Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Stress And Coping In An Inner-City Environment: The Cities Mentor Project Coping Intervention With Youth Living In Urban Poverty, Jordan Horwath
Stress And Coping In An Inner-City Environment: The Cities Mentor Project Coping Intervention With Youth Living In Urban Poverty, Jordan Horwath
College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Stress theory posits that exposure to stress predicts negative outcomes (Grant et al., 2003). Children residing in urban poverty are often exposed to multiple stressors which deleteriously impacts social, emotional, and academic well-being. The current study, which is derived from the Cities Mentor Project intervention, is a randomized control trial (RCT) designed to assess the impact of a coping curriculum (along with mentor support) on how adolescents cope with stressors. Participants were 54 6th grade students (31 intervention, 23 control), who ranged in age from 11-13 years old (M= 11.35, SD= 0.52), and 59.3% of participants were female. All participants …