title: An Exploratory Factor Analysis of Coping Styles and Relationship to Depression Among a Sample of Homeless Youth.
abstract: The extent to which measures of coping adequately capture the ways that homeless youth cope with challenges, and the influence these coping styles have on mental health outcomes, is largely absent from the literature. This study tests the factor structure of the Coping Scale using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and then investigates the relationship between coping styles and depression using hierarchical logistic regression with data from 201 homeless youth. Results of the EFA indicate a 3-factor structure of coping, which includes active, avoidant, and social coping styles. Results of the hierarchical logistic regression show that homeless youth who engage in greater avoidant coping are at increased risk of meeting criteria for major depressive disorder. Findings provide insight into the utility of a preliminary tool for assessing homeless youths' coping styles. Such assessment may identify malleable risk factors that could be addressed by service providers to help prevent mental health problems.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 2148 South High Street, Denver, CO, 80208, USA. Samantha.Brown@du.edu.
authors.forename: Samantha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 2148 South High Street, Denver, CO, 80208, USA. Stephanie.Begun@du.edu.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Begun
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 2148 South High Street, Denver, CO, 80208, USA. Kimberly.Bender@du.edu.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.affiliation: Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York, 2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10035, USA. kferg@hunter.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Texas, 1925 San Jacinto Blvd. D3510, Austin, TX, 78712-0358, USA. Sannathompson@mail.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Sanna J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Coping scale; Depression; Homeless youth; Psychometric properties
references.citation: Can J Nurs Res. 2009 Jun;41(2):55-77
references.pmid: 19650513
references.citation: J Pers Soc Psychol. 1985 Jan;48(1):150-70
references.pmid: 2980281
references.citation: J Adolesc Health. 2010 Dec;47(6):575-81
references.pmid: 21094434
references.citation: Psychol Bull. 2001 Jan;127(1):87-127
references.pmid: 11271757
references.citation: Int J Behav Med. 1997;4(1):92-100
references.pmid: 16250744
references.citation: J Trauma Stress. 2010 Feb;23(1):161-8
references.pmid: 20146399
references.citation: Scand J Psychol. 2014 Apr;55(2):142-50
references.pmid: 24697686
references.citation: J Clin Psychiatry. 1998;59 Suppl 20:22-33;quiz 34-57
references.pmid: 9881538
references.citation: J Adolesc Health. 1997 May;20(5):360-7
references.pmid: 9168383
references.citation: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2003 Jul;42(7):778-85
references.pmid: 12819437
references.citation: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998 Jan;152(1):20-4
references.pmid: 9452703
references.citation: Aust N Z J Public Health. 2006 Jun;30(3):281-5
references.pmid: 16800208
references.citation: J Adolesc. 2007 Apr;30(2):283-96
references.pmid: 16631925
references.citation: Community Ment Health J. 2011 Apr;47(2):233-42
references.pmid: 20198509
references.citation: Psychol Bull. 2003 Mar;129(2):216-69
references.pmid: 12696840
references.citation: Psychol Health. 2011 Aug;26(8):1049-62
references.pmid: 21598180
references.citation: Am J Community Psychol. 1999 Apr;27(2):273-96
references.pmid: 10425702
references.citation: Psychol Bull. 2003 May;129(3):447-66
references.pmid: 12784938
references.citation: J Health Psychol. 2014 Apr;19(4):509-20
references.pmid: 23449677
references.citation: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2008 Jul;37(3):564-74
references.pmid: 18645747