title: Self-comforting strategies used by adolescents.
abstract: Two hundred sixty-four adolescents were surveyed in order to study the kinds and frequencies of self-comforting strategies they use. Fifty prompts with space to identify additional ones were provided. Significant differences were reported as determined by two-tailed t-tests. Gender was discriminating in both choice and frequency of soothers. Females selected most of the significant items. The results suggest that self-comforting strategies are ubiquitous, diverse, and developmentally progressive in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: phortonmd@aol.com
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy