Abstract:
Every person during his life is subjected to stressful, problematic situations. How the person resists these
situations depends on the coping strategies they choose. These strategies are conditioned by the mental states that
people are currently experiencing. Certainly the coping strategies chosen also create psychological security for the
individual. The cognitive, affective and behavioral response to various frustrating situations is formed from
preadolescent age conditioned by the main neoformations such as: development of self-awareness, personal
identification of the preadolescent and biological changes. This age is sensitive in forming the relationship
between mental states and coping strategies.
