Title
Stress With Parents and Peers: How Adolescents From Six Nations Cope With Relationship Stress
Date Issued
01 March 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Seiffge-Krenke I.
Persike M.
Karaman N.G.
Cok F.
Rohail I.
Macek P.
Hyeyoun H.
University of Costa Rica
Abstract
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 Costa Rica, Korea, and Turkey perceived parent-related stress to be greater than peer-related stress, whereas stress levels in both relationship types were similar in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Pakistan. 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. © 2013 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2013 Society for Research on Adolescence.
Start page
103
End page
117
Volume
23
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias sociales
Psicología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84873918946
Source
Journal of Research on Adolescence
ISSN of the container
15327795
Sources of information:
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