Coping Strategies and Psychological Maladjustment/Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Approach with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Natural Disasters.

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Child & Youth Care Forum Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1007/s10566-022-09677-x

Daniela Raccanello, Emmanuela Rocca, Veronica Barnaba, Giada Vicentini, Rob Hall, Margherita Brondino

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Background: Following disasters, children and adolescents can use coping strategies to feel better. A growing body of studies investigated the relation between them and maladjustment/adjustment, i.e., negative symptomatology/positive indicators of development. Yet, these constructs are studied separately.

Objective: We conducted two meta-analyses to examine the mean correlation between disaster-related coping strategies and indicators of maladjustment/adjustment following natural disasters in children and adolescents, considering the role of some moderators.

Methods: We used PsycINFO, PubMed, Eric, and Scopus databases to identify articles on natural disasters (filters: participants ≤ 18 years at the disaster, peer-review, English language). Inclusion required investigating the relation between at least one coping strategy and at least one indicator of maladjustment (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression) and/or adjustment (e.g., self-efficacy, emotion understanding), for a total of 26 studies (k = 64, n = 9692, for maladjustment; k = 37, n = 3504, for adjustment).

Results: There were global positive significant correlations between coping strategies and negative symptomatology (r _pooled = .23) for maladjustment, and positive indicators (r _pooled = .17) for adjustment. Negative symptomatology positively correlated with escape (r = .19), social isolation (r = .15), submission (r = .64), and opposition (r = .16); positive indicators positively correlated with problem solving (r = .31), social support (r = .22), and submission (r = .30). We found a moderating role of age, disaster type, and continent for maladjustment.

Conclusions: The study presented an analysis of the coping strategies that can be effective for children and adolescents dealing with natural disasters.

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应对策略与心理适应不良:自然灾害儿童青少年的元分析方法。

背景:灾难发生后，儿童和青少年可以使用应对策略来感觉更好。越来越多的研究调查了它们与适应不良/适应不良之间的关系，即消极症状学/积极发展指标。然而，这些构念是分开研究的。目的:考虑到一些调节因子的作用，我们通过两项荟萃分析来检验儿童和青少年自然灾害后的灾害相关应对策略与适应不良/适应指标之间的平均相关性。方法:我们使用PsycINFO、PubMed、Eric和Scopus数据库来识别关于自然灾害的文章(筛选:参与者≤18岁，同行评审，英语)。纳入要求调查至少一种应对策略与至少一种适应不良指标(例如，创伤后应激障碍，抑郁症)和/或适应(例如，自我效能，情绪理解)之间的关系，共26项研究(k = 64, n = 9692)。K = 37, n = 3504，用于调整)。结果:应对策略与适应不良的负性症状(r pooled = 0.23)和适应的正性指标(r pooled = 0.17)在整体上呈显著正相关。负性症状与逃避(r = 0.19)、社会隔离(r = 0.15)、服从(r = 0.64)、反抗(r = 0.16)呈正相关;积极指标与解决问题(r = 0.31)、社会支持(r = 0.22)和服从(r = 0.30)呈正相关。我们发现年龄、灾害类型和大陆对失调有调节作用。结论:本研究分析了儿童青少年应对自然灾害的有效策略。

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期刊介绍： Child & Youth Care Forum is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary publication that welcomes submissions – original empirical research papers and theoretical reviews as well as invited commentaries – on children, youth, and families. Contributions to Child & Youth Care Forum are submitted by researchers, practitioners, and clinicians across the interrelated disciplines of child psychology, early childhood, education, medical anthropology, pediatrics, pediatric psychology, psychiatry, public policy, school/educational psychology, social work, and sociology as well as government agencies and corporate and nonprofit organizations that seek to advance current knowledge and practice. Child & Youth Care Forum publishes scientifically rigorous, empirical papers and theoretical reviews that have implications for child and adolescent mental health, psychosocial development, assessment, interventions, and services broadly defined. For example, papers may address issues of child and adolescent typical and/or atypical development through effective youth care assessment and intervention practices. In addition, papers may address strategies for helping youth overcome difficulties (e.g., mental health problems) or overcome adversity (e.g., traumatic stress, community violence) as well as all children actualize their potential (e.g., positive psychology goals). Assessment papers that advance knowledge as well as methodological papers with implications for child and youth research and care are also encouraged.