Research

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Years of research highlight the Coping Power program's effectiveness, showing real improvements in student outcomes across various educational settings. Coping Power Rural uses proven, evidence-based practices to create lasting positive change in youth and school communities.

Original Coping Power Program

The Coping Power intervention was developed by John E. Lochman, Ph.D.

Primary Sources

Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2002). Contextual social-cognitive mediators and child outcome: A test of the theoretical model in the Coping Power program. Development and Psychopathology, 14, 945-967. 10.1017/s0954579402004157

Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2004). The Coping Power program for preadolescent aggressive boys and their parents: Outcome effects at the one-year follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72(4), 571-578. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.72.4.571

Lochman, J. E., Boxmeyer, C. L., Andrade, B., & Kassing, F. (2019). Coping power. In B. H. Fiese, M. Celano, K. Deater-Deckard, E. N. Jouriles, & M. A. Whisman (Eds.), APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Family therapy and training (pp. 361–376). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000101-022

Learn more about the original Coping Power intervention From Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development. Blueprints is a comprehensive registry of evidence-based programs designed to support healthy development of children and adolescents.

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development

Coping Power Rural

Nguyen, A. J., Hersh, J., Beahm, L., Henderson Smith, L., Newman, C., Birchfield, K., ... & Bradshaw, C. P. (2024). Coping Power-Rural: Iterative Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Preventive Intervention for Rural Upper Elementary and Middle Schools. School Mental Health, 1-17. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-024-09632-2

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Additional Publications

Morgan-López, A. A., McDaniel, H. L., Bradshaw, C. P., Saavedra, L. M., Lochman, J. E., Kaihoi, C. A., ... & Yaros, A. C. (2022). Design and methodology for an integrative data analysis of coping power: Direct and indirect effects on adolescent suicidality. Contemporary clinical trials, 115, 106705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2022.106705

Morgan-López, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., McDaniel, H. L., West, S. G., Ialongo, N. S., Bradshaw, C. P., ... & Lochman, J. E. (2024). Beyond Jacobson and Truax: Estimation of Clinical Significance Trajectories in the Coping Power Intervention Using Measurement Error-Corrected Multilevel Modeling. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.08.003

Saavedra, L. M., Lochman, J. E., Morgan-López, A. A., McDaniel, H. L., Bradshaw, C. P., Powell, N. P., ... & Yaros, A. C. (2025). Collateral effects of coping power on caregiver symptoms of depression and long-term changes in child behavior. Development and psychopathology, 37(1), 94-106. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942300144X

Thomas, D. E., Bradshaw, C. P., Bottiani, J. H., McDaniel, H. L., & Debnam, K. J. (2021). Coping power in the city: Promoting coping in African American male students. Professional School Counseling, 25(1_part_4). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X211040002