Life stress, family support and adolescent disturbance

Tyerman, Andrew; Humpherey, Michael

doi:10.1016/s0140-1971(83)80052-9

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“…In a non-clinical sample of adolescents, Gad & Johnson (1980) found that negative life events were related to perceived health status. Significant associations between life stress and psychological symptoms, impaired psychological adjustment and depression have also been reported (Gad & Johnson, 1980;Hudgens, 1974;Newcomb et al 1981;Tyerman& Humphrey, 1983).…”

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Life stress and psychosomatic symptoms among 14 to 16-year old Finnish adolescents

Aro¹

1987

Psychol. Med.

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SynopsisSchool children (N = 2013) completed questionnaires in class on three occasions over a period of 17 months. Life stress data for 12 months were gathered retrospectively in the last questionnaire. Life events and interpersonal problems were associated with psychosomatic symptoms. In terms of change in symptoms, the impact of life events and interpersonal problems was demonstrated in boys but not in girls. Though boys with a history of no events or problems had lower symptom scores than girls, boys with a history of many events or problems caught up with the girls by the end of the follow-up period. On the other hand, symptom differences related to life stress scores were already apparent at the beginning of the study, and these differences were greater in girls than in boys.

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Life stress and psychosomatic symptoms among 14 to 16-year old Finnish adolescents

Aro¹

1987

Psychol. Med.

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“…First, there has been very little research on the role of social support in adolescent adjustment to stress (Cobb, 1976; Hirsch & Reischl, 1985). After a comprehensive search, we could find few studies addressing this issue (Barrera, 1981; Bell, LeRoy, & Stephenson, 1982; Hirsch & Reischl, 1985; Tyerman & Humphrey, 1983).…”

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Social support and adjustment in gifted adolescents.

Dunn

Putallaz²,

Sheppard³

et al. 1987

Journal of Educational Psychology

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We investigated the role of perceived social support in facilitating adjustment to a residential high school for the gifted in science and math. The relation between social support and adjustment appeared to depend on the sex of the student and the source of support, and the specific type of adjustment examined. Successful overall adjustment to the school environment was related to perceived support from family, whereas psychological adjustment showed a clear relation to perceived support in general. Perceived support from peers related to psychological adjustment only for male adolescents. Female adolescents appeared to seek other sources of support when they perceived support from a particular source to be low. Thus, adjustment problems for female adolescents appeared to result only when they were unable to locate other sources.

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“…This may reflect greater bodily sen sitivity or orientation towards greater internal locus of control in females [3], There are few reports in the literature con cerning the occurrence of psychological and somatic symptoms in young adults with long term diseases since childhood. Children and adolescents have been studied more inten sively [6], Hotalinget al [7] suggested a direct causal linkage between stressful life events and illness in a study of a nonclinical random sample of 118 college freshmen. Significant associations between life stress and psycho logical symptoms, impaired psychological ad justment and depression have also been re ported [8.…”

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Psychological and Somatic Symptoms in Young Adults with Chronic Physical Diseases

Kokkonen

Kokkonen²

1995

Psychother Psychosom

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To find out whether a long-term physical illness since childhood increases the risk of experiencing psychological and somatic symptoms, we interviewed a group of 487 patients aged 20–25 years and compared these findings to 211 controls. Both somatic (χ² = 9.11, d.f. = 6, p < 0.001) and psychological (χ² = 11.0, d.f. = 6, p < 0.001) symptom indexes varied significantly between the patient groups. Female sex, family conflicts during childhood, poor scholastic performance and depressive mental disorders were especially observed to be significant risk factors related to an excessive occurrence of these symptoms. The results suggest that a disabling disease lasting from childhood until adulthood is complicated by a significant incidence of both psychological and somatic symptoms.

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Life stress, family support and adolescent disturbance

Cited by 22 publications

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Life stress and psychosomatic symptoms among 14 to 16-year old Finnish adolescents

Life stress and psychosomatic symptoms among 14 to 16-year old Finnish adolescents

Social support and adjustment in gifted adolescents.

Psychological and Somatic Symptoms in Young Adults with Chronic Physical Diseases

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