de la Paz Bermúdez María, Teva Inmaculada, Buela-Casal Gualberto
Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Psicología, Granada, Spain.
Psicothema. 2009 May;21(2):220-6.
The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of gender, age, and type of high school (public/private) on coping styles solve the problem coping style, reference to others coping style and non-productive coping, social stress, and sexual sensation seeking in adolescents. A total of 4.456 adolescents participated. The following measures were used: Adolescent Coping Scale, Sexual Sensation Seeking Scale, and the Social Stress subscale of the Behavior Assessment System for Children. This is a cross-sectional study that used a stratified random sampling considering Spanish regions and type of high school (public/private) to select participants. The sample is representative of the national level at a 95.5% confidence interval. Results showed that males had higher scores in sexual sensation seeking and social stress compared to females. Female adolescents scored higher in reference to others coping style and non-productive coping. Compared to adolescents of public high schools, adolescents who attended to private high schools scored higher in solve the problem coping style and reference to others coping style. Associations among sexual sensation seeking, coping styles, social stress, and health risk behaviors in adolescents are discussed.
本研究旨在分析性别、年龄和高中类型（公立/私立）对青少年应对方式（解决问题应对方式、参考他人应对方式和非生产性应对）、社会压力和性感觉寻求的影响。共有4456名青少年参与。采用了以下测量工具：青少年应对量表、性感觉寻求量表以及儿童行为评估系统的社会压力分量表。这是一项横断面研究，采用分层随机抽样，考虑西班牙地区和高中类型（公立/私立）来选择参与者。该样本在95.5%的置信区间内代表国家水平。结果显示，与女性相比，男性在性感觉寻求和社会压力方面得分更高。女性青少年在参考他人应对方式和非生产性应对方面得分更高。与公立高中的青少年相比，私立高中的青少年在解决问题应对方式和参考他人应对方式方面得分更高。文中讨论了青少年性感觉寻求、应对方式、社会压力和健康风险行为之间的关联。
