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Coping Strategies and Perceived Support in Adolescents and Young Adults: Predictive Model of Self-Reported Cognitive and Mood Problems
Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Brixen-Bressanone, Italy
1 Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
2 Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
3 Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Brixen-Bressanone, Italy
The aims of this study were: to assess cognitive and mood problems, perceived social support and coping strategies in adolescence and early adulthood; to understand how coping strategies are related to age, gender and years of schooling; to identify possible stable and modifiable predictors of cognitive and mood problems adopting LISREL software. The participants were 517 adolescents and young adults (age M = 18.95 years, SD = 3.2, range: 14 - 25); 59% were female and with a mean of 13.10 years of schooling ( SD = 2.7). Participants were enrolled in secondary schools, association groups or university in Veneto, Italy. They completed a battery of self-report questionnaires via a secure online site or in paper versions. The LISREL model was psychometrically solid and showed good fit (χ 2 = 15.96, df = 12, p = 0.19, RMSEA = 0.025), explaining 26% of the variance and showing how the stable factor gender and some modifiable factors, namely certain coping strategies and friends’ support, predicted cognitive and mood problems.
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