All They Need Is Love? Placing Romantic Stress in the Context of Other Stressors: A 17-Nation Study

Autor/inn/en	Seiffge-Krenke, Inge; Bosma, Harke; Chau, Cecilia; Cok, Figen; Gillespie, Cecilia; Loncaric, Darko; Molinar, Roberta; Cunha, Magdalena; Veisson, Marika; Rohail, Iffat
Titel	All They Need Is Love? Placing Romantic Stress in the Context of Other Stressors: A 17-Nation Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34 (2010) 2, S.106-112 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025409360290
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Coping; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Intimacy; Cultural Differences; Interpersonal Relationship; Help Seeking; Stress Variables; Age Differences; Family Structure; Questionnaires; Geographic Location; Europe; South Africa; South America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Intimität; Kultureller Unterschied; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Fragebogen; Europa; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Südamerika
Abstract	The present study focuses on romantic stress and coping styles in the context of identity and future-related stressors in 8,654 adolescents with a mean age of M = 15.3; SD = 1.84. The adolescents from 17 countries were grouped into seven regions, i.e., Mid-Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, South Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Future-related stressors were perceived as being more stressful than romantic stressors by all adolescents, irrespective of the region in which they lived. Identity-related stressors were of greater concern to adolescents from South Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Romantic stress was much higher in adolescents from Mid-Europe and Southern Europe compared to adolescents from other regions. Roughly 80% of all adolescents employed adaptive coping styles in that they negotiated with the romantic partner, sought support from friends and others, and shared an overall positive outlook. Adolescents from Mid-, Northern, and Eastern Europe were the most active in negotiating and support-seeking when dealing with romantic stressors. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10