RT Journal Article
T1 Differences in agency? How adolescents from 18 countries perceive and cope with their futures
A1 Seiffge-Krenke, Inge
A1 Persike, Malte
A1 Chau, Cecilia
A1 Hendry, Leo B.
A1 Kloepp, Marion
A1 Terzini-Hollar, Michelle
A1 Tam, Vicky
A1 Rodríguez Naranjo, Carmen
A1 Herrera, Dora
A1 Menna, Palma
A1 Rohail, Iffat
A1 Veisson, Marika
A1 Hoareau, Elsa
A1 Luwe, Merja
A1 Loncaric, Darko
A1 Han, Hyeyoun
A1 Regusch, Ludmilla
AB This study investigated how N = 5,126 adolescents (mean age of 15 years) from 18 countries perceive and cope with future- and school-related stress. The adolescents completed the Problem Questionnaire (PQ), which assesses stress, and the Coping Across Situations Questionnaire (CASQ), which assesses three coping styles (reflection/support-seeking, emotional outlet, and withdrawal/denial). Across countries, adolescents reported considerably higher levels of future-related stress than school-related stress. The adolescents actively coped with stressors in both domains and seldom relied on emotional outlet or withdrawal/denial. A clustering of the countries according to socioeconomic criteria and geographical proximity demonstrated that adolescents from the continental group of countries showed low stress and high coping. Adolescents in the east/Asia group showed medium stress and low coping and those in the south group showed high stress and low coping. Developmental context was more strongly associated with stress perception and coping, style than age or gender, a finding relevant for prevention approaches aiming to endorse positive orientation to the future and improve coping competence.
PB International Journal of Behavioral Development
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28669
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28669
LA eng
NO Seiffge-Krenke, I. et al. (2012). Differences in agency? How adolescents from 18 countries perceive and cope with their futures. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36 (4), 258-270. ISSN 1464-0651. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0165025412444643
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026