title: Teaching kids to cope: a preventive mental health nursing strategy for adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The theoretical base, implementation, and effectiveness of Teaching Kids to Cope (TKC).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To inform clinicians about the benefits and uses of TKC, a 10-week psychoeducational group intervention designed to enhance the coping repertoire of adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Authors' clinical experience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Following the TKC intervention, students demonstrated less depressive symptomatology and improved coping behaviors. Further research is needed to test the intervention on a larger group and to determine its effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Puskar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tusaie-Mumford
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*