The effect of copi̇ng styles, copi̇ng wi̇th educati̇onal stress and some demographi̇cal vari̇ables on soci̇al compari̇son of adolescents li̇vi̇ng i̇n orphanages

In the current study, the effects of coping styles, coping with educational stress and some demographical variables on social comparison of adolescents living in orphanages. Within that respect, Coping Styles Inventory, Coping With Educational Stress Inventory, Social Comparison Inventory and Demographical Information Form was delivered to 155 adolescents, living in three orphanages (Atatürk Kız Yetiştirme, Zeytinburnu Erkek Yetiştirme ve Halkalı Erkek Yetiştirme) located in Istanbul between the dates of 01.09.2012-31.10.2012. To analyze the data, SPSS 17.0 was used. During the analyses, the scores of the scales obtained in the current study was compared with the past studies that used the same scales with the similar populations except those populations didn?t live in orphanages. The findings of the present study shows that the adolescents living in orphanages use less coping strategies in comparison to the children continuing to regular classes. Additionally, the results showed that, the adolescents living in orphanages have lower self-perception in comparison to the adolescents continuing regular classes. That results is consistent with many others in the relevant literature. As to one another finding, the self- perception of girls was lower than the boys. At the same time, the boys use more bio chemical escaping and abstracting than the girls living in orphanages. On the other hand, without discriminating with gender, as the duration of staying in orphanages and self evaluation of academic performance increased, adoleccents use more bio chemical escaping and abstracting. Later, the finding was discussed in line with the relevant literature.