Summary: The effects of coping styles and strategies, perceived social support, and primary and secondary cognitive appraisal on immediate outcome were examined in this study. Two theoretical models were tested via linear structural equation modelling (...
The paper begins by presenting a conceptual framework that focuses on how personal and social resources aid people in confronting acute and chronic stressors. It then describes the Life Stressors and Social Resources Inventory (LISRES), which assesses ...
The Social Problem-Solving Inventory (SPSI; D'Zurilla & Nezu, 1990) is a theory-driven instrument that was designed to measure two major hypothesized components of the social problem-solving process: (1) problem orientation and (2) problem-solving proper. ...
In the present study we investigated the psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Emotion Reactivity Scale (ERS; Nock, Wedig, Holmberg, & Hooley, 2008). A sample of 615 high school students completed the ERS, together with the Adult Temperament ...
Abstract. This study investigated the factor structure, internal consistency, and known-groups validity of the 4-item Perceived Stress Scale in a large sample of 29,388 English adolescents. Results indicated that the original ...