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Journal of Adolescence

Volume 23, Issue 6, December 2000, Pages 693-703
Journal of Adolescence

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Resiliency, social support, and coping in rural low-income Appalachian adolescents from two racial groups,☆☆

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Abstract

In this study an attempt was made to examine social support and coping in relation to resiliency among a sample of rural, low-income Appalachian adolescents of African-American and White races. Fifty-three African-American and 60 White 10th grade students completed the Perceived Social Support Scale for Family and Friends, the Ways of Coping Checklist, and Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strengths. Utilizing regression analyses, it was shown that social support from family and problem-focused, avoidance, and wishful-thinking forms of coping significantly predicted resiliency. Race and gender distinctions were minimal in respect to the measured variables in the study. Research in the future should include continued examination of rural and diverse samples, the use of various sampling procedures, and longitudinal assessments of resiliency.

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    An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1997.

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    Published with the approval of the Director of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station as Scientific Article #2614. Research was supported with funds appropriated under the Hatch Act (Project #373).

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    Reprint requests and correspondence should be addressed to: Carol A. Markstrom, Division of Family and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6124, U.S.A.

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