Depression and Social Anxiety in Children: Differential Links with Coping Strategies |
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Authors: | Mark Wright Robin Banerjee Willemijn Hoek Carolien Rieffe Sheida Novin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK;(2) Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(3) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Institute of Psychology (2nd floor), Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK Leiden, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Strategies that children use for coping with stressors are known to be related to emotional adjustment, but not enough is
understood about specific links with social anxiety and depression. The present investigation tested differentiated associations
of social anxiety and depression with specific types of coping strategies, and evaluated the direction of these associations
over time. In Study 1, 404 children aged 8–13 years completed a coping scale modified from Kochendefer-Ladd and Skinner (Developmental Psychology 38:267-278, 2002) in order to evaluate factor structure and subscale internal consistency. In Study 2, 270 8–11-year-old children completed depression and social anxiety scales, a sociometric survey, and the coping scale from
Study 1, with a follow-up timepoint 9 months later. In Study 1, factor analysis revealed six internally consistent coping subscales. In Study 2, social anxiety and depression were found to have distinctive longitudinal associations with subsequent coping strategies.
Decreased problem-solving, social support-seeking, and distraction were uniquely predicted by depression but not by social
anxiety. Internalising coping was a stronger outcome of social anxiety, and increased externalising was uniquely predicted
by depression. There was also some evidence for a moderating role of peer relations. However, none of the coping strategies
predicted changes in depression or social anxiety over the two timepoints. These results highlight the impact that emotional
adjustment may have on children’s coping strategies, and clarify important distinctions between social anxiety and depression
in relation to coping. |
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