Coping Strategies and Psychological Maladjustment/Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Approach with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Natural Disasters.
Adjustment
Children and adolescents
Coping strategies
Maladjustment
Meta-analysis
Natural disasters
Journal
Child & youth care forum
ISSN: 1053-1890
Titre abrégé: Child Youth Care Forum
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9108961
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
accepted:
19
01
2022
pubmed:
1
3
2022
medline:
1
3
2022
entrez:
28
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Following disasters, children and adolescents can use coping strategies to feel better. A growing body of studies investigated the relation between them and maladjustment/adjustment, i.e., negative symptomatology/positive indicators of development. Yet, these constructs are studied separately. We conducted two meta-analyses to examine the mean correlation between disaster-related coping strategies and indicators of maladjustment/adjustment following natural disasters in children and adolescents, considering the role of some moderators. We used PsycINFO, PubMed, Eric, and Scopus databases to identify articles on natural disasters (filters: participants ≤ 18 years at the disaster, peer-review, English language). Inclusion required investigating the relation between at least one coping strategy and at least one indicator of maladjustment (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression) and/or adjustment (e.g., self-efficacy, emotion understanding), for a total of 26 studies ( There were global positive significant correlations between coping strategies and negative symptomatology ( The study presented an analysis of the coping strategies that can be effective for children and adolescents dealing with natural disasters.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Following disasters, children and adolescents can use coping strategies to feel better. A growing body of studies investigated the relation between them and maladjustment/adjustment, i.e., negative symptomatology/positive indicators of development. Yet, these constructs are studied separately.
Objective
UNASSIGNED
We conducted two meta-analyses to examine the mean correlation between disaster-related coping strategies and indicators of maladjustment/adjustment following natural disasters in children and adolescents, considering the role of some moderators.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
We used PsycINFO, PubMed, Eric, and Scopus databases to identify articles on natural disasters (filters: participants ≤ 18 years at the disaster, peer-review, English language). Inclusion required investigating the relation between at least one coping strategy and at least one indicator of maladjustment (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression) and/or adjustment (e.g., self-efficacy, emotion understanding), for a total of 26 studies (
Results
UNASSIGNED
There were global positive significant correlations between coping strategies and negative symptomatology (
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
The study presented an analysis of the coping strategies that can be effective for children and adolescents dealing with natural disasters.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35221639
doi: 10.1007/s10566-022-09677-x
pii: 9677
pmc: PMC8858219
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
25-63Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2022.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interestWe have no known conflict of interest to disclose.