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Psicothema, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 3). 382-388




Stability and consistency of coping in adolescence: A longitudinal study

Teresa Kirchner, Maria Forns, Juan Antonio Amador and Dàmaris Muñoz

Universidad de Barcelona

This study analyzed stability and consistency of coping among adolescents. The objectives were twofold: a) to analyze temporal stability and cross-situational consistency of coping responses after a 17- month interval, taking into account gender, age and type of stressor. b) To analyze the relative weight of contextual versus dispositional factors in predicting future coping. A cohort of 341 adolescents (51% girls and 49% boys aged between 12 and 16) were assessed twice by means of the Coping Responses Inventory - Youth. The results indicated that the coping responses were quite stable over time at the group level, but with important within-subject differences. Girls showed slightly more stability than boys. Among the girls, Avoidance coping showed as much stability as consistency and Approach coping showed more stability than consistency. Among the boys, Avoidance coping showed more stability than consistency, and Approach coping showed both low stability and low consistency. Among the boys, the coping used at Time 1 barely predicted that used at Time 2; in contrast, among the girls, the type of coping used in the past, especially Avoidance coping, predicted the coping that would be used in the future.

La estabilidad y consistencia del afrontamiento en la adolescencia: un estudio longitudinal. Este estudio analiza la estabilidad y consistencia del afrontamiento en la adolescencia. Sus objetivos son: a) analizar la estabilidad temporal y la consistencia situacional del afrontamiento tras un período de 17 meses, teniendo en cuenta el sexo, la edad y el tipo de estresor. b) Analizar el peso relativo de factores disposicionales vs contextuales en la predicción del afrontamiento futuro. Una cohorte de 341 adolescentes (51% chicas y 49% chicos) con edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 16 años fueron evaluados dos veces mediante el Coping Responses Inventory – Youth. Los resultados indicaron una buena estabilidad temporal a nivel de grupo, pero con importantes variaciones intra-individuales. Las chicas mostraron una estabilidad ligera mayor que los chicos. En ellas el afrontamiento de tipo evitativo demostró tanta estabilidad como consistencia y el de aproximación más estabilidad que consistencia. Entre los chicos el afrontamiento de evitación denotó más estabilidad que consistencia y el de aproximación baja estabilidad y baja consistencia. En las chicas las respuestas de afrontamiento usadas en el pasado, especialmente las de evitación, tienen poder predictivo sobre las que usarán en el futuro. En los chicos esta capacidad predictiva es inferior.

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