title: [Strategies of coping with chronic illness in adolescents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a tool to evaluate coping strategies for chronic illness in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on a theoretical review and semi-structured interviews with adolescents, a questionnaire was prepared that was finally evaluated by judges experienced in in understanding, relevance and viability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A scale is proposed that consists of 60 items grouped into 12 coping families.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scale may be a useful clinical tool to provide key information about the experience and ways to cope with illness in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Flores-Carvajal
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile. Electronic address: alurzua@ucn.cl.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urzúa M
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescencia; Adolescent; Afrontamiento; Chronic illness; Coping skills; Enfermedad crónica; Estrés; Psychological stress