Citation

Compas, B. E., Connor-Smith, J. K., Saltzman, H., Thomsen, A. H., &

Wadsworth, M. E. (2001). Coping with stress during childhood and
adolescence: Problems, progress, and potential in theory and
research. Psychological Bulletin, 127(1), 87-127.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.127.1.87

Abstract
Progress and issues in the study of coping with stress during childhood and
adolescence are reviewed. Definitions of coping are considered, and the
relationship between coping and other aspects of responses to stress (e.g.,
temperament and stress reactivity) is described. Questionnaire, interview, and
observation measures of child and adolescent coping are evaluated with regard
to reliability and validity. Studies of the association of coping with symptoms of
psychopathology and social and academic competence are reviewed. Initial
progress has been made in the conceptualization and measurement of coping,
and substantial evidence has accumulated on the association between coping
and adjustment. Problems still remain in the conceptualization and
measurement of coping in young people, however, and aspects of the
development and correlates of coping remain to be identified. An agenda for
future research on childadolescent coping is outlined. (PsycINFO Database
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