Coping Styles and Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behavior |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Lisa?A?Kort-ButlerEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA |
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Abstract: | Building on research that links gender to differences in well-being and differences in stress exposure and vulnerability,
the current study examines how coping styles are gendered in ways that may contribute to sex differences in depressive symptoms
and delinquent behavior. The study disaggregates stress measures to reflect gender differences in the experience of stress,
examining whether avoidant, approach, and action coping condition the relationship between stress and well-being. Regression
analyses were conducted using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Results revealed sex differences
and similarities. The interaction of avoidant coping and stress helped explain why girls had more depressive symptoms than
boys, action coping increased delinquent behavior for girls, while approach coping decreased delinquent behavior for boys
and girls. Assisting adolescents in developing coping styles that discourage avoiding problems or taking quick action, but
that encourage problem-solving, can improve well-being, regardless of sex
Lisa A. Kort-Butler
is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received a Ph.D. in sociology from North
Carolina State University. Her current research examines sex differences in adolescent well-being, particularly delinquency
and depression, focusing on variations in stress and social/personal resources. She is also interested the role of personality
constructs in general strain theory. |
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Keywords: | Sex differences Stress Coping Depression Delinquency |
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