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Coping with Anxiety, Depression, Anger and Aggression: The Mediational Role of Resilience in Adolescents

Abstract

Background  

The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health urged that mental health services be transformed from a reactive approach of treatment
to a proactive one of prevention and building resilience. In response, the present study delineates the role of resilience
in reducing psychopathology.

Objective  

The study examined the mediational role of resilience (positive thinking, tenacity and help-seeking), on the relationship
between coping (approach and avoidance) and psychopathology (anxiety, depression, anger and aggression).

Methods  

Adolescents (n = 719) aged 14–15 completed questionnaires assessing study variables in school settings.

Results  

Mediation analysis using Structural Equation Modeling found that resilience factors mediated the approach coping–psychopathology
relationship but not the avoidance coping–psychopathology relationship. Specifically, positive thinking mediated the approach coping–internalizing disorders (anxiety; depression) relationship; tenacity mediated the approach coping–aggression link; help–seeking mediated both the approach coping–internalizing disorders, and approach coping–externalizing behaviors (anger; aggression)
links. Further, strength-of-mediation analysis revealed that help-seeking was a stronger mediator than positive thinking in
the approach coping–anxiety relationship.

Conclusion  

Approach coping works via resilience processes to bring about a decrease in internalizing (anxiety and depression) and externalizing
(anger and aggression) conditions. Specific strategies to cope with these aforementioned conditions are: think positive for
anxiety and depression; be tenacious when coping with aggression and seek help for anxiety, depression, anger and aggression.
These findings lay the groundwork for resilience interventions.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-18
  • DOI 10.1007/s10566-012-9182-x
  • Authors
    • Reuben Ng, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Yale University, 60 College Street, P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA
    • Rebecca P. Ang, Division of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798 Singapore
    • Moon-Ho Ringo Ho, Division of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798 Singapore
    • Journal Child and Youth Care Forum
    • Online ISSN 1573-3319
    • Print ISSN 1053-1890
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 05/17/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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