Cognitive coping in anxiety-disordered adolescents |
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| Authors: | Jeroen S LegersteeNadia Garnefski Frank C VerhulstElisabeth MWJ Utens |
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| Institution: | a Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical University Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Leiden, The Netherlands
b Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Division of Clinical and Health Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigated differences in cognitive coping strategies between anxiety-disordered and non-anxious adolescents. In addition, the interaction effect with gender as well as differences between specific anxiety diagnoses was examined. A clinical sample of 159 anxiety-disordered adolescents and a general community sample of 370 non-anxious adolescents were recruited. Nine cognitive coping strategies were assessed in all adolescents (aged 12-16 years). Results showed that anxiety-disordered adolescents had significantly higher scores on most of the cognitive coping strategies than non-anxious adolescents. The cognitive coping strategies rumination, self-blame and catastrophizing accounted for most of the variance. Gender did not modify the results. Further analyses within the anxiety-disordered sample indicated that adolescents with a generalized anxiety disorder scored significantly higher on rumination, but not on other cognitive coping strategies, than social phobic adolescents. The results suggest that cognitive coping is a valuable target for psychological assessment and treatment in adolescents. |
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| Keywords: | Anxiety disorders Cognitive coping Adolescents Social phobia Generalized anxiety disorder |
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