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Determinants of Coping Responses Among Mexican American Adolescents
Author(s) -
Guinn Bobby,
Vincent Vern
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb06536.x
Subject(s) - acculturation , stressor , coping (psychology) , mexican americans , self esteem , psychology , clinical psychology , coping behavior , population , immigration , medicine , ethnic group , environmental health , geography , archaeology , sociology , anthropology
This study examined relationships among perceived stress, self‐esteem, acculturation, and gender with the coping response of 472 Mexican American adolescents aged 14 to 16 years. Subjects were drawn from a predominantly Mexican American population located in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. Data were collected through a self‐report instrument consisting of perceived stress, acculturative status, self‐esteem, and coping strategy scales. Subjects reported relatively high perceived stress levels, low acculturation, and moderate self‐esteem scores with no significant gender differences. Analysis revealed self‐esteem as most predictive of a more effective overall coping response. Results suggest Mexican American adolescents possessing high self‐esteem are less likely to encounter damage to their sense of self when confronted with stressors, thus allowing for productive coping (J Sch Health. 2002;72(4):152–156)