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Cognitive coping strategies and symptoms of depression and anxiety: a comparison between adolescents and adults.
Full Abstract
The present study focused on comparability of adolescents and adults in the reporting of cognitive coping strategies and their relationship to symptoms of depression and anxiety. Two samples were included:
487 adolescents attending a secondary school and 630 adults from a general practitioners practice. Data were obtained on symptoms of depression and anxiety and the use of nine cognitive coping strategies:
acceptance, catastrophizing, other-blame, positive reappraisal, putting into perspective, refocus on planning, positive refocusing, rumination and self-blame.The results showed that all cognitive coping strategies were reported by adolescents to a significantly lesser extent than by adults. Further, it was shown that both in adolescents and adults a considerable percentage of the variance in symptomatology was explained by the use of cognitive coping strategies. Although adolescents and adults differed in relative strength of the relationships, generally speaking, conclusions were the same:
in both groups, the cognitive coping strategies self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing and positive reappraisal were shown to play the most important role in the reporting of symptoms of psychopathology, showing the importance of introducing prevention and intervention programmes at an early stage.Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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Author information
Author/s: Garnefski, Nadia (N); Legerstee, Jeroen (J); Kraaij, Vivian V (VV); Van Den Kommer, Tessa (T); Teerds, Jan (J);
Affiliation: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands. garnefski@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Journal of adolescence (J Adolesc), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 25 (issue 6) : pp 603-11
Dates: Created 2002/12/19; Completed 2003/04/09; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12490178, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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