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  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Young adults employ diverse coping strategies to navigate challenges.
  • Limited research exists on the combinations of coping strategies and their implications during emerging adulthood.
  • Coping profiles and their stability, predictors, and outcomes require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the nature, stability, predictors, and outcomes of coping profiles in young adults.
  • To identify generalizable coping profiles and their adaptive significance during emerging adulthood.
  • To examine the influence of stressful life events and sex on coping profile membership.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal, person-centered study of a nationally representative Swiss sample of emerging adults (N=1845).
  • Analysis of coping profiles, including emotion-oriented, task-oriented, and avoidance strategies.
  • Investigation of predictors (stressful life events, sex) and outcomes (affect, life attitude, physical symptoms).

Main Results:

  • Six coping profiles (Emotion and Avoidance, Emotion-Oriented, Non-Coping, Task and Avoidance, Average, Task-Oriented) were stable over time and across student/worker subsamples.
  • Profile membership was predicted by sex and stressful life events.
  • Task-oriented profiles were associated with the most positive outcomes, while non-coping and emotion-oriented profiles showed the most negative outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Task-oriented coping profiles are the most adaptive for young adults navigating emerging adulthood life transitions.
  • Understanding distinct coping profiles aids in supporting positive development and well-being in young adults.
  • Coping strategies and their combinations significantly impact psychological and physical health outcomes during this developmental period.