title: Examining factors that increase and decrease stress in adolescent community college students.
abstract: In contrast to adolescents attending traditional universities, adolescents attending community colleges represent a large but relatively unstudied population with respect to stress and mental health issues. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors increase and decrease stress in a sample of adolescent community college students (N = 166). Findings from a self-administered questionnaire indicated that students had moderate levels of stress and resilience. Contrary to predictions, males demonstrated statistically significant higher levels of stress than females, but as expected, resilience had a significant negative effect on stress (p < .05). Practice and research implications are discussed for nurses in pediatric settings.
authors: California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA. nahern@fullerton.edu
authors: Nancy R
authors: NR
authors: Ahern
authors: Anne E
authors: AE
authors: Norris
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult