How Do GPA, Psychological Adjustment and Coping Styles Contribute to the Reported Use of Substance as a Means of Coping with Stress?

Autor/inn/en	Steward, Robbie J.; Jo, Hanik; Murray, Darrick A.; Tovar, Maria A.; Johnson, Mykel L.
Titel	How Do GPA, Psychological Adjustment and Coping Styles Contribute to the Reported Use of Substance as a Means of Coping with Stress?
Quelle	(1998), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Adolescents; Behavior Patterns; Blacks; Coping; Grade Point Average; High School Students; High Schools; Stress Management; Substance Abuse; Urban Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Black person; Schwarzer; Bewältigung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt
Abstract	In a study of African-American (n=119) urban high school students, coping with life stressors was positively and negatively associated with the use of substances. This study focused on how grade point average (GPA), psychological adjustment, and coping styles contribute to the reported use of substances as a way of dealing with stress. The results reveal that African-American adolescents who engage in demanding activities tend not to use substances as a way of coping with day-to-day problems. In contrast, adolescents who engage in diversion, ventilating, and avoiding behaviors as coping mechanisms tend to abuse substances. (Contains 3 tables and 13 references.) (Author/SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC