Demirel, GulbahtiyarPinar, Sukran ErtekinBilgic, Dilek2024-10-262024-10-2620200167-482X1743-8942https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2019.1643314https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/29579Objective: The present study was conducted to assess the anxiety levels and the methods of coping with the stress of adolescents who underwent their first gynecological examination.Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 223 married or single adolescent women who went to a state hospital in Sivas Province in Turkey for their first gynecological examination. The data were collected by face-to-face interviews with the Personal Information Form, the State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) and the Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI).Results: There was a statistically significant negative correlation between the SAI scores, and the self-confident approach (r=-0.305; p=0.001) and optimistic approach (r=-0.170; p=0.011) of the WCI subscales. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between SAI scores, and the desperate approach (r=0.153; p=0.022) and submissive approach (r=0.143; p=0.032).Conclusion: Adolescent women who underwent their first gynecological examination have moderate levels of anxiety and their coping with stress styles are ineffective. As anxiety levels increase, they use more ineffective methods.en10.1080/0167482X.2019.1643314info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAdolescentanxietycoping with stressgynecological examinationwomenArticle412136131313286022-s2.0-85084694116Q1WOS:000476613300001Q3