Coping strategies of 454 scholar adolescents between 15 and 18 years o1d and middle socioeconomic level of San Miguel de Tucumán were analysed in this descriptive-comparative study.Age variable was considered. The following instruments were applied: Adolescent Coping Strategies (Spanish adaptation, ACS, General Form); Adolescent Well-Being Scale (BIEPS) under Casullo's adaptation for Argentina and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The results showed the Adolescents coping strategies. Coping strategies and upper and lower psychological well being were correlationed. This research contributes empiric data for prevention programs designing for non-consultan! adolescents .

El estudio descriptivo-cuantitativo analizó las estrategias de afrontamiento de 454 adolescentes escolarizados de 15 a 18 años de nivel socioeconómico medio de San Miguel de Tucumán. Se focalizó en las estrategias de afrontamiento con relación a la edad y se correlacionaron los tiposde estrategias utilizadas con el nivel de bienestar psicológico de los jóvenes. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron la Escala de Afrontamiento para adolescentes (adaptación española,ACS, forma general), la Escala de Bienestar Psicológico para Adolescentes (BIEPS) adaptada por Casullo para Argentina y una Encuesta Sociodemográfica diseñada por los autores. Se identificó las estrategias de afrontamiento de los adolescentes, especialmente las que correlacionan con un elevado y un bajo nivel de bienestar psicológico. La investigación aporta datos empíricos para el diseño de programas de prevenciÃ...

Coping strategies of 454 scholar adolescents between 15 and 18 years o1d and middle socioeconomic level of San Miguel de Tucumán were analysed in this descriptive-comparative study.Age variable was considered. The following instruments were applied: Adolescent Coping Strategies (Spanish adaptation, ACS, General Form); Adolescent Well-Being Scale (BIEPS) under Casullo's adaptation for Argentina and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The results showed the Adolescents coping strategies. Coping strategies and upper and lower psychological well being were correlationed. This research contributes empiric data for prevention programs designing for non-consultan! adolescents .

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Social abilities are an essential part of human activity since they have a bearing on self-con­fidence, adoption of roles, self-regulation of behavior and academic performance, among other aspects. This study presents the process of construction and validation of a scale of social abilities for pre-school children. The scale was administered to 318 parents of 3 to 5 years old children of low socio-economic status who attend Primary Health Care Centers in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Considering the evolutionary and contextual charac­teristics relative to the process of acquisition of social abilities, a different protocol for every age group was designed. The result was a scale with confidence and validity characteristics. The validation of these instruments is helpful for evaluating children in poverty contexts since they enable us to distinguish social resources that allow chil...

Social abilities are an essential part of human activity since they have a bearing on self-con­fidence, adoption of roles, self-regulation of behavior and academic performance, among other aspects. This study presents the process of construction and validation of a scale of social abilities for pre-school children. The scale was administered to 318 parents of 3 to 5 years old children of low socio-economic status who attend Primary Health Care Centers in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Considering the evolutionary and contextual charac­teristics relative to the process of acquisition of social abilities, a different protocol for every age group was designed. The result was a scale with confidence and validity characteristics. The validation of these instruments is helpful for evaluating children in poverty contexts since they enable us to distinguish social resources that allow chil...