The purpose of this study was to explore how Macau youth cope with peer problems and their levels of self-esteem in order to investigate the relationships between coping strategies of peer problems and self-esteem. A sample of 497 youths who studied at Junior 1 and Senior 1 from three Catholic Schools in Macau were asked to complete the COPE scale for peer problems and Self-esteem Inventory (SEI). The t-test, One-way ANOVA, and Pearson's Product-moment Correlation analysis were used to analyze the data and the results were shown as below: 1. The results indicated that there was no gender difference on problem-focused coping strategy and avoidance coping strategy were found in the study. However, females were found to use emotion-focused coping strategy more frequently than males. 2. There was no age difference on using emotion-focused coping strategy and avoidance coping strategy. But the results showed a significant increase in using problem-focused strategy among growing age. 3. The study showed that Macau youths commonly had quite high levels of self-esteem and there was no gender difference in the levels of self-esteem. 4. The results also showed that 13-14 years old youth had the lowest self esteem and above 19 years old had the highest self-esteem among the overall participants. 5. The youths who had the higher self-esteem used more problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies, and less avoidance coping strategies than those who had the lower self-esteem. Finally, according to the conclusion, implications and future research suggestions were also discussed in the study. Key words: Peer problems, coping strategies, self-esteem, Macau youth

本研究的目的在探討澳門青少年面對同儕問題時較常探用何種因應策略、其 自尊程度及兩者之間的關係。以澳門三所天主教學校初中一及高中一各兩班的學 生爲研究對象，合共497名青少年。本研究探用問卷調查法進行資料收集，所使 用的研究工具包括「自尊量表」及「同儕問題因應策略量表」。調查所得資料分 別以t檢驗、單因子變異數分析及皮爾森積差相關等統計方法進行資料處理。 本研究主要發現如下: 1.不同性別的青少年在「問題中心因應策略」及「避免因應策略」上無顯著差異。但在「情緒中心因應策略」上，女性明顯比男性常用此因應策略。 2.不同年齡的青少年在探用「情緒中心」及「避免因應」的同儕問題因應策略 上無顯著的差異。在探用「問題中心」的同儕問題因應策略上則出現隨年齡增加而上升的現象。 3.澳門青少年的自尊程度普遍屬於頗高。並且，不同性別的青少年其自尊程度無顯著的差異。 4.不同年齡的青少年其自尊程度達顯著的差異。13-14歲的自尊得分最低，其次17-18歲。 5.自尊與「問題中心」及「情緒中心」的因應策略呈中度的正相關;而自尊與「避免因應」的因應策略呈中度的負相關。 最後，研究者根據本研究結果加以討論，並提出具體建議，應用在教育工作以及學校輔導上，並作為未來研究之參考。 關鍵詞:同儕問題、因應策略、自尊、澳門青少年