The importance of social emotional learning (SEL) has been well acknowledged as a significant feature of education and emotional development across the life span. School psychologists play an important part as innovators, implementers and evaluators of resources in the social emotional domain. When it comes to the early years in the education…

A learning disabilities coping program was implemented in the final year of two primary schools within the context of a whole class coping program and whole school learning disabilities professional development. Using data collected over three years from school surveys, reports, interviews, school documents and a field diary, this paper reports on…

In this study, the authors compared the results of a coping measure completed by 98 seventh through ninth grade students who were assessed as having learning disabilities with published means from the general Australian student population. The "Adolescent Coping Scale" was the measure used. The results suggested higher use by students…

This study examined the interrelationships between coping styles, emotional wellbeing, and school connectedness using path analysis. A total of 536 Year 8 students (241 boys and 295 girls) responded to an in-class survey and the "Adolescent Coping Scale" (Frydenberg & Lewis, 1993a) as part of a larger study. Productive coping style…

As increasing numbers of adolescents become involved in online activities, many also become victims of cyberharassment. This pilot project investigates how a program teaching coping skills (Best of Coping program, BOC) and a program teaching cybersafety (Cyber Savvy Teens program, CST) can optimise adolescents' capacity to cope online.…

Research with adults over the last 20 years indicates that people who see themselves as less efficient problem-solvers use more maladaptive coping strategies. This study of two independent data sets totalling almost 2000 adolescents examined this possibility by correlating adolescents' self-perceived efficacy at problem-solving with their usage of…

There are increasing demands in schools to provide social-emotional learning opportunities for students. This article reports on the utility of a universal coping skills program for young people at risk for depression in a rural context. The study deals specifically with the utility of the Best of Coping (BOC) program implemented to all students…

In a number of studies, using the Adolescent Coping scale as a measure of coping, we are able to see clearly that young people from different communities cope in different ways. For example, in studies of Australian, Columbian, German, Irish and Palestinian young people it was found that coping varied in the different countries, but even within…

Studied patterns of coping behavior and changes in coping for 169 Australian adolescents at grade levels 7, 9, and 11 using the Adolescent Coping Scale (E. Frydenberg and R. Lewis, 1993). Findings highlight differences in development of coping patterns between boys and girls. Discusses implications for the teaching of coping skills. (SLD)

Studied the ways young people cope with their concerns in samples of Australian (n=200), Colombian (n=100), German (n=128), and Palestinian (n=144) students who completed the Adolescent Coping Scale. Findings demonstrate the importance of identifying coping strategies that are reflective of the community under investigation. (SLD)

This paper reports the coping strategies characterising self-professed weak copers. In order to do so it examines strategies reported by a subset of a sample of 976 adolescents, as measured by the Adolescent Coping Scale. What is of interest in this investigation are the coping strategies of the most vulnerable adolescent group. Such information…

Elicited spontaneous responses from, and administered modified form of Ways of Coping Checklist to 650 adolescents. Found clear differences between how boys and girls cope. Compared to boys, girls sought more social support, were more likely to focus on relationships, and employed more strategies related to hoping for the best and wishful…

Australian secondary students completed questionnaires on adolescent coping behavior. Found that older students used more self-blame and tension-reduction techniques than did younger students; young students used more work-related strategies than did older students; males reported using more physical recreation than did females; and females used…