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ERIC Number: EJ513142
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Coping Strategies among Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Study.
Olah, Attila
Journal of Adolescence, v18 n4 p491-512 Aug 1995
Studied influence of culture on coping behavior of youngsters in anxiety-provoking situations. Applied a situation-reaction inventory to late adolescents (n=721) from India, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, and Yemen. Consistent results showed adolescents at low-medium anxiety levels employed constructive and assimilative coping and at high anxiety levels used avoidance. Reported sex differences. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries, Life Events, Psychological Patterns, Sex Differences, Social Behavior, Socialization, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Young Adults
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hungary; India; Italy; Sweden; Yemen
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