Psychological maltreatment,coping strategies,and mental health problems: A brief and effective measure of psychological maltreatment in adolescents |
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| Institution: | 1. The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States;2. School of Medicine, Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States;1. School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 4085 Vanier Hall, 136 Jean Jacques Lussier, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5;2. Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;3. Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA, USA;1. University of Kansas, United States;2. Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 03756, United States;1. Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada;2. Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada;3. Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street W., Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada;1. Miami University, USA;2. Talbert House, Cincinnati, OH, USA;1. Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile;2. Centro de Estudios en Infancia, Adolescencia y Familia, ONG Paicabi, Chile;3. Grup de Recerca en Victimització Infantil i Adolescent, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain;4. Institut de Recerca en Cervell, Cognició i Conducta (IR3C), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Psychological maltreatment is an important social and public health problem and associated with a wide range of short and long-term outcomes in childhood to adulthood. Given the importance of investigating mitigating factors on its effect, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the mediating effect of active and avoidant coping strategies on the association between psychological maltreatment and mental health– internalizing and externalizing– problems in adolescents. Participants of the study consisted of 783 adolescents, ranging in age from 14 to 18 years (M = 15.57, SD = 0.88), with 52.9% female and 47.1% male. Several structural equation models were conducted to investigate the mediating role of coping strategies on the effect of psychological maltreatment on adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems. Findings from mediation analyses demonstrated the mediating effect of active and avoidant coping strategies on the association between psychological maltreatment and mental health problems. The outcomes support adolescents use more avoidant coping strategies and fewer active coping strategies in the face of psychological maltreatment experiences, and this affects their mental health. Taken together, these results should contribute to the design of prevention and intervention services in order to promote mental health. |
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| Keywords: | Psychological maltreatment Coping strategies Internalizing problems Externalizing problems Mental health |
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