Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 A Systems Perspective on the Development of Coping
- Part I Theoretical Perspectives on the Development of Coping
- Part II Methods for Studying the Development of Coping
- Part III Neurophysiological and Experiential Bases of the Development of Coping
- Part IV Psychological Foundations of the Development of Coping
- 12 Attention, Temperament, Self-Regulation, and the Development of Coping
- 13 The Development of Emotion Regulation and Coping in Early Childhood
- 14 Toward a More Inclusive, Contextualized Approach to Studying Executive Functions and Self-Regulation in the Context of Coping
- 15 The Development of Accommodative Coping
- 16 The Development of Temperament, Personality Traits, and Coping in Childhood and Adolescence
- Part V Social Contexts and the Development of Coping
- Part VI Application and the Development of Coping
- Index
- References
16 - The Development of Temperament, Personality Traits, and Coping in Childhood and Adolescence
from Part IV - Psychological Foundations of the Development of Coping
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2023
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 A Systems Perspective on the Development of Coping
- Part I Theoretical Perspectives on the Development of Coping
- Part II Methods for Studying the Development of Coping
- Part III Neurophysiological and Experiential Bases of the Development of Coping
- Part IV Psychological Foundations of the Development of Coping
- 12 Attention, Temperament, Self-Regulation, and the Development of Coping
- 13 The Development of Emotion Regulation and Coping in Early Childhood
- 14 Toward a More Inclusive, Contextualized Approach to Studying Executive Functions and Self-Regulation in the Context of Coping
- 15 The Development of Accommodative Coping
- 16 The Development of Temperament, Personality Traits, and Coping in Childhood and Adolescence
- Part V Social Contexts and the Development of Coping
- Part VI Application and the Development of Coping
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter addresses the ways that temperament and personality traits and coping develop and mutually affect each other throughout childhood and adolescence. The associations between personality traits and coping are typically modest in size, although the links may be stronger in childhood than later in life. Research on normative patterns suggests that, across both domains, children experience growth in self-regulation in middle childhood, followed by a dip in self-regulation in early adolescence, and then gradual improvements in later adolescence. Temperament and personality traits, stress, and coping may be related through five processes: traits affect exposure to stressors; traits affect youth’s appraisal of stressors; traits shape which coping strategies youth use; traits and coping interact to shape adaptation; and chronic use of coping strategies may affect trait development. Finally, narrative identity may also play an important part in helping young people cope with stress and adversity starting in adolescence.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping , pp. 401 - 424Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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