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Coping Efficacy and Psychological Problems of Children of Divorce
Author(s) -
Sandler Irwin N.,
Tein JennYun,
Mehta Paras,
Wolchik Sharlene,
Ayers Tim
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8624.00212
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , moderation , psychology , structural equation modeling , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , mediator , self efficacy , social psychology , medicine , statistics , mathematics
Three models of the relations of coping efficacy, coping, and psychological problems of children of divorce were investigated. A structural equation model using cross‐sectional data of 356 nine‐ to twelve‐year‐old children of divorce yielded results that supported coping efficacy as a mediator of the relations between both active coping and avoiding coping and psychological problems. In a prospective longitudinal model with a subsample of 162 of these children, support was found for Time 2 coping efficacy as a mediator of the relations between Time 1 active coping and Time 2 internalizing of problems. Individual growth curve models over four waves also found support for coping efficacy as a mediator of the relations between active coping and psychological problems. No support was found for alternative models of coping as a mediator of the relations between efficacy and symptoms or for coping efficacy as a moderator of the relations between coping and symptoms.