A., and Nation, M. (1998). Urban neighborhoods and mental health: Psychological contributions to understanding toxicity, resilience, and interventions. Am. Psychol. 53: 647–656.

Wegner, D. M. (1994). Ironic processes of mental control. Psychol. Rev. 101: 34–52.PubMedCrossRef

Weiss, B., Susser, K., and Catron, T. (1998). Common and specific features of child psychopathology. J. Abnorm. Psychol. 107: 118–127.PubMedCrossRef

Titel: Adolescents Coping with Poverty-Related Family Stress: Prospective Predictors of Coping and Psychological Symptoms
Auteurs: Martha E. Wadsworth
Lauren E. Berger
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2006
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2006
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-005-9022-5

Andere artikelen Uitgave 1/2006

Reporting Empirical Research on Adolescence: Reflections on the Appeal of Coherence, Purpose and Responsibility

Original Paper

Socioeconomic Context, Social Support, and Adolescent Mental Health: A Multilevel Investigation

Original Article

Depressive Symptoms, Stress, and Support: Gendered Trajectories From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

The Role of Spirituality Versus Religiosity in Adolescent Psychosocial Adjustment

Original Article

Coping with Interpersonal Stress and Psychosocial Health Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis

OriginalArtical

Developmental Differences in Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Use of Mothers, Fathers, Best Friends, and Romantic Partners to Fulfill Attachment Needs

OriginalPaper