Longitudinal Relations of Economic Hardship and Effortful Control to Active Coping in Latino Youth. (28th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taylor, Zoe E.; Widaman, Keith F.; Robins, Richard W.
• Is Part Of: Journal of research on adolescence. Volume 28:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 396
• Page End: 411
• Publication Date: 2017-08-28
• Subjects: Adolescence -- Periodicals; 155.5
• DOI: 10.1111/jora.12338
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-8392

Abstract

Abstract : How Latino youth cope with stressors may have implications for their adjustment. We examined how a temperamental characteristic (effortful control) and a contextual factor (economic hardship) were associated with Latino youth's coping. Individual differences in effortful control, a core facet of self‐regulation, may contribute to coping as effortful control is consistently linked to adaptive behaviors during adolescence. We examined relations of effortful control and economic hardship to active coping in a sample of Mexican‐origin youth ( N = 674) across three time points (fifth to ninth grades). Although economic hardship negatively predicted coping and effortful control, effortful control positively predicted coping (controlling for prior levels). Findings support a resilience perspective by suggesting that effortful control may contribute to coping and thus counteract the negative effects of economic hardship.