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ERIC Number: EJ456877
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Adolescent Coping Behavior When Confronted with a Friend with AIDS.
Brown, Larry K.; And Others
Journal of Adolescence, v15 n4 p467-77 Dec 1992
Examined coping of adolescents (n=871) presented with hypothetical situation of friend with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and compared subjects with sample (n=472) responding to hypothetical situation of suicidal peer. Found more distress in girls for AIDS problem, more distress in boys for suicide problem. Adolescents were more distressed, endorsed more coping strategies in response to AIDS. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Coping, Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, Sex Differences, Suicide
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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