Stability and consistency of coping in adolescence: A longitudinal study.

This study analyzed stability and consistency of coping among adolescents. The objectives were twofold: a) to analyze temporal stability and cross-situational consistency of coping responses after a 17- month interval, taking into account gender, age and type of stressor. b) To analyze the relative weight of contextual versus dispositional factors in predicting future coping.

Multilevel approach to stressors, coping, and psychopathological symptoms.

A 4-yr. longitudinal study was conducted of the relationship between stressors, coping strategies, and psychopathological symptoms in a group of 447 adolescents. The Coping Responses Inventory-Youth Form and the Youth Self-Report were used to evaluate coping strategies and psychopathological symptoms, respectively.

Eighteen month test-retest stability of the youth self report in a sample of Catalonian adolescents.

The aim of this study is to assess the test-retest stability of the Spanish version of Youth Self Report after 18 mo. for a sample of 357 Catalonian high school students (158 boys and 199 girls). At Time 2 the girls' scores increased on Delinquent and Aggressive Behavior scales and, therefore on Externalizing scores.

Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Moos Coping Response Inventory For Youth.

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of Moos's Coping Responses Inventory-Youth form in a sample of 1,401 adolescent secondary students (45% boys and 55% girls) ages 12 and 16 years (M = 14.1, SD = 1.4).