@article{ref1,
title="Profiles and Correlates of Children's Self-Reported Coping Strategies Using a Cluster Analytic Approach",
journal="Journal of child and family studies",
year="2008",
author="Steele, Ric and Cushing, Christopher and Bender, Jade and Richards, Margaret",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="140-153",
abstract="We used cluster analysis to identify children's coping profiles and to examine self- and parent-reported correlates of coping in a community sample. Participants included 135 children ( M age = 11.27, s.d. = .59) recruited from local public elementary and junior high schools and 116 of their parents. Analyses included hierarchical cluster analysis (Ward's method), followed by non-hierarchical ( k -means) cluster analysis to confirm the cluster solution. Results yielded four clusters reflecting high , active , low , and indiscriminant patterns of coping strategies. Members of the active coping group self-reported the fewest symptoms of distress and the greatest number of prosocial competencies after controlling for social desirability. No differences emerged for parent-reported psychosocial functioning across coping profiles. Our results suggest that a combination of active coping strategies may be associated with better psychosocial functioning than a combination of active and avoidant coping strategies.<p />",
language="",
issn="1062-1024",
doi="10.1007/s10826-007-9153-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-007-9153-2"
}