title: Changes in stress and coping during late childhood and preadolescence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Little is known about what produces stress in preadolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary data analysis using hierarchical linear modeling was performed to determine how stressors and coping changed over time in 1,568 preadolescents (51% Hispanic) in 28 public schools.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over time, participants experienced most stressors less intensely, but intensity varied by gender. Children in lower grades and girls found that coping strategies used were more effective compared with those in upper grades or boys. There were several interactions of grade level, sex, and ethnicity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Changes in stress and coping among preadolescents have implications for nurses concerned with mental health.
authors: Denton & Louise Cooley and Family Centennial Professor in Nursing at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, TX, USA.
authors: Lynn
authors: L
authors: Rew
authors: Connor
authors: C
authors: Principe
authors: Dana
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authors: Hannah
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011594:Psychometrics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors