Support from parents, teachers, and peers and the moderation of subjective and objective stress of secondary school student.

ABSTRACT: During adolescence, students increasingly report suffering from stress and school burnout, which poses a risk to students' healthy development. However, social support may counteract perceived stress according to the Buffering Hypothesis and the Conservation of Resources Theory. In search of factors that would support healthy student development, studies have primarily focused on self-report data and neglected biophysiological processes. Addressing this research desideratum, this study examined whether perceived social support buffers the interplay of self-reported stress considering biophysiological markers (i.e., cortisol, alpha-amylase, oxidative stress, and telomere length). 83 secondary school students (M_age = 13.72, SD = 0.67; 48% girls) from Germany participated in a ques

SUBMITTER: Hoferichter F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10786930 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature