Maltreatment and coping strategies among male adolescents living in the Gaza Strip

被引:23
作者
Thabet, AAM
Tischler, V
Vostanis, P
机构
[1] Al Quds Univ, Fac Publ Hlth, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Israel
[2] Univ Nottingham, Dept Behav Sci, Nottingham, Notts, England
[3] Univ Leicester, Leicester, Leics, England
关键词
abuse; maltreatment; adolescents; behavior; coping; mental health; Palestinian;
D O I
10.1016/j.chiabu.2002.12.002
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Objective: To establish the nature and extent of maltreatment experiences, coping strategies, and behavioral/emotional problems, and their relationships, in a sample of Palestinian adolescents. Method: A study of 97 male adolescents aged 15-19 years, and attending a vocational training center based in the Gaza Strip. Adolescents completed the Child Maltreatment Schedule and the Ways of Coping Scale (WAYS). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was completed by adolescents and by their teachers. Results: Findings revealed high rates of emotional and physical maltreatment. Reliance on emotion-focused or avoidant coping strategies was associated with exposure to maltreatment. Use of maladaptive coping also predicted emotional difficulties in the respondents. Conclusions: Coping strategies are an important indicator of psychosocial functioning in adolescents who have experienced maltreatment. Identification of coping styles can augment the assessment of at-risk adolescents. Emotion-focused strategies, in particular, appear to be widely used by young people from non-Western cultural backgrounds. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:15
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