Specific coping behaviours related to depression in adolescents with a divorced parent

Parents’ divorce is one of the life events that elicit pressure in adolescents, to such an extent parents’ a predictor depressive disorder adolescents. Coping strategy plays important role relationship between and depression. This research aimed examine coping strategies (problem-focused, emotion-focused, dysfunctional coping) specific behaviours which affect adolescents with divorced symptoms. Participants are 80 parents from several cities Indonesia, aged 13 19 years old (mean=16.6 years, SD=1.62 76% female 24% male). Depressive symptoms were measured using children’s depression inventory, behaviour was Brief-COPE or orientation problems experienced. In this research, it found 38% had On multiple linear regression, only problem-focused significantly affected not emotion-focused coping. Furthermore, among 14 behaviours, instrumental support disengagement These findings indicate intervention focused on increasing utilization reducing might be beneficial minimize parents.