Coping Styles as Moderating the Relationships between Terrorist Attacks and Well-Being Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Braun-Lewensohn, Orna; Celestin-Westreich, Smadar; Celestin, Leon-Patrice; Verleye, Gino; Verte, Dominique; Ponjaert-Kristoffersen, Ingrid
Titel	Coping Styles as Moderating the Relationships between Terrorist Attacks and Well-Being Outcomes
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 32 (2009) 3, S.585-599 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.06.003
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Terrorism; Well Being; Mental Health; Adolescents; Coping; Stress Management; Correlation; Psychological Patterns; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Problem Solving; Emotional Response; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Mental Disorders; Emotional Adjustment; Adjustment (to Environment); Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Terrorismus; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Korrelation; Ausland; Fragebogen; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Problemlösen; Emotionales Verhalten; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Emotionale Anpassung
Abstract	This study aims to explore use of coping strategies among adolescents and their relationships with well being in the context of ongoing terrorism. Furthermore, we aim to explore to what extent coping styles in addition to exposure variables explain well being of adolescents facing ongoing terror. During September 2003, after three years of ongoing terror attacks, 913 Israeli adolescents aged 12-18 years, completed the following questionnaires during regular class sessions: Demographics, Achenbach's Youth Self Report; Exposure to Terror and Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) questionnaire; Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS) and Brief Symptoms Inventory. Adolescents employed mainly problem solving strategies which mean they have the capacity to cope well in spite of stressful events. Emotional focused coping was associated with PTS and mental health problems. Regression analysis of different exposure and coping variables revealed that exposure, appraisal (subjective exposure) and coping styles explained 26-37% of the variance of different psychological problems. The findings highlight the importance of appraisal (subjective exposure) and coping strategies, for understanding adolescents' mental health outcomes. Moreover, these findings are relevant to the development of prevention/intervention programs that facilitate youth's cognitive and emotional adjustments to ongoing trauma risks and terror threats. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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