TY - JOUR
T1 - Doing Nothing is Sometimes Worse
T2 - Comparing Avoidant versus Approach Coping Strategies with Peer Victimization and Their Association to Depression and Suicide Ideation
AU - Benatov, Joy
AU - Klomek, Anat Brunstein
AU - Shira, Barzilay
AU - Apter, Alan
AU - Carli, Vladimir
AU - Wasserman, Camilla
AU - Hoven, Christina W.
AU - Sarchiapone, Marco
AU - Balazs, Juit
AU - Bobes, Julio
AU - Brunner, Romuald
AU - Corcoran, Paul
AU - Cosman, Doina
AU - Haring, Christian
AU - Kahn, Jean Pierre
AU - Keeley, Helen
AU - Kereszteny, Agnes
AU - Podlogar, Tina
AU - Postuvan, Vita
AU - Saiz, Pilar A.
AU - Sisask, Merike
AU - Varnik, Airi
AU - Wasserman, Danuta
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Union Seventh Framework Programm [HEALTH-F2-2009-223091]?and by the Research Authority at the College of Management Academic Studies.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Peer victimization is a major stressor adolescents often face in the school environment, and has been linked to depression and suicidal risk. This study analyzed the associations between three behavioral coping strategies (avoidance, seeking social support from adults/peers, and retaliation) and depression and suicidal ideation. Participants included 4,254 victimized students who were part of the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) study that compared three school-based prevention interventions and collected information on health risk behaviors in adolescents from 11 European countries. Results showed behavioral avoidance to be associated with an increase in levels of depression, as compared to the other coping strategies (adult social support, peer social support, retaliation). Seeking social support from adults was associated with lower depression and suicidal ideation rates. A more than 25% increase in suicidal ideation was associated with behavioral avoidance, compared to seeking social support from adults. By contrast, retaliation to peer victimization was not found to be associated with increased depression or suicidal ideation. The findings support the Coping Deficit model and may suggest that abstaining by doing nothing when victimized can be associated with certain adverse emotional outcomes.
AB - Peer victimization is a major stressor adolescents often face in the school environment, and has been linked to depression and suicidal risk. This study analyzed the associations between three behavioral coping strategies (avoidance, seeking social support from adults/peers, and retaliation) and depression and suicidal ideation. Participants included 4,254 victimized students who were part of the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) study that compared three school-based prevention interventions and collected information on health risk behaviors in adolescents from 11 European countries. Results showed behavioral avoidance to be associated with an increase in levels of depression, as compared to the other coping strategies (adult social support, peer social support, retaliation). Seeking social support from adults was associated with lower depression and suicidal ideation rates. A more than 25% increase in suicidal ideation was associated with behavioral avoidance, compared to seeking social support from adults. By contrast, retaliation to peer victimization was not found to be associated with increased depression or suicidal ideation. The findings support the Coping Deficit model and may suggest that abstaining by doing nothing when victimized can be associated with certain adverse emotional outcomes.
KW - Coping
KW - SEYLE
KW - depression
KW - peer-victimization
KW - suicide ideation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082936494&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15388220.2020.1738941
DO - 10.1080/15388220.2020.1738941
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082936494
SN - 1538-8220
VL - 19
SP - 456
EP - 469
JO - Journal of School Violence
JF - Journal of School Violence
IS - 4
ER -