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Psychological and Physical Health Correlates of Coping in Minority Adolescents

Allison A. Vaughn

scroesch{at}sciences.sdsu.edu

Scott C. Roesch

San Diego State University, USA

In the current study the relations between coping and psychological/physical health in a sample of minority adolescents was investigated. Participants (n = 182) were all low-income, first-generation college-bound students from historically underrepresented groups. For Mexican-Americans, positive reinterpretation, focusing and venting emotions, instrumental social support, active coping, religious, restraint, emotional support, acceptance and planning forms of coping were all associated with positive psychological and physical health; for African-Americans, coping methods were notsignificantly associated with psychological or physical health; for Asian-Americans, positive reinterpretation, active coping, religious coping, restraint, acceptance and planning forms of coping were associated with onlypsychological health. Culturalspecific (rather than genderspecific) socialization is identified as a potential explanation of these results.

Key Words: adolescents • coping • minorities • stress

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 8, No. 6, 671-683 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/13591053030086002
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