Wise functioning and coping strategies in adolescents: Age as an intervening variable

• Authors: Szcześniak Małgorzata , Rodzeń Wojciech , Malinowska Agnieszka , Kaliczyńska Laura , Agata H. Świątek

Abstracts

EN

As we know relatively little about the development of wisdom in youth, the following study was designed to examine whether and how wise functioning would predict coping strategies in adolescents. As layperson’s implicit theories of wisdom suggest that wisdom varies by age, we wanted to see if and how age might correlate with wisdom, and examine the role of age as a mediator between wisdom and coping. Consequently, this article provides some initial evidence indicating that wise thinking, behaving, and age are related to coping strategies. It seems that wise individuals act when confronted with adversity and obstacles, focusing on the benefits that follow from stressful events. At the same time, they try to avoid using responses that are commonly considered less adaptive or immature: denial or substance use. These choices may be related to the equilibrium between knowledge and doubt that is believed to be the core of wisdom. Therefore, being wise lies not in what is known, but rather in the way in which the knowledge is used in everyday life and experienced as time passes by.

Keywords

EN

wisdom; coping strategies; adolescents

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Psychologia Wychowawcza
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 55(13)
• Pages: 104-120

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Szcześniak Małgorzata

• University of Szczecin, Faculty of Humanites

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Rodzeń Wojciech

• University of Szczecin, Faculty of Humanites

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Malinowska Agnieszka

• University of Szczecin, Faculty of Humanites

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Kaliczyńska Laura

• University of Szczecin, Faculty of Humanites

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Agata H. Świątek

• University of Szczecin, Faculty of Humanites

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.4758

Biblioteka Nauki

896662