Coping Strategies and Psychological Maladjustment/Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Approach with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Natural Disasters

Autor/inn/en	Raccanello, Daniela; Rocca, Emmanuela; Barnaba, Veronica; Vicentini, Giada; Hall, Rob; Brondino, Margherita
Titel	Coping Strategies and Psychological Maladjustment/Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Approach with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Natural Disasters
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 52 (2023) 1, S.25-63 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Raccanello, Daniela) ORCID (Rocca, Emmanuela) ORCID (Barnaba, Veronica) ORCID (Vicentini, Giada) ORCID (Brondino, Margherita)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-022-09677-x
Schlagwörter	Natural Disasters; Coping; Adjustment (to Environment); Correlation; Children; Adolescents; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Depression (Psychology); Self Efficacy; Emotional Response; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Problem Solving; Social Isolation; Social Support Groups; Age Differences; Geographic Location + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Bewältigung; Korrelation; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Emotionales Verhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Problemlösen; Soziale Isolation; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Background: Following disasters, children and adolescents can use coping strategies to feel better. A growing body of studies investigated the relation between them and maladjustment/adjustment, i.e., negative symptomatology/positive indicators of development. Yet, these constructs are studied separately. Objective: We conducted two meta-analyses to examine the mean correlation between disaster-related coping strategies and indicators of maladjustment/adjustment following natural disasters in children and adolescents, considering the role of some moderators. Methods: We used PsycINFO, PubMed, Eric, and Scopus databases to identify articles on natural disasters (filters: participants [less than or equal to] 18 years at the disaster, peer-review, English language). Inclusion required investigating the relation between at least one coping strategy and at least one indicator of maladjustment (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression) and/or adjustment (e.g., self-efficacy, emotion understanding), for a total of 26 studies (k = 64, n = 9692, for maladjustment; k = 37, n = 3504, for adjustment).There were global positive significant correlations between coping strategies and negative symptomatology (r[subscript pooled] = 0.23) for maladjustment, and positive indicators (r[subscript pooled] = 0.17) for adjustment. Negative symptomatology positively correlated with escape (r = 0.19), social isolation (r = 0.15), submission (r = 0.64), and opposition (r = 0.16); positive indicators positively correlated with problem solving (r = 0.31), social support (r = 0.22), and submission (r = 0.30). We found a moderating role of age, disaster type, and continent for maladjustment. Conclusions: The study presented an analysis of the coping strategies that can be effective for children and adolescents dealing with natural disasters. (As Provided).
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