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Coping Strategies of Urban Pre-Adolescent Children When Faced with Teasing Insults

Tweeten, Susan D
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396717199

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2012, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
The present study investigated the self-reported coping strategies of preadolescent children in an urban, predominantly African American school environment when faced with a tease/provocation targeting family versus personal attributes. A sample of 102 students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades completed two versions of the Self-Report Coping Survey (Causey & Dubow, 1992). In contrast to some existing literature, there were no significant findings with regard to the impact of gender or grade level on participants' use of approach and avoidance strategies. There were also no significant differences in approach and avoidant coping responses according to the target of the tease. Potential implications are discussed as well as future directions for research focused on the complex nature of "teasing" as it occurs in urban environments, where there is a rich history and social contest for trading insults among peers.
W. Michael Nelson III, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Anna Cash Ghee, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Joy McGhee, Psy.D. (Committee Member)
142 p.
Social Psychology
defense mechanisms in children; teasing

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  • Tweeten, S. D. (2012). Coping Strategies of Urban Pre-Adolescent Children When Faced with Teasing Insults [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396717199

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tweeten, Susan. Coping Strategies of Urban Pre-Adolescent Children When Faced with Teasing Insults. 2012. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396717199.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tweeten, Susan. "Coping Strategies of Urban Pre-Adolescent Children When Faced with Teasing Insults." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1396717199

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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