title: Contingent self-worth moderates the relationship between school stressors and psychological stress responses.
abstract: This study examined the moderating role of contingent self-worth on the relationships between school stressors and psychological stress responses among Japanese adolescents. A total of 371 Japanese junior high school students (184 boys and 187 girls, Mage= 12.79 years, SD = 0.71) completed the Japanese version of the Self-Worth Contingency Questionnaire and a mental health checklist at two points separated by a two-month interval. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were then used to determine whether contingent self-worth moderated the relationship between school stressors and psychological stress responses. The results indicated that, when psychological stress responses were controlled for at Time 1, contingent self-worth did not predict the psychological stress responses at Time 2. However, a two-way interaction between contingent self-worth and stressors was found to significantly influence psychological stress responses, thus indicating that stressors had a stronger impact on psychological stress responses among those with high contingent self-worth compared to those with low contingent self-worth.
authors.affiliation: Center of Educational Research and Practice, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama city, Japan. Electronic address: k142@edu.u-toyama.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishizu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012574:Schools; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescence; Contingent self-worth; Psychological stress responses