期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：1999
卷号：8
期号：4 (42)
页码：543-561
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：This study examines direct and indirect effects of the level of perceived daily stress and coping strategies on the physical symptoms. The respondents were 153 healthy students from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Rijeka. Three models concerning three groups of physical symptoms were tested by causal structural modeling procedure (LISREL). In each of the models, three coping styles (problem oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance) and perception of the stress intensity have been included, while as the outcome variable the first model included symptoms of respiratory infections, the second symptoms of autonomous dysfunction, and the third other physical symptoms (problems with locomotion, digestion and skin). The results show that coping styles do not exert significant direct effects on any group of the physical symptoms examined. When the effects of the coping styles on perceived stress are concerned, the results show that problem oriented coping significantly lowers, while avoidance significantly increases perceived stress. However, the level of perceived stress has significant positive effects only on the symptoms of the autonomous dysfunction and not on other two groups of symptoms, which is not in accord with the other research results. The need for the improvement of the measurement of the respiratory infections symptoms, as well as psychological interventions that would enable students to be aware of their own physical sensations that are attributable to the side effects of perceived stress is discussed.
