Adolescent Coping Across Time: Implications for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

This article compares rural adolescents' coping responses before and after the behavioral intervention Teaching Kids to Cope with Anger (TKC-A). A quasi-experimental design was used, that included 94 (intervention) and 85 (control) students who were enrolled in three high schools in rural south...

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Published in:Issues in mental health nursing 2009, Vol.30 (9), p.581-586
Main Authors: Puskar, Kathryn, Grabiak, Beth R., Bernardo, Lisa Marie, Ren, Dianxu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescents
Anger
Attitude to Health
Coping
Curriculum
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health Education - organization & administration
Health promotion
Health Promotion - organization & administration
High schools
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Nursing
Pennsylvania
Program Evaluation
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychology, Adolescent
Rural communities
Rural Population
School Health Services - organization & administration
Surveys and Questionnaires
Violence - prevention & control
Violence - psychology
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Summary:This article compares rural adolescents' coping responses before and after the behavioral intervention Teaching Kids to Cope with Anger (TKC-A). A quasi-experimental design was used, that included 94 (intervention) and 85 (control) students who were enrolled in three high schools in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. Results showed no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups' coping responses following the TKC- A intervention. The majority of youth in this study demonstrated healthy coping skills. In the future, the TKC-A needs to be integrated into the high school curriculum as a health promotion effort that is tailored to adolescents.
ISSN:0161-2840
1096-4673
DOI:10.1080/01612840902973038