Stress With Parents and Peers: How Adolescents From Six Nations Cope With Relationship Stress

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Authors

SEFFGE-KRENKE Inge PERSIKE Malte KARAMAN Neslihan COK Figen HERRERA Dora ROHAIL Iffat MACEK Petr HYEYOUN Han

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Research on Adolescence
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00813.x
Field Psychology
Keywords adolescence; coping; relationships to parents and peers; cross-national comparison
Description This study investigated how 2000 adolescents from middle-class families in six countries perceived and coped with parent-related and peer-related stress. Adolescents from Costa Rica, Korea, and Turkey perceived parent-related stress to be greater than peer-related stress, whereas stress levels in both relationship types were similar in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Pakistan. Female adolescents predominantly reported higher levels of peer-related stress than male adolescents. Adolescents in all countries used negotiating and support-seeking to cope with relationship stress more often than emotional outlet or withdrawal. Withdrawal occurred more often to deal with parent-related than with peer-related stress. Results suggest that adolescents across countries competently coped with relationship stress. However, patterns of what adolescents perceived as stressful and how they coped varied between countries.
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