Rural Adolescents' Coping Responses: Implications for Behavioral Health Nurses

The purpose of this paper is to identify coping responses of rural adolescents. The sample included 193 students attending three high schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. Family and peer relationships were the most common stressful situations described by the adolescents. Coping responses were meas...

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Published in:Issues in mental health nursing 2008-05, Vol.29 (5), p.523-535
Main Authors: Puskar, Kathryn R., Grabiak, Beth R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Cognition
Female
Humans
Mental Disorders - nursing
Mental Disorders - therapy
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing - methods
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to identify coping responses of rural adolescents. The sample included 193 students attending three high schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. Family and peer relationships were the most common stressful situations described by the adolescents. Coping responses were measured by the Coping Responses Inventory-Youth Form (CRI-Y). The results indicate that males most often report the coping response of logical analysis and females report the coping response of cognitive avoidance most often. Mental health programs, led by behavioral health nurses, may teach a variety of coping strategies to rural adolescents.
ISSN:0161-2840
1096-4673
DOI:10.1080/01612840801981413