Michell Strickland Clark Atlanta University Psychology Major Junior

1. Michell Strickland Clark Atlanta University Psychology Major Junior The relationship between social support and positive coping in children: Does social support predict positive coping?

2. Professor, Department of Psychology Ph.D., West Virginia University Behavioral assessment and treatment in children and adolescents. Faculty MentorDr. Mary Lou Kelley, Ph.D.

3. Gordon (2010) Assessing Social Support in Child: Development and Validation of the Social Support Questionnaire for Children Hernandez, Kelley, and Vigna (2010) The Youth Coping Responses Inventory: Development and Initial Validation Gordon, Hernandez, Kelley, Paasch, and Vigna (2008) Positive Adjustment in Youth Post-Katrina: The Impact of Child and Maternal Social Support and Coping Context and Background

4. To determine How social support is associated with coping responses in children. What types of social support predicts positive coping responses. Of low income African American adolescents. Purpose

5. To become aware of what types of social support are associated with positive coping in low income African American adolescents. That have experience a traumatic event. For example, Hurricane Katrina Significance

6. Can social support predict positive coping? What types of social support produce positive coping responses? Research Question

7. Participants Approximately 142 adolescent participants Ages 13 – 18 42.3% males; 57.7% females 59.9% African American, 33.8% Caucasian, 3.5% Asian American; 2.8% Hispanic Study focused on African Americans Methods

8. Measurements Demographic Questionnaire YCRI (Youth Coping Response Inventory) SSQC (Social Support Questionnaire for Children) Methods

9. Procedure Approval was obtained from the IRB and schools Informed consent from parents was sought Families were recruited by letters and consent forms were sent home by children schools Assent was south from child Both the SSQC and YCRI was completed by assented children Methods