Coping strategiesgender differences and development throughout life span

  1. Meléndez Moral, Juan Carlos 1
  2. Mayordomo Rodríguez, Teresa 1
  3. Sancho Requena, Patricia 1
  4. Tomás Miguel, Jose Manuel 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

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Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 15

Número: 3

Páginas: 1089-1098

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2012.V15.N3.39399 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

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Resumen

El desarrollo a lo largo del ciclo vital implica afrontar situaciones estresantes, lo que puede hacerse mediante diversas estrategias de afrontamiento. Los tipos de estrategias empleadas pueden diferir en función de características personales. Este trabajo estudia estas potenciales diferencias en algunas de estas características empleando como medida de afrontamiento el CAE. Específicamente se han probado los efectos de la edad, del género y de su interacción en las estrategias empleadas por una muestra de 400 adultos españoles. En relación a la edad, se hipotetiza que habrá una disminución en la aplicación de las centradas en la solución de problemas y búsqueda de apoyo social al aumentar la edad y un aumento de las centradas en la emoción. En relación al género, se hipotetiza que los hombres usarán más frecuentemente estrategias de solución de problemas, y las mujeres de las centradas en la emoción y búsqueda de apoyo social. Se empleó MANOVA para evaluar estos tanto los efectos principales como los de interacción. Los ANOVAs de continuación permitieron contrastar las potenciales diferencias en cada una de las distintas estrategias de afrontamiento, que apoyaban parcialmente las hipótesis planteadas. Se discuten los resultados encontrados relacionándolos con la literatura científica.

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