Exposure to Childhood Poverty and Mental Health Symptomatology in Adolescence: A Role of Coping Strategies
Publication Date
12-2016
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology
Keywords
Adolescence, Disengagement coping, Externalizing symptoms, Internalizing symptoms, Poverty
Abstract
Childhood poverty is associated with stress dysregulation which contributes to psychological illness in later ages. The adverse effects of childhood poverty on stress regulation may be mediated in part by the use of disengaging strategies to cope with stress. However, the relations among childhood poverty, coping strategies and psychopathology throughout childhood to adolescence have not been explored. This prospective, longitudinal study included 185 low- and middle-income adolescents at age 17. Chronic exposure to poverty from birth to early adolescence (age 13) was prospectively associated with increases in the use of disengagement versus engagement coping four years later. Increased use of disengagement coping between the ages of 13 and 17 explained the indirect link between poverty exposure since birth and both externalizing and internalizing symptoms at age 17. The findings provide evidence for a coping pathway underlying the link between prolonged exposure to childhood poverty and mental health sequelae.
Copyright Date
8-3-2015
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Kim, P., Neuendorf, C., Bianco, H., & Evans, G. W. (2016). Exposure to childhood poverty and mental health symptomatology in adolescence: A role of coping strategies. Stress and Health, 32(5), 494-502. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2646
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Provenance
Received from CHORUS
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
9 pgs
File Size
131 KB
Publication Title
Stress and Health
Volume
32
Issue
5
First Page
494
Last Page
502
ISSN
1532-2998
PubMed ID
26234956
Recommended Citation
Kim, P., Neuendorf, C., Bianco, H., & Evans, G. W. (2016). Exposure to childhood poverty and mental health symptomatology in adolescence: A role of coping strategies. Stress and Health, 32(5), 494-502. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2646