Relationship with parents and identity development: What causes stress in immigrant and german adolescents and how do they cope with these stressors? [Elternbeziehungen und Identitätsentwicklung: Was verursacht Stress bei immigrierten und deutschen Jugendlichen und wie gehen beide Gruppen damit um?]

Zeitschrift fur Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation
Volume 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-59

Relationship with parents and identity development: What causes stress in immigrant and german adolescents and how do they cope with these stressors? [Elternbeziehungen und Identitätsentwicklung: Was verursacht Stress bei immigrierten und deutschen Jugendlichen und wie gehen beide Gruppen damit um?] (Article)

Haid M.-L.* , Seiffge-Krenke I.

^a Psychologisches Institut, Abteilung Entwicklungs- und Pädagogische Psychologie, Wallstraße 3, 55122 Mainz, Germany
^b Psychologisches Institut, Abteilung Entwicklungs- und Pädagogische Psychologie, Wallstraße 3, 55122 Mainz, Germany

Abstract

The present study investigates stress and coping in immigrant and German adolescents. 164 immigrants and 1625 German adolescents, aged 12-18 years (M = 14.70; SD = 1.53), filled in self-report measures assessing global and specific stress and coping in two problem domains: Parents and identity. In both domains, immigrant adolescents report more stress than German adolescents. In regard to coping, German adolescents are more active than immigrant adolescents in solving identity and family problems with the help of their parents and friends. In both groups, females report a higher level of identity-related stress than males and employ more active and more withdrawal coping than males.

Author Keywords

immigrants Stress Identity parents Coping

Index Keywords

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84857803397&partnerID=40&md5=236d6716d87bbc81c18ed7ea19365a09

ISSN: 14361957

Cited by: 4

Original Language: German