Shifting and Persisting in the Face of Life Stressors: Consequences for Adolescent Health.

The current study assessed whether greater use of shift-and persist strategies, which entail the reappraisal of stressors (shifting) and endurance through optimism and meaning-making, buffered the associations between life stressors and adolescents' psychological health (i.e., depressive symptoms, anxiety) and physical health and health behaviors (i.