Associations between perceived stress and health outcomes in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents are reporting increasing symptoms of anxiety, depression and somatization and an increase in perceived stress is a plausible explanation. The first aim of this study was to examine the occurrence of perceived stress and health outcomes in adolescents, and to evaluate if there are any sex differences. The second aim was to investigate if there is an association between perceived stress and the health outcomes and, if so, possible gender differences in this association. The third aim was to compare samples of adolescent girls and boys from two different European countries to enhance the generalizability of potential findings.

Methods

The sample included 636 students from Sweden and Bulgaria, aged 15-16, 164 (58% males, 41% females, 1% not specified) from

SUBMITTER: Thorsen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9487115 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature