Hispanic adolescents coping with parental XXXX .

@entity1 @entity308 @entity146 @entity5 @entity148 @entity734
AIM: The aim of this study was to identify the coping strategies Hispanic adolescents employed to deal with parental @entity5 , looking specifically at how gender and psychological symptoms such as @entity308 and @entity148 relate to such strategies. METHODS: @entity1 were 51 Puerto Rican adolescents who have a parent living with @entity5 . Adolescents completed a structured questionnaire with scales measuring @entity308 (CES-D), @entity148 (STAI), and coping strategies (COPE). RESULTS: The strategies used with the highest frequency were those generally viewed as positive and emotion-focused: emotional support, acceptance, and religion. The means for these coping strategies indicated that they occurred with high frequency. The findings revealed no differences in coping strategies between @entity1 and @entity1 . @entity308 was related to two maladaptive coping strategies: @entity146 ; and one emotion-focused strategy: acceptance. @entity148 had significant correlations with one emotion-focused strategy: acceptance; and two dysfunctional strategies: substance use and behavioral disengagement. The best predictors of adolescents' @entity308 and @entity148 were dysfunctional coping and problem-focused strategies. CONCLUSIONS: The study contributes to the knowledge about the coping strategies of Hispanic adolescents experiencing parental @entity5 and the importance of taking individual coping strategies into account when evaluating the impact of parental @entity5 on psychological well-being. This is especially true for adolescents who are likely to use dysfunctional strategies such as @entity734 , and behavioral disengagement. Through psychosocial interventions, professionals need to assist these adolescents to improve and learn better coping strategies.
