Stress, coping, and behavioural problems among rural and urban adolescents

Rural/urban differences were studied in self-reported stress (life events, daily hassles and conflict), coping and behavioural problems in a community sample of adolescents. Despite challenging socioeconomic conditions in rural areas, levels of stress and ways of coping were similar in rural and urb...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2003-10, Vol.26 (5), p.574-585
Main Authors: Elgar, Frank J, Arlett, Christine, Groves, Renee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adolescents
Behavior disorders
Behavior Problems
Behavioural problems
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Coping
Coping strategies
Female
High School Students
Humans
Internal-External Control
Junior High School Students
Life Events
Male
Medical sciences
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Personality Inventory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Rural areas
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Rural Urban Differences
Rural Youth
Selfreport
Sex Differences
Sex Factors
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Sociocultural environment
Sociocultural Patterns
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress
Stress Variables
Stress, Psychological - complications
Teenagers
Urban areas
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Urban Youth
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Summary:Rural/urban differences were studied in self-reported stress (life events, daily hassles and conflict), coping and behavioural problems in a community sample of adolescents. Despite challenging socioeconomic conditions in rural areas, levels of stress and ways of coping were similar in rural and urban adolescents. However, urban males reported more conflict and externalizing behaviours than females and rural males. Stress, coping, and behavioural problems were interrelated but approach coping did not moderate the influence of stress on psychological functioning. Results suggest that adolescents may utilize many coping strategies that serve little benefit in terms of behavioural outcomes.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/S0140-1971(03)00057-5