title: Emotional distress and coping with a stressful relationship in adolescent boys.
abstract: The purpose of this analysis was to investigate relationships between emotional distress in middle and late adolescent boys and the strategies they use to cope with a stressful relationship. The sample of 130 boys was surveyed using the Personal Stress Inventory to assess emotional distress, the Jalowiec Coping Scale, and a demographics questionnaire. Parent was the most frequently reported stressful relationship, followed by girlfriend. Adolescents used more problem-oriented coping (POC) than affective-oriented coping (AOC). AOC was a better predictor than was POC of emotional distress and predicted 56% of the variance in emotional distress scores. The findings provide nurses with information for identifying middle and late adolescent boys who are at risk for emotional distress.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-5330.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yoest
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000339:Affect; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D011340:Problem Solving; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires