SUOČAVANJE ADOLESCENATA I ODRASLIH SA SVAKODNEVNIM STRESNIM SITUACIJAMA
ADOLESCENT AND ADULT COPING WITH DAILY HASSLES

Summary/Abstract: In this study, which draws on the stress and coping theory, age and gender differences in coping with daily hassles were examined in a sample of 245 adults and adolescents by means of Ways of Coping Scale. The results indicate that adults endorsed more active problem solving in coping with daily hassles, while adolescents endorsed more avoidance and denial of problems, self-blame and wishful thinking – avoidance. Two interpretations of age differences in coping are evaluated: a developmental and a contextual interpretation. The findings support the developmental interpretation, which says, that there are inherent, stage-related changes in the ways people cope as they age. Gender differences emerged only when the results were not corrected for age. In analysing whether there were age and gender differences in the ways of coping again the age differences were dominant. Implications of these results for the development of adolescent and adult coping strategies are discussed.

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