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Stress With Parents and Peers: How Adolescents From Six Nations Cope With Relationship Stress
Author(s) -
SeiffgeKrenke Inge,
Persike Malte,
Karaman Neslihan Güney,
Cok Figen,
Herrera Dora,
Rohail Iffat,
Macek Petr,
Hyeyoun Han
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00813.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stress (linguistics) , developmental psychology , peer review , peer group , negotiation , clinical psychology , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law
This study investigated how 2000 adolescents from middle‐class families in six countries perceived and coped with parent‐related and peer‐related stress. Adolescents from C osta R ica, K orea, and T urkey perceived parent‐related stress to be greater than peer‐related stress, whereas stress levels in both relationship types were similar in the C zech R epublic, G ermany, and P akistan. Female adolescents predominantly reported higher levels of peer‐related stress than male adolescents. Adolescents in all countries used negotiating and support‐seeking to cope with relationship stress more often than emotional outlet or withdrawal. Withdrawal occurred more often to deal with parent‐related than with peer‐related stress. Results suggest that adolescents across countries competently coped with relationship stress. However, patterns of what adolescents perceived as stressful and how they coped varied between countries.