caa a22 4500 475739191 CHVBK 20180406123455.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1026440304695 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1026440304695 Long-Term Effects of Avoidant Coping on Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms [Elektronische Daten] [Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Nicolai Klessinger] The impact of different types of coping styles on adolescents' depressive symptoms was investigated in a prospective study. One hundred and ninety-four adolescents participated in 4 annual assessments of coping styles and depressive symptoms. Longitudinal analyses revealed long-term differences in depressive symptoms, depending on coping style. Adolescents with an approach-oriented coping style reported the fewest depressive symptoms at Time 3 and Time 4, whereas avoidant copers reported the most at both times. Higher levels of depressive symptoms 2 years later were found in all adolescents who used avoidant coping, irrespective of whether they used avoidant coping consistently at Time 1 and Time 2 or changed from approach-oriented coping to avoidant coping at Time 2. This effect was independent of gender and time. The results suggest that most adolescents show an overall adaptive way of coping, but a small subgroup shows a fairly rigid use of avoidant coping. They further suggest that all forms of avoidant coping, whether stable or not, were linked with high levels of depressive symptoms even 2 years later. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 Seiffge-Krenke Inge Department of Psychology, University of Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, D-55099, Mainz, Germany aut Klessinger Nicolai Mainz University, Germany aut Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/6(2000-12-01), 617-630 0047-2891 29:6<617 2000 29 10964 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026440304695 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026440304695 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seiffge-Krenke Inge Department of Psychology, University of Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 9, D-55099, Mainz, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Klessinger Nicolai Mainz University, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/6(2000-12-01), 617-630 0047-2891 29:6<617 2000 29 10964 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer