Stress and coping in adolescence: Are storms and tornados just a myth or reality?

  • Zotovic M
  • Petrovic J
  • Majstorovic N
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The study was aimed to address three research questions: (1) what are most common stressful events and how adolescents subjectively rate their severeness, (2) how adolescents cope with stress events, and (3) are there any differences in coping in relation to the intensity of stress events experienced by adolescents. The study was conducted on the sample of 1504 adolescents from Vojvodina, age from 15 to 21. Participants were asked to fill out a general demographic profile questionnaire, Stressful experience scale, and A-COPE coping inventory. The results indicated a set of most stressful events experienced by adolescents. Seeking support from friends and avoidant behaviour were the most frequent coping mechanisms reported by participants. It was also established that among adolescents with higher level of stress, emotion focused strategies were used more often than among adolescents that were exposed to less stressful events. The results were discussed within the framework of existing theories and previous empirical findings.Istrazivanje u okviru ovog rada sprovedeno sa ciljem da se odgovori na tri istrazivacka pitanja. Prvo pitanje odnosilo se na zastupljenost razlicitih stresnih iskustava kod adolescenata i subjektivni dozivljaj stresogenosti ovih iskustava. Drugo pitanje je bilo koje strategije prevladavanja adolescenti koriste. Trece pitanje ukljucivalo je ispitivanje razlika u izboru strategija prevladavanja s obzirom na intenzitet stresa kome su ispitanici bili izlozeni. Istrazivanje je sprovedeno na velikom reprezentativnom uzorku mladih iz Vojvodine, koji je obuhvatao 1504 ispitanika uzrasta od 15 do 21 godinu. Ucesnici su ispitani upitnikom za prikupljanje opstih podataka, Skalom stresnih iskustava i Inventarom A-COPE za ispitivanje prevladavanja. Rezultati su pokazali koji su stresni dogadjaji najucestaliji i kojima se pripisuje najveci stepen stresogenosti, u svakom od ispitivanih domena. Najzastupljenije strategije prevladavanja bile su trazenje podrske prijatelja i izbegavanje. Grupe sa manjim i vecim stepenom izlozenosti stresu razlikovale su se po upotrebi razlicitih strategija prevladavanja, tako da su u grupi sa vecim nivoom stresa vise koriscene odredjene na emocije usmerene strategije. Rezultati su diskutovani u kontekstu postojece empirijske i teorijske gradje. PR Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br.179022: Efekti egzistencijalne nesigurnosti na pojedinca i porodicu u Srbiji

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Zotovic, M., Petrovic, J., & Majstorovic, N. (2012). Stress and coping in adolescence: Are storms and tornados just a myth or reality? Psihologija, 45(2), 171–188. https://doi.org/10.2298/psi1202171z

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