Coping styles, anxiety, and depression in children

Psychol Rep. 1998 Dec;83(3 Pt 2):1225-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3f.1225.

Abstract

Associations among scores on scales of anxiety and depression and a coping styles questionnaire were examined for 71 children. In general, correlations were positive, that is, high scores on anxiety and depression were accompanied by more frequent employment of all types of coping strategies.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Anxiety / diagnosis
  • Anxiety / psychology*
  • Child
  • Defense Mechanisms
  • Depression / diagnosis
  • Depression / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data
  • Psychometrics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Self Efficacy