Coping style and defence mechanisms among traumatized and non-traumatized adolescents in Malaysia
ABSTRACT Background: Coping and psychological defence skills are frequently used when individuals experience trauma, stress, and anxiety. Objective: To examine the roles of Coping and psychological defence skills in traumatized adolescents exhibiting post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sympt...
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| Language: | en |
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IJCRR
2021
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36521/1/defence1.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36521/ https://www.ijcrr.com/articlesSearch.php http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.SP121 |
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| Summary: | ABSTRACT
Background:
Coping and psychological defence skills are frequently used when individuals experience trauma, stress, and
anxiety.
Objective:
To examine the roles of Coping and psychological defence skills in traumatized adolescents exhibiting post traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
Methods:
A sample of 1016 adolescents aged 12 to 17 answered the Coping Style Questionnaire-3, Defence Style Question
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naire-40, Traumatic Event Checklist, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and a socio-demographic questionnaire.
Results:
Results showed that traumatized adolescents significantly used all coping styles: emotional focused, avoidance, ra
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tional, and detached. Similarly, adolescents with PTSD symptoms significantly used all the coping styles than those without
PTSD symptoms: emotional focused, avoidance, rational and detached. Traumatized adolescents significantly used immature
style, mature style than non-traumatized adolescents. Similarly, adolescents with PTSD symptoms significantly used immature
defence style, mature style and neurotic style.
Conclusion:
Traumatized adolescents demonstrate a greater use of avoidance coping style, whereas non-traumatized adolescents tends to use rational coping strategies. |
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