@article{ref1,
title="Coping strategies and psychological maladjustment/adjustment: a meta-analytic approach with children and adolescents exposed to natural disasters",
journal="Child and youth care forum",
year="2022",
author="Raccanello, Daniela and Rocca, Emmanuela and Barnaba, Veronica and Vicentini, Giada and Hall, Rob and Brondino, Margherita",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Following disasters, children and adolescents can use coping strategies to feel better. A growing body of studies investigated the relation between them and maladjustment/adjustment, i.e., negative symptomatology/positive indicators of development. Yet, these constructs are studied separately. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: We conducted two meta-analyses to examine the mean correlation between disaster-related coping strategies and indicators of maladjustment/adjustment following natural disasters in children and adolescents, considering the role of some moderators. <br><br>METHODS: We used PsycINFO, PubMed, Eric, and Scopus databases to identify articles on natural disasters (filters: participants ≤ 18 years at the disaster, peer-review, English language). Inclusion required investigating the relation between at least one coping strategy and at least one indicator of maladjustment (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression) and/or adjustment (e.g., self-efficacy, emotion understanding), for a total of 26 studies (k = 64, n = 9692, for maladjustment; k = 37, n = 3504, for adjustment). <br><br>RESULTS: There were global positive significant correlations between coping strategies and negative symptomatology (r (pooled) = .23) for maladjustment, and positive indicators (r (pooled)  = .17) for adjustment. Negative symptomatology positively correlated with escape (r = .19), social isolation (r = .15), submission (r = .64), and opposition (r = .16); positive indicators positively correlated with problem solving (r = .31), social support (r = .22), and submission (r = .30). We found a moderating role of age, disaster type, and continent for maladjustment. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The study presented an analysis of the coping strategies that can be effective for children and adolescents dealing with natural disasters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-1890",
doi="10.1007/s10566-022-09677-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10566-022-09677-x"
}