Coping styles of lower secondary school girls
- Author:
Hsein-Jin Teoh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Human;
Female;
Adolescent;
ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;
ADOLESCENT
- From:
The Philippine Journal of Psychiatry
2003;28(2):21-27
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Objective:
To ascertain how Malaysian Lower Secondary girls copes with stressful situations.
Methods:
An inclusive sample of four hundred four Malaysian Lower Secondary School girls were interviewed using the self rated questionnaire, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation.
Results:
The analysis indicated that the most common coping strategies employed were amongst the task-oriented category. In addition, the results indicated similar mean scores for all the sub-scales of distraction, social diversion, emotion-orientation and avoidance but this study's sample tended to be more task-oriented when compared with the North American sample.
Conclusion:
Malaysian schoolgirls tend to solve problems using active task-oriented methods. Furthermore, they also use more cognitive restructuring, planning, and actual attempts at altering the situation when compared with their North American counterparts.
