Gençlerde başa çıkma yolları: Pozitif gelişim göstergelerinin ve temel psikolojik ihtiyaçların giderilmesinin rolü

The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between coping resources that emerging adults have and their coping strategies as mediated by their stress appraisals. A path model was tested which links emerging adults' perception of both basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration (autonomy, relatedness, competence), from their characteristics of positive youth development (confidence, competence, character, connection, care) to coping strategies (fatalistic, optimistic, problem-solving, helplessness) as through stress appraisals (threat, challenge, uncontrollability, control-by-self, control-by-other). A total of 466 emerging adults (359 females, 105 males, 2 other) aged between 18 and 30 (Mage = 22.7, SD= 2.89) completed a computer-assisted questionnaire. The path analysis indicated that emerging adults' control-by-self appraisal mediated the relationship between need satisfaction and three of the four coping strategies (i.e., optimistic, problem-solving and helplessness). Control-by-self appraisal mediated the relationship between need frustration and problem solving strategy, and the relationship between positive development and optimistic and problem-solving coping strategies. While uncontrollability appraisal mediated the link between need frustration and optimistic and problem-solving coping strategies, threat appraisal mediated the relationship between need frustration and helplessness coping strategy. The findings of this study identified important facilitators and frustrators of emerging adults' coping strategies. Keywords: Emerging adulthood, need satisfaction, need frustration, positive youth development, stress appraisal, coping strategies