10/2015, p. 45-49
Medical and social aspects of narcology

Coping behavior strategies and aggressive responses observed in high anxiety adolescent girls residing in Magadan town

Bartosh T. P., Bartosh O. P.

Аннотация:
The paper covers the peculiarities of controlling stress and, as well, rates of expressing aggressive responses demonstrated by the adolescent girls in dependence upon their anxiety levels. The high anxious girls aged 13 – 17, as compared to the low anxious ones of the same age, showed reliable differences in such strategies of the controlling behavior as "accepting responsibility and "escape-evade", and more pronounced irritation, hostile and autoaggressive reactions.

Ключевые слова:
adolescent girls, anxiety, coping behavior, aggressive responses, Russia's northeast