Coping Mediates the Association between Gender and Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Malooly, Ashley M.; Flannery, Kaitlin M.; Ohannessian, Christine McCauley
Titel	Coping Mediates the Association between Gender and Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescence
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41 (2017) 2, S.185-197 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025415616202
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Adolescents; Coping; Correlation; Individual Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Surveys; Emotional Response; Religion; High School Students; Measures (Individuals); Statistical Analysis; Multivariate Analysis; Delaware; Maryland; Pennsylvania; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Korrelation; Individueller Unterschied; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Emotionales Verhalten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Messdaten; Statistische Analyse; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	Previous studies have found evidence for gender and racial/ethnic differences in depressive symptoms in adolescence; however, the mechanisms driving this relationship are poorly understood. The goal of this study was to examine the role of individual differences in dispositional coping in the relationships between gender and depressive symptomatology, and race/ethnicity and depressive symptomatology. Surveys were administered to 905 15- and 17-year-old adolescents (mean age 16.10, SD = 0.67; 54% girls, n = 485) in the spring of 2007, 2008, and 2009. Girls reported more depressive symptomatology than boys and endorsed a greater disposition for the following coping strategies in comparison to boys: emotional social support, instrumental social support, and venting emotions. When race/ethnicity was examined, African-American adolescents reported a greater tendency toward using religious coping than Caucasian and Hispanic adolescents. Dispositional coping preferences also were found to mediate the relationships between gender and depressive symptomatology. These findings indicated that a preference for venting emotions may be particularly problematic when endorsed by girls, whereas instrumental social support may be particularly helpful for girls. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01