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The role of coping styles as predictors of depressive symptoms among adolescents: A prospective study
Author(s) -
MURBERG TERJE A.,
BRU EDVIN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2005.00469.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , psychology , coping (psychology) , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , philosophy , linguistics
The present study prospectively explored the main and interactive effect of approach and avoidant like coping styles, as well as school‐related stress on depressive symptoms in a sample of 327 (167 females, 160 males) students in two Norwegian secondary schools. The results showed that seeking parental support as a coping style served as a negative predictor of later depression, and results give some support for aggressive coping styles being a risk factor for depressive symptoms. A significant interaction between aggressive coping style and stress in relation to depressive symptoms was found. We were also able to show that school‐related stress at T 1 predicted depressive symptoms at T 2 .