Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Floor 7, AC1, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, 148 Tianmushan Rd, Xixi Campus, Hangzhou, China.
Sci Rep. 2022 Aug 4;12(1):13430. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15793-4.
Active and avoidant coping styles are important dispositional factors in the development of anxiety and depression symptoms. Children use both active and avoidant coping strategies together in daily life. No studies have investigated the relationship between active-avoidant coping profiles and internalizing symptoms in children. The present study aimed to investigate children's active-avoidant coping profiles and assess the relationship that active-avoidant coping profiles have with anxiety and depression symptoms. A two-wave longitudinal study was conducted among 322 Chinese children in the People's Republic of China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants completed the Children's Coping Strategies Checklist-Revised 1 at Time 1 and the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale at Time 1 and 6 months later (Time 2). Four active-avoidant coping profiles were revealed: low active copers, high active copers, balanced copers, and avoidant copers. Low and high active copers had lower levels of anxiety and depression symptoms than balanced copers and avoidant copers. Avoidant copers showed a larger decrease in depression symptoms than balanced copers and high active copers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to improve children's active-avoidant coping profiles to relieve anxiety and depression symptoms.
积极应对和回避应对是焦虑和抑郁症状发展的重要性格因素。儿童在日常生活中同时使用积极和回避应对策略。目前还没有研究调查儿童积极回避应对模式与内化症状之间的关系。本研究旨在调查儿童的积极回避应对模式，并评估积极回避应对模式与焦虑和抑郁症状的关系。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，在中国进行了一项针对 322 名中国儿童的两波纵向研究。参与者在第一时间完成了儿童应对策略检查表修订版 1，并在第一时间和 6 个月后（第二时间）完成了修订后的儿童焦虑和抑郁量表。揭示了四种积极回避应对模式：低积极应对者、高积极应对者、平衡应对者和回避应对者。低和高积极应对者的焦虑和抑郁症状水平低于平衡应对者和回避应对者。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，回避应对者的抑郁症状下降幅度大于平衡应对者和高积极应对者。改善儿童的积极回避应对模式对于缓解焦虑和抑郁症状很重要。
