from Part V - Social Contexts and the Development of Coping
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2023
Coping refers to the multitude of actions individuals use to manage stressful encounters. In this chapter, we first describe stressful peer events during childhood and adolescence (e.g., bullying, rejection, victimization), focusing on their impact on mental health but also how they can provide opportunities to apply coping skills. Second, we address how peer relationships, at the group and the dyadic level, are prime settings for the development of coping by considering 1) the soothing and distracting presence of peers, 2) the selection of peers, and 3) the socialization of emotion and coping that can occur within peer interactions and relationships via processes of support, communication, and disclosure. We end with brief notes on the important consideration of the quality of peer relationships and the usefulness of considering gender (and cultural) differences, especially focusing on moderation effects to uncover whether these processes differ across gender and cultural subgroups.
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