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Social Coping and Life Satisfaction in Adolescents

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This study examined the relationships among early adolescent social coping behavior and measures of subjective well-being, specifically global life satisfaction and friend satisfaction. A total of 1,011 students in grades 7–8 at a southeastern US middle school completed measures of global life satisfaction, friend satisfaction and coping, on two occasions, 5 months apart. Social support seeking coping behavior at Time 1, but not problem-solving, distancing, internalizing or externalizing coping behaviors at Time 1, uniquely predicted global life satisfaction and friend satisfaction at Time 2. Implications for research and promoting adolescent well-being are discussed.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Runa Saha, E. Scott Huebner, Kimberly J. Hills & Patrick S. Malone

  2. School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

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Saha, R., Huebner, E.S., Hills, K.J. et al. Social Coping and Life Satisfaction in Adolescents. Soc Indic Res 115, 241–252 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-012-0217-3

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