African American Inner-City Youth Exposed to Violence: Coping Skills as a Moderator for Anxiety
African American Inner-City Youth Exposed to Violence: Coping Skills as a Moderator for Anxiety
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DOI：
10.1037/a0013948
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发表时间：
2008-04-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Miller, Steven A.
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作者：
Edlynn, Emily S.;Gaylord-Harden, Noni K.;Miller, Steven A.
目前的研究在240名六年级和七年级的市中心、非裔美国人学龄前和早期青少年的样本中，考察了应对类型作为暴露在社区暴力中的青少年的保护性或脆弱性因素。应对是在一个与背景相关的框架内概念化的。据预测，回避性应对将与暴力暴露相互作用，以横向和纵向预测焦虑的减少，而方法应对预计将与暴力暴露相互作用，以预测焦虑的增加。青年和父母都报告了青年接触社区暴力和焦虑症状的情况；青年提供了关于其应对策略的自我报告。采用分层多元回归分析方法进行数据分析。正如预测的那样，回避性应对对焦虑症状具有保护作用；与预测相反，接近应对与焦虑无关。文中还讨论了对未来语境和文化相关应对研究的启示。
The current study examined types of coping as either protective or vulnerability factors for youth exposed to community violence in a sample of 240 inner-city, African American pre- and early adolescents across sixth and seventh grade. Coping was conceptualized within a contextually relevant framework. It was predicted that avoidant coping would interact with exposure to violence to predict reductions in anxiety, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, whereas approach coping was expected to interact with violence exposure to predict increases in anxiety. Youth and parents both reported on youth exposure to community violence and anxiety symptoms; youth provided self-reports of their coping strategies. Data were analyzed by using hierarchical multiple regression analyses. As predicted, avoidant coping showed a protective function on anxiety symptoms; contrary to predictions, approach coping was unrelated to anxiety. Implications for future research on contextually and culturally relevant coping are discussed.