Coping strategies and behavior problems of urban African-American children: concurrent and longitudinal relationships.
The development and correlates of 82 inner-city African-American children's coping strategies were examined across three years. Results indicated no change in the mean frequency of self-reported coping strategies over the three years, and a significant correlation of emotion-focused strategies with increased self- and mother-reported behavior problems. Child-reported externalizing problems (and, to a lesser degree, internalizing problems) predicted changes in coping strategies across assessments.
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Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population