TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's action-control behaviors (coping)
T2 - A longitudinal validation of the behavioral inventory of strategic control
AU - Little, Todd D.
AU - Lopez, David F.
AU - Wanner, Brigitte
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Integrating multi-axial models with an action-theory perspective, we propose that children's coping strategies vary along four dimensions of strategic behavioral control: Direct Action, Indirect Action, Prosocial Action, and Antisocial Action. The Behavioral Inventory of Strategic Control (BISC) assesses these four general dimensions of strategic control. We contrast these four axial dimensions with six specific strategic combinations: Avoidance (Indirect-Antisocial), Emotional Support Seeking (Indirect-Prosocial), Social Exploitation (Indirect-Antisocial), Social Cooperation (Direct-Prosocial), Aggressive Individualism (Direct-Antisocial) and Hostility (Indirect-Antisocial). In a short-term longitudinal study (three occasions over four months) of 318 children (grades 2-6), we examined the validity of the BISC, showing that the hypothesized dimensional structure of children's strategic control behavior was strongly supported.
AB - Integrating multi-axial models with an action-theory perspective, we propose that children's coping strategies vary along four dimensions of strategic behavioral control: Direct Action, Indirect Action, Prosocial Action, and Antisocial Action. The Behavioral Inventory of Strategic Control (BISC) assesses these four general dimensions of strategic control. We contrast these four axial dimensions with six specific strategic combinations: Avoidance (Indirect-Antisocial), Emotional Support Seeking (Indirect-Prosocial), Social Exploitation (Indirect-Antisocial), Social Cooperation (Direct-Prosocial), Aggressive Individualism (Direct-Antisocial) and Hostility (Indirect-Antisocial). In a short-term longitudinal study (three occasions over four months) of 318 children (grades 2-6), we examined the validity of the BISC, showing that the hypothesized dimensional structure of children's strategic control behavior was strongly supported.
KW - Action-control theory
KW - Coping
KW - Middle childhood
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035649422&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10615800108248360
DO - 10.1080/10615800108248360
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035649422
SN - 1061-5806
VL - 14
SP - 315
EP - 336
JO - Anxiety, Stress and Coping
JF - Anxiety, Stress and Coping
IS - 3
ER -