The Association Between School Stress, Life Satisfaction and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Life Satisfaction as a Potential Mediator

Moksnes, Unni Karin; Løhre, Audhild; Lillefjell, Monica; Byrne, Donn; Haugan, Gørill

doi:10.1007/s11205-014-0842-0

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“…Similar to previous research (e.g., Moksnes et al, ), significant negative relations between ASQ domains and LS were observed, offering support for the scale's convergent validity in the current sample. Additionally, correlations between ASQ domains and PAA indicate how adolescents globally assessed their school‐related achievement could be linked to their reports on stress.…”

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“…Examining LS serves as a global indicator, which may extend understandings of adolescent stress and collective outcomes of coping. Indeed, previous research in a large sample of Norwegian adolescents ( n = 1,239) pointed to a moderate, inverse relation between LS and adolescent stress reports with the ASQ (e.g., Moksnes et al, ). Using structural equation modeling, results further indicated that certain ASQ domains predicted LS, which served as a partial mediator for outcomes such as depressive symptoms.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Adolescence is a time of substantial change (Byrne, Davenport, & Mazanov, ; McKay, Percy, & Byrne, ; Moksnes, Løhre, Lillefjell, Byrne, & Haugan, ). Roughly between the ages of 13 and 18 years old, adolescents are often exposed to a variety of new, complex challenges at home, school, and other relevant domains of life (Byrne et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A sample validation of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ) in New Zealand

Sotardi

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2018

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The Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ) is a 56-item scale measuring stress in 10 domains. The scale has been tested in a number of countries worldwide with mixed support. The current study tested the factor structure, construct validity, and reliability in a sample (n = 1,601) comprising a general population of adolescents in New Zealand. Support was found for the 10-factor structure with adequate internal consistency as well as strong factorial invariance between male and female participants. Significant inverse correlations were found between all ASQ domains and both life satisfaction and perceived academic achievement. Most ASQ domains revealed gender differences, with female participants reporting greater stress than males. Toward a nonbinary perspective of gender, gender-neutral participants reported greater stress than males and females in certain stress domains. Results based on regression analyses indicate that nonacademic ASQ domains were generally related to life satisfaction whereas academic ASQ domains were related to perceived academic achievement. Positive and negative interaction effects were observed between gender and ASQ domains on life satisfaction and academic achievement. Overall, the current results indicate that the ASQ appears to be a reliable, valid instrument for adolescent stress in New Zealand with relevance to perceived life satisfaction and achievement.

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A sample validation of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ) in New Zealand

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2018

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“…The life satisfaction of adolescents in transition to young adulthood tends to be sensitive to environmental influences as adolescents face many developmental and adjustment challenges, for example, at school Moksnes et al 2014;Sánchez-Álvarez et al 2015). Connected to this, the realm of education has been described as a main source of stress for adolescents (Persike and Seiffge-Krenke 2012).…”

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“…This allowed us to assess whether life satisfaction is sensitive to fluctuations in stress and self-efficacy over and above baseline levels of stress and self-efficacy over time. This distinction is important in light of theory whereby life satisfaction may change over time (Baird et al 2010) and because adolescence and young adulthood is a period in life during which life satisfaction might react particularly strongly to changes in stress and self-efficacy (Buchanan and Hughes 2011;Moksnes et al 2014;Sánchez-Álvarez et al 2015).…”

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The Role of Perceived Stress and Self-Efficacy in Young People’s Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study

Burger

Samuel

2016

J Youth Adolescence

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Life satisfaction is an important indicator of successful development. However, adolescents' life satisfaction tends to be relatively unsteady, and environmental influences play a critical role in shaping life satisfaction among adolescents in the transition to young adulthood. Given the paramount importance that education plays in adolescents' lives, adolescents' life satisfaction may vary as a function of school-related stress experience. At the same time, coping resources may help reduce adverse effects of stress on life satisfaction. With this in mind, we examined whether, and to what extent, perceived stress in education and general self-efficacy (a resource that facilitates coping) affect the life satisfaction of adolescents in transition to young adulthood. We distinguished between baseline levels of stress and self-efficacy and within-person change in stress and self-efficacy to determine whether life satisfaction is sensitive to fluctuations in stress and self-efficacy when person-specific levels of stress and self-efficacy are taken into account. Estimating growth curve models on data from a panel study on the life trajectories of compulsory-school leavers (n = 5,126, 55.3% female), we found that baseline levels of stress and self-efficacy, as well as within-person change in stress and self-efficacy, affected adolescents' life satisfaction.Moreover, our results showed that baseline self-efficacy mitigated the negative effect of baseline stress on life satisfaction. These findings improve our understanding of two major psychological determinants of adolescents' life satisfaction and extend our knowledge of life satisfaction trajectories during the transition to young adulthood.

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The longitudinal reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and life satisfaction among middle‐aged women

Wang,

Hoe

2024

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Several cross‐sectional studies have confirmed the negative correlation between depressive symptoms and life satisfaction; however, there exists limited research on this longitudinal relationship. This study employed the random‐intercept cross‐lagged panel model (RI‐CLPM) to examine the longitudinal reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. For this purpose, a nationally representative sample of middle‐aged women (N = 2,054 at baseline, aged 40–60 years) from the Korean Welfare Panel Data (KoWePS) was analysed. The results of the RI‐CLPM indicate that at the within‐person level, an individual's life satisfaction levels negatively predicted depressive symptoms, and vice versa. This finding indicates that interventions to reduce depressive symptoms may help improve life satisfaction. Conversely, interventions to increase life satisfaction may help to reduce or prevent depressive symptoms. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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The Association Between School Stress, Life Satisfaction and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Life Satisfaction as a Potential Mediator

Cited by 140 publications

References 44 publications

A sample validation of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ) in New Zealand

A sample validation of the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ) in New Zealand

The Role of Perceived Stress and Self-Efficacy in Young People’s Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study

The longitudinal reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and life satisfaction among middle‐aged women

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