The impact of stress and coping strategies on life satisfaction in a national sample of adolescents: A structural equation modelling approach.

ABSTRACT: Although stress strongly predicts life satisfaction, the psychosocial mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. To investigate the possible mediating role of coping, we conducted a cross-sectional study that assessed youths' life stress levels, propensity to engage in three different coping styles (i.e., active coping, internal coping, & withdrawal), ​and life satisfaction in a probabilistic, two-stage stratified cluster sample of 1830 high school seniors (986 females; age range: 17-22 years old) from 26 schools in or around the four largest cities in Croatia. We used correlational analyses and structural equation modelling to test the hypothesis that coping mediates the relation between stress and life satisfaction. The tested model was marginally acceptable: χ²  =

SUBMITTER: Milas G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8523576 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature