NEGATIVE SELF-PERCEPTION AND COMPONENTS OF STRESS IN CANADIAN, BRITISH, AND HONG-KONG ADOLESCENTS

Responses io a 68-item Adolescent Stress Scale of 14- to 1G-yr.-olds i n Canada (n=369), Britain (n=217), and Hong Kong (n=343) were compared . Four common subscales identified by principal component analysis eme rged in the three samples. Scores on subscales (Relationship Problems, Abuse at Home, Scholastic and Career Problems, and Loneliness and Soc ial Isolation) were significantly correlated for both sexes with negat ive self-esteem scores in the three national groups. Differences in st ress between cultures were explicable in terms of known cultural diffe rences.