Adolescent coping across time: implications for psychiatric mental health nurses.

Full Abstract

This article compares rural adolescents' coping responses before and after the behavioral intervention Teaching Kids to Cope with Anger (TKC-A). A quasi-experimental design was used, that included 94 (intervention) and 85 (control) students who were enrolled in three high schools in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. Results showed no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups' coping responses following the TKC- A intervention. The majority of youth in this study demonstrated healthy coping skills. In the future, the TKC-A needs to be integrated into the high school curriculum as a health promotion effort that is tailored to adolescents.

Author information

Author/s: Puskar, Kathryn (K); Grabiak, Beth R (BR); Bernardo, Lisa Marie (LM); Ren, Dianxu (D);

Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. krp12(-atsign-)pitt.edu

Grants: R01 NR008440-01 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Issues in mental health nursing (Issues Ment Health Nurs), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 30 (issue 9) : pp 581-6

Dates: Created 2009/08/06; Completed 2009/10/29;

PMID: 19657872, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/29/2009, IMS Date: )

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