title: A taxonomy of children's coping strategies: a step toward theory development.
abstract: As a first step in developing a theory specific to children, a synthesis of 16 empirical studies of children's stress coping strategies was undertaken. From it, a natural and nonhierarchical taxonomy of 15 such strategies was inductively constructed, showing a high interrater reliability. Evaluation of the taxonomy is discussed, and directions for subsequent research suggested.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ryan-Wenger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000145:classification*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*