Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center in Waterville, Main.
J Youth Adolesc. 1986 Oct;15(5):377-88. doi: 10.1007/BF02143520.
Multidimensional scaling analysis was used to examine adolescents' cognitive appraisals of major and daily stressful events. The desirability of events was the only salient feature for early adolescents. Middle and late adolescents also appraised events in terms of their desirability; in addition, the amount of impact that events exerted on their lives and the generality of the causes of events were salient dimensions for these age groups. These results suggest increased complexity with age in adolescents' cognitive appraisals of stressful events. Correlational analyses also indicated that perceptions of personal coping capabilities are associated with high event desirability, high frequency of occurrence, stable causes, and decreased ability of others to be of help in coping.
多维尺度分析被用来考察青少年对主要和日常压力事件的认知评价。对于早期青少年来说，事件的可取性是唯一显著的特征。而对于中晚期青少年来说，他们也会根据事件的可取性来评价事件；此外，事件对他们生活的影响程度以及事件原因的普遍性也是这些年龄群体的显著维度。这些结果表明，青少年对压力事件的认知评价随着年龄的增长而变得更加复杂。相关分析还表明，对个人应对能力的感知与事件的高可取性、高发生频率、稳定的原因以及他人在应对中帮助能力的降低有关。
