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Adolescent coping behavior when confronted with a friend with AIDS.

L K Brown1, A Spirito, L A Reynolds

  • 1Dept. of Child Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.

Journal of Adolescence
|December 1, 1992
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Adolescents used adaptive coping strategies when imagining a friend with AIDS, with girls and distressed students showing more adaptive responses. They experienced more distress with the AIDS scenario than a suicidal peer scenario.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Adolescent Health
  • Coping Mechanisms

Background:

  • Adolescents face significant psychosocial challenges.
  • Understanding adolescent responses to peer crises is crucial for support.
  • Previous research has not extensively compared responses to different peer crisis scenarios.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the coping strategies adolescents use when faced with a friend diagnosed with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
  • To compare adolescent distress and coping strategies between hypothetical scenarios involving a friend with AIDS and a suicidal peer.
  • To identify demographic and psychological factors influencing adaptive coping.

Main Methods:

  • Survey research involving 871 adolescents responding to a hypothetical scenario about a friend with AIDS.

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  • Comparison with a separate sample (n=472) who responded to a hypothetical suicidal peer scenario.
  • Analysis of reported coping strategies and distress levels, stratified by gender and distress levels.

    • Main Results:

    • Adolescents reported a wide range of generally adaptive coping strategies for the AIDS scenario.
    • Girls and more distressed students were more likely to endorse adaptive coping items.
    • Contrary to expectations, girls reported more distress for the AIDS scenario, while boys reported more distress for the suicide scenario. Adolescents reported greater distress and a wider variety of coping strategies for the AIDS scenario compared to the suicide scenario.

    Conclusions:

    • Adolescents possess adaptive coping mechanisms for peer crises like AIDS.
    • Gender and pre-existing distress influence coping strategy selection.
    • The findings highlight the need for tailored support for adolescents facing complex peer health issues, considering differential distress responses.