Emerging Adults' Behavior Problems and Coping Following Hurricanes

    Authors

    R. S. White; T. M. Carper; S. L. Scott; M. Middleton; K. Renk;A. Grills-Taquechel

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Child Fam. Stud.

    Keywords

    Emerging adults; Coping behavior; Behavior problems; Hurricanes; EXPECTATION DISCREPANCIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; NATURAL DISASTER; LEAVING HOME; STRESS; ATTRIBUTIONS; PREDICTORS; STRATEGIES; CHILDREN; Family Studies; Psychology, Developmental; Psychiatry

    Abstract

    When experiencing natural disasters, coping is important. Individuals who have behavior problems may use less effective coping, however. This study sought to better understand the relationship between emerging adults' behavior problems and coping following hurricanes. Using a sample of 193 emerging adults, correlations suggested that emerging adults who reported more behavior problems also endorsed higher levels of avoidant coping. More specifically, multivariate analyses of variance and subsequent post hoc analyses indicated that emerging adults who were experiencing relatively low levels of both internalizing and externalizing behavior problems endorsed avoidant coping significantly less often relative to those emerging adults who were experiencing relatively high levels of internalizing behavior problems only and those who were experiencing relatively high levels of both types of behavior problems. These results suggested that those who experience behavior problems following hurricanes may benefit from interventions that could improve the coping that they utilize.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Child and Family Studies

    Volume

    23

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1510

    Last Page

    1518

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000343219000017

    ISSN

    1062-1024

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