Coping With Divorce: A Study of Young Adolescents
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 19 (1) , 79-84
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp1901_10
Abstract
Determined which coping methods adolescents used in response to parental divorce. Subjects were 39 mothers and their 12- to 16-year-olds. The mothers were divorced from 1 to 2 years and had custody of the adolescent. Three coping response methods were examined: active-cognitive, active-behavioral, and avoidance. Results indicated that the active-cognitive method was employed most often, followed by active-behavioral. Avoidance was used least often. Only avoidance coping was related to functioning; girls who reported more use of this method manifested more internalizing, externalizing, and physical problems. For boys, there was little evidence of a relationship between coping method and functioning.Keywords
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