Associations of Social and Psychological Resources with Different Facets of Chronic Stress: A Study with Employed and Unemployed Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents navigate many psychosocial changes. A critical transition in adolescence is the one from school to work life. Both taking the first steps in work life and the failure to achieve this transition and being unemployed can engender elevated levels of stress during adolescence. Stress, especially when experienced chronically, is an important risk factor for mental health problems. Social and psychological resources may mitigate the experience of chronic stress. This study explored associations of social and family support, self-esteem, and self-efficacy with different dimensions of chronic stress in a sample of 1405 employed and unemployed adolescents (M(age) = 17.84, SD = 1.63, range: 14.05-26.12) in Switzerland. Unemployed adolescents showed higher stress levels overall. Higher le

SUBMITTER: Wade-Bohleber LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7400050 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature