Abstract

Given that threat appraisal and coping are amenable to intervention, we aimed to identify threat appraisals and coping responses of anxious adolescents, relative to less anxious peers, during induced social stressors. Adolescents (N = 76; M_age = 13.5yrs) completed a clinical interview and five stress tasks. After each task, we measured threat appraisals (state anxiety and social evaluation), general coping ability, and eight ways of coping and regulating emotion. Adolescents with high anxiety appraised more threat and used more distraction, behavioral disengagement and rumination. As adolescents progressed through tasks, threat appraisal decreased, perceived coping ability increased, and problem-solving, distraction, behavioral disengagement and rumination decreased. Social anxiety level $\mathrm{\times }$ task interactions were not significant. In person-centered analysis, adolescents were distinguished as active copers, suppressors, or expressives. Anxious adolescents were more likely to be active copers, whereas their less anxious peers more likely suppressed or expressed emotions to cope with the tasks.

摘要

鉴于威胁评估和应对适合干预，我们旨在确定焦虑青少年相对于焦虑程度较低的同龄人在诱发社会压力源期间的威胁评估和应对反应。青少年（N  = 76；M_年龄= 13.5 岁）完成了临床访谈和五项压力任务。在每项任务之后，我们测量了威胁评估（状态焦虑和社会评估）、一般应对能力以及应对和调节情绪的八种方式。高度焦虑的青少年评估更多的威胁，并使用更多的注意力分散、行为脱离和沉思。随着青少年完成任务，威胁评估减少，感知应对能力增加，解决问题、分心、行为脱离和沉思减少。社交焦虑水平$\mathrm{\times }$任务交互并不显着。在以人为本的分析中，青少年被区分为积极的应对者、抑制者或表达者。焦虑的青少年更有可能成为积极的应对者，而他们不那么焦虑的同龄人更有可能压抑或表达情绪来应对任务。