Urban youth under stress: Empirical identification of protective factors
MD Weist, AH Freedman, DA Paskewitz… - Journal of Youth and …, 1995 - Springer
MD Weist, AH Freedman, DA Paskewitz, EJ Proescher, LT Flaherty
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1995•SpringerExplored the influence of life stress as mediated or moderated by locus of control, family
environment, social support, and coping style on psychological adjustment and school
performance in 164 ninth graders from Baltimore. Gender differences in findings were
shown. For boys, family cohesion was the only variable found to protect against the effects of
stress. Family cohesion did not serve protective functions for girls, and along with overall
social support, was associated with increased vulnerability to school problems. The report of …
environment, social support, and coping style on psychological adjustment and school
performance in 164 ninth graders from Baltimore. Gender differences in findings were
shown. For boys, family cohesion was the only variable found to protect against the effects of
stress. Family cohesion did not serve protective functions for girls, and along with overall
social support, was associated with increased vulnerability to school problems. The report of …
Abstract
Explored the influence of life stress as mediated or moderated by locus of control, family environment, social support, and coping style on psychological adjustment and school performance in 164 ninth graders from Baltimore. Gender differences in findings were shown. For boys, family cohesion was the only variable found to protect against the effects of stress. Family cohesion did not serve protective functions for girls, and along with overall social support, was associated with increased vulnerability to school problems. The report of problem-focused coping strategies exerted a number of protective functions for girls only. External locus of control was found to increase boys' and girls' vulnerability to the effects of life stress. Empirical development of interventions to improve the psychosocial adjustment of inner-city adolescents is discussed.
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