Threat Appraisals and Coping Responses to Stressors: Links to Chinese Children's Behavioral Problems and Social Competence

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      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      26
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH)
    • Contract Number:
      K05M801321
    • Education Level:
      Elementary Education
      Grade 5
      Intermediate Grades
      Middle Schools
      Grade 6
    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign Countries; Preadolescents; Elementary School Students; Adolescent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Coping; Stress Variables; Behavior Problems; Student Behavior; Interpersonal Competence; Cognitive Restructuring; Behavior Modification; Grade 5; Grade 6; Help Seeking; Student Adjustment; Decision Making; Psychological Patterns
    • Subject Terms:
      China (Beijing)
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0272431617737627
    • ISSN:
      0272-4316
    • Abstract:
      Given the increasing societal concerns about youth's mental health problems in the context of rapid sociocultural changes in urban China, studying the links of appraisals and coping to Chinese children's adjustment can inform cultural adaptations of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions for this population. In a school-based sample of 591 Chinese preadolescent children (53.6% girls, X-Bar age = 11.6 years, in fifth and sixth grades) in Beijing, we tested the concurrent relations between (a) children's self-reported threat appraisals of stressors and use of coping strategies (active, avoidant, distraction, and support seeking), and (b) three domains of adjustment (externalizing and internalizing problems, and social competence) rated by parents, teachers, and children. Structural equation modeling revealed that controlling for stressors and family demographics, threat appraisals and avoidant coping were positively associated with internalizing problems. Active coping was negatively associated with externalizing problems and positively associated with social competence, and support seeking coping was negatively associated with internalizing problems. Gender did not moderate threat/coping-adjustment associations.
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    • Number of References:
      61
    • Publication Date:
      2019
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1201269