Purdue University.
University of California, Riverside.
J Res Adolesc. 2018 Jun;28(2):396-411. doi: 10.1111/jora.12338. Epub 2017 Aug 28.
How Latino youth cope with stressors may have implications for their adjustment. We examined how a temperamental characteristic (effortful control) and a contextual factor (economic hardship) were associated with Latino youth's coping. Individual differences in effortful control, a core facet of self-regulation, may contribute to coping as effortful control is consistently linked to adaptive behaviors during adolescence. We examined relations of effortful control and economic hardship to active coping in a sample of Mexican-origin youth (N = 674) across three time points (fifth to ninth grades). Although economic hardship negatively predicted coping and effortful control, effortful control positively predicted coping (controlling for prior levels). Findings support a resilience perspective by suggesting that effortful control may contribute to coping and thus counteract the negative effects of economic hardship.
拉美裔青年应对压力的方式可能对他们的适应能力有影响。我们研究了一种气质特征（努力控制）和一种情境因素（经济困难）如何与拉美裔青年的应对方式相关。努力控制是自我调节的核心方面，个体差异可能会影响应对方式，因为努力控制与青少年时期的适应性行为始终相关。我们在墨西哥裔青年样本中（N=674），跨越三个时间点（五年级到九年级），研究了努力控制和经济困难与积极应对的关系。尽管经济困难负向预测应对方式，而努力控制正向预测应对方式（控制了先前的水平）。研究结果支持了一种适应力的观点，即努力控制可能有助于应对，从而抵消经济困难的负面影响。
