Alcohol consumption rates in men and women have similar values, butan increase in women’scase is observed(NAS*, 2002, 2008).Also drinking alcoholic beverages has been associated with coping strategies. Not having ways of coping with stressgenerated by stress management problems generally ends up in alcohol consumption. The sample of this study was made up of 1800 university students, 44.8% men and 55.2% women, aged 22 on average. COPE was applied to them for measuring coping strategies and three questions were made to classify alcohol consumption. The results show that 72.3% of students consume alcohol, being men withhigher consumption; it is also observed that women face stress mainly with religious support, while men resort toevasion, alcohol and drugconsumption, and humor.

La adolescencia supone una reorganización de las interacciones sociales, interpersonales (Ávila, Heredia, Gómez y Martínez, 2006; Cardozo y Alderete 2009), lo que genera estrés (Frydenberg y Lewis, 2000). Para afrontarla, se emplea un conjunto de acciones y cogniciones que capacitan para tolerar o minimizar los efectos producidos (González, Montoya, Martina y Bernabéu, 2002). El propósito de la investigación es describir las estrategias de afrontamiento que emplean los adolescentes estudiantes del nivel medio superior, realizando comparaciones por género y edad. Se trabajó con 724 adolescentes, 413 mujeres y 311 hombres, con un rango de edad entre 14 a 17 años, del Valle de Toluca, Estado de México. Se aplicó la Escala de Afrontamiento para Adolescentes (ACS), elaborada por Frydenberg y Lewis (2000). Los resultados obtenidos de las estrategias que emplean los adole...

Adolescence entails a reorganization of social, interpersonal interactions (Ávila, Heredia, Gómez & Martínez, 2006; Cardozo & Alderete, 2008), which generates stress (Frydenberg & Lewis, 2009). To deal with it, a variety of actions and cognitions are used, which prepare us to tolerate or minimize the effects produced by it (González, Montoya, Martina and Bernabeu, 2002). The purpose of this research is to describe the coping strategies used by adolescent high school students, making comparisons by sex and age. The work was done with 724 adolescents: 413 females and 311 males; ranging between 14 and 17 years of age, from Valle de Toluca, Estado de México. The Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS), developed by Frydenberg and Lewis (2000) was applied. The results obtained regarding the strategies used by adolescents in stressful situations are: to work hard and achieve, seek relaxing diversio...

Adolescence entails a reorganization of social, interpersonal interactions (Ávila, Heredia, Gómez & Martínez, 2006; Cardozo & Alderete, 2008), which generates stress (Frydenberg & Lewis, 2009). To deal with it, a variety of actions and cognitions are used, which prepare us to tolerate or minimize the effects produced by it (González, Montoya, Martina and Bernabeu,2002). The purpose of this research is to describe the coping strategies used by adolescent high school students, making comparisons by sex and age. The work was done with 724 adolescents: 413 females and 311 males; ranging between 14 and 17 years of age, from Valle de Toluca, Estado de México. The Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS), developed by Frydenberg and Lewis (2000) was applied. The results obtained regarding the strategies used by adolescents in stressful situations are: to work hard and achieve, seek r...