Coping Research

Research shows that “using a greater number of positive coping strategies is associated with less use of negative coping strategies, less suicide ideation, as well as higher self-esteem, emotion regulation, and academic achievement over time. Further, decreasing the ways in which individuals use negative coping strategies…can help to decrease depressive symptoms as well as increase emotion regulation over time.” A count of coping strategies: A longitudinal study investigating an alternative method to understanding coping and adjustment by Taylor Heffer and Teena Willoughby

 

Mental Health in Utah

It is important to note that Utah suffers from some of highest rates of mental illness, including the highest ranking in the nation in the share of children 0-3 whose mothers report fair to poor mental health. “More than 60% of children ages 6-11…with a mental or behavioral health condition do not receive treatment. And among the children who need treatment, close to half of parents report that services are difficult, or sometimes impossible to obtain” (https://gardner.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/DRAFT_BehaviorHealthExecSum-Jul2023_for-review.pdf?x71849).