ABSTRACT
Group differences indicated that refugee students reported more preference for reference to others coping in conflict situations compared to immigrant and local students. This chapter presents the studies that utilised the original Adolescent Coping Scale with its 18 conceptual groupings or strategies that have been grouped into three coping styles. Culture, context and the situation under consideration all impact coping. Cross-cultural studies and those with young people who find themselves in particular circumstances, such as illness or disability, should be considered independently. Participants in these studies named a variety of coping strategies, such as seeking help from friends, family and/or professionals, problem solving, listening to music, playing sport/exercising and participating in community events. The Conservation of Resources Evaluation was developed to measure adult resources to cope with stress and was modified and applied to young people. Different populations of young people have different concerns and cope in different ways.
