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PW01-171 - Coping Strategies In Adolescents With Psychotic-Like Experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

E. Fonseca-Pedrero ,
S. Lemos-Giráldez ,
M. Paino ,
S. Sierra-Baigrie ,
U. Villazón-García ,
J. Bobes  and
J. Muñiz
E. Fonseca-Pedrero
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Oviedo, Spain
S. Lemos-Giráldez
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Oviedo, Spain
M. Paino
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Oviedo, Spain Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
S. Sierra-Baigrie
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
U. Villazón-García
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
J. Bobes
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Oviedo, Spain Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
J. Muñiz
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Oviedo, Spain Psychology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

Abstract

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Coping strategies have been defined as the cognitive-behavioral efforts in continuous change made by a subject in order to manage internal and/or external demands which exceed his/her personal resources (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). Said coping strategies have been extensively investigated in individuals with symptoms of psychosis-proneness.

Objectives

The main objective of the present study was to compare the coping strategies used by adolescents with and without subclinical psychotic symptoms.

Method

The sample was composed of 1,713 Spanish adolescents, 881 (51.4%) females, with a mean age of 14.7 years (SD = 1.7).

Results

The results showed that the adolescents with subclinical psychotic symptoms used Avoidance-type coping strategies more frequently and Positive-type coping strategies less frequently in comparison to the control group.

Conclusions

These findings indicate a pattern of deficit in the strategies used to cope with stress similar to that of patients with schizophrenia, which is very interesting with a view to establishing lines of intervention within early detection and treatment programs for high-risk individuals aimed at modifying these patterns of deficit in coping with environmental stimuli in these populations.

Type
Prevention of mental disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E1573
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009
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