Coping strategies in response to peer victimization: Comparing adolescents in the United States and Korea

Authors

Joo Young Yang, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Kristina L. McDonald, University of AlabamaFollow
Sunmi Seo, University of AlabamaFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

Yang - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4610-7439

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-11-2023

Publication Title

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volume

34

Issue

1

First Page

159

Last Page

172

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12906

Abstract

We examined cultural specificity in how adolescents' coping strategies in response to peer victimization are associated with adjustment with a sample of 7th–8th graders from the United States (n = 292, 60% female, Mage = 13.6, SD = 0.65) and South Korea (n = 462, 50.2% female, Mage = 13.7, SD = 0.58). Participants read scenarios describing victimization and rated the likelihood of utilizing different coping strategies. US adolescents rated conflict resolution, cognitive distancing, and revenge higher than Korean adolescents, while Korean adolescents endorsed social support seeking more than US adolescents. Social support seeking was positively associated with global self-worth in both countries; however, social support seeking was negatively related to depression and social anxiety only for Korean youth.

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Recommended Citation

Yang, Joo Young; McDonald, Kristina L.; and Seo, Sunmi, "Coping strategies in response to peer victimization: Comparing adolescents in the United States and Korea" (2023). Psychology Faculty Publications. 351.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/psychfacpub/351

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