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Shih, Shu-Shen – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
Although academic pressures are regarded as a primary source of stress among students in Asian countries, there has been paucity of research on the effects of classroom settings providing structure and peer support on Asian adolescents' use of coping strategies and academic burnout. The present study was intended to address this issue. Three…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Coping
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Chen, Wei; Wang, Long; Zhang, Xing-Li; Shi, Jian-Nong – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2012
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of trauma exposure on the posttraumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) of children who resided near the epicenter of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The mechanisms of this impact were explored via structural equation models with self-esteem and coping strategies included as mediators. The…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Structural Equation Models, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coping
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Pozzoli, Tiziana; Gini, Gianluca – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
The authors employed Latane and Darley's model about bystanders' behavior to explain children's active defending and passive bystanding behavior in school bullying. The three central steps of the model were operationalized by measuring provictim attitudes, personal responsibility for intervention, and coping strategies. Moreover, the role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Models, Childhood Attitudes
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Kliewer, Wendy; Sullivan, Terri N. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Validity data are presented for a new measure of threat appraisals in response to community violence. Adolescents (N = 358; 45% male; 91% African American, M = 12.10 years, SD = 1.63) and their maternal caregivers participated in two waves of a longitudinal interview study focused on the consequences of exposure to community violence. Structural…
Descriptors: Violence, Structural Equation Models, Caregivers, Validity