"You Can Try or You Can Just Give Up": The Impact of Perceived Control and Coping Style on Childhood Homesickness.

Thurber, Christopher A.; Weisz, John R.

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ERIC Number: EJ544960

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Publication Date: 1997

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"You Can Try or You Can Just Give Up": The Impact of Perceived Control and Coping Style on Childhood Homesickness.

Thurber, Christopher A.; Weisz, John R.

Developmental Psychology, v33 n3 p508-17 May 1997

Assessed coping with homesickness, perceived control over homesickness, and adjustment among 8- to 10-year-olds spending two weeks at a summer camp. Found that children's most frequent and effective method of coping was engaging in distracting physical activity; coping by adjusting oneself to conditions increased through adolescence; and the most homesick children perceived low control over homesickness. (BC)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Response, Preadolescents, Self Determination, Summer Programs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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