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The Relation between Stressful Life Events and Adjustment in Elementary School Children: The Role of Social Support and Social Problem-Solving Skills.

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Dubow, Eric F.; Tisak, John – Child Development, 1989

Investigated the relation between stressful life events and behavioral and academic adjustment in 361 third and fifth grade students. Higher levels of social support and problem solving skills moderated negative effects of stressful events on teacher-rated behavior problems. (RJC)

Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Problem Solving

Preoccupied and Avoidant Coping during Middle Childhood.

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Finnegan, Regina A.; And Others – Child Development, 1996

Developed measures of preoccupied and avoidant coping to determine whether the measures concurrently relate to adjustment problems. Subjects were 229 children from third through seventh grades. Results indicated that preoccupied and avoidant coping with the mother can contribute to maladjustment in other arenas. Children's adjustment with peers…

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development