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Perceived stress and symptom patterns in early adolescents: The role of mediating variables
Author(s) -
Yarcheski Adela,
Mahon Noreen E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770090406
Subject(s) - social support , coping (psychology) , psychology , clinical psychology , perceived stress scale , coping behavior , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , stress (linguistics) , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics
The relationship between perceived stress and symptom patterns was investigated in 136 seventh and eighth grade boys and girls. Affective‐oriented coping and social support, two variables hypothesized as mediators of this relationship, were examined also. Participants completed the Modified Adolescent Life Change Events Questionnaire, the Jalowiec Coping Scale, the PRQ‐A Social Support System, and the Symptom Pattern Scale. As predicted, the positive relationship between perceived stress and symptom patterns decreased when controlling for affective‐oriented coping, while it increased when controlling for social support. Implications for nursing practice and further theory development are discussed.