Determinants of aggressive coping strategies in adolescents in situations of social conflict

• Authors: Borecka-Biernat, Danuta

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the study was to find personality and family predictors of aggressive coping strategies in adolescents in situations of social conflict. The tools applied in the study were the following: Questionnaire by D. Borecka-Biernat (KSMK) to study strategies for coping with a social conflict situation by adolescents, Questionnaire to Study a Sense of Control (KBPK) by G. Krasowicz and A. Kurzyp-Wojnarska, Stress Evaluation Questionnaire (KOS) by D. Włodarczyk and K. Wrześniewski, and Parental Attitudes Scale (SPR) by M. Plopa. The empirical research was carried out in junior high schools. It comprised 893 adolescent (468 girls and 425 boys) aged 13–15. In the light of the research it was found that strong belief in the influence of others on positive and negative effects of events and the evaluation of the conflict as a threat are coincident with an aggression strategy of coping with a social conflict situation by adolescents. Moreover, the analysis of the research results shows that the adolescents’ aggressive way of reacting to the emotional tension, which is generated by a social conflict situation, causes an inadequate educational attitude that is characterised by the emotional distance of a parent towards an adolescent child.

Keywords

EN

junior high school youth; locus of control; cognitive evaluation; parental attitudes; aggressive coping strategy; social conflict situation

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Psychologia Wychowawcza
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 56(14)
• Pages: 63-76

Dates

published

2019-08-19

Contributors

author

Borecka-Biernat, Danuta