Tam Vicky Chiu-wan
Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2008 Jan-Mar;20(1):73-83. doi: 10.1515/ijamh.2008.20.1.73.
This study examines coping profile among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong using a person-centered approach. Data were collected using Seiffge-Krenke's Coping Across Situations Questionnaire from 1,116 Secondary One and Secondary Three students attending fifteen schools in Hong Kong. Cluster analysis was performed on active, withdrawal, and internal coping. Subjects were classified into four profiles, namely Active Copers, Active-Internal Copers, Internal-Withdrawal Copers, and Undifferentiated Copers. Comparisons across profile groups using MANCOVA with perceived stress as a covariate showed significant group differences in the psychosocial adjustment indicators of self-esteem, depression, deviant behavior, and prosocial behavior. Active Copers and Active-Internal Copers consistently outperformed Internal-Withdrawal Copers and Undifferentiated Copers in psychosocial adjustment, thus supporting the maladaptive nature of withdrawal coping. Furthermore, internal coping was found to play a supplementary role in promoting psychosocial adjustment by excluding maladaptive strategies and supplementing adaptive strategies. Our findings support the significance of examining coping profiles across individuals, and provide insight into the development of adaptive coping profiles among Chinese adolescents.
本研究采用以人为中心的方法，考察了香港中国青少年的应对方式。数据是使用赛菲格 - 克伦克的《跨情境应对问卷》收集的，来自香港15所学校的1116名初一和初三学生。对积极应对、退缩应对和内在应对进行了聚类分析。受试者被分为四种类型，即积极应对者、积极 - 内在应对者、内在 - 退缩应对者和未分化应对者。以感知压力为协变量，使用多变量协方差分析对各类型组进行比较，结果显示在自尊、抑郁、偏差行为和亲社会行为等心理社会适应指标上存在显著的组间差异。在心理社会适应方面，积极应对者和积极 - 内在应对者始终优于内在 - 退缩应对者和未分化应对者，从而支持了退缩应对的适应不良性质。此外，发现内在应对通过排除适应不良策略和补充适应策略，在促进心理社会适应方面发挥了补充作用。我们的研究结果支持了考察个体应对方式的重要性，并为中国青少年适应性应对方式的发展提供了见解。
