Title

The relationship of gender, gender identity, and coping strategies in late adolescents

Authors

Authors

K. Renk;G. Creasey

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Adolesc.

Keywords

THEORETICALLY BASED APPROACH; SEX-ROLE DIFFERENCES; STRESS; Psychology, Developmental

Abstract

The relationships among gender, gender identity, and coping in late adolescents were examined. One hundred sixty-nine late adolescents completed measures assessing their masculinity and femininity, as well as their use of coping strategies. Females endorsed greater use of emotion-focused coping strategies than males. Late adolescents who were high in masculinity endorsed higher levels of problem-focused coping strategies than those who were low in masculinity. In contrast, late adolescents who were high in femininity endorsed higher levels of emotion-focused coping strategies than those who were low in femininity. Neither the gender nor the masculinity and femininity of late adolescents were predictive of the use of avoidant coping strategies. Overall, gender identity made an important and independent contribution to the endorsement of coping strategy use. These results emphasize the importance of assessing both gender and gender identity with regard to coping in late adolescents. (C) 2003 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Journal of Adolescence

Volume

26

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

159

Last Page

168

WOS Identifier

WOS:000181353300002

ISSN

0140-1971

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