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ERIC Number: EJ544960
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
"You Can Try or You Can Just Give Up": The Impact of Perceived Control and Coping Style on Childhood Homesickness.
Thurber, Christopher A.; Weisz, John R.
Developmental Psychology, v33 n3 p508-17 May 1997
Assessed coping with homesickness, perceived control over homesickness, and adjustment among 8- to 10-year-olds spending two weeks at a summer camp. Found that children's most frequent and effective method of coping was engaging in distracting physical activity; coping by adjusting oneself to conditions increased through adolescence; and the most homesick children perceived low control over homesickness. (BC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Response, Preadolescents, Self Determination, Summer Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Control Perception; Homesickness