C. Bagley et K. Mallick, NEGATIVE SELF-PERCEPTION AND COMPONENTS OF STRESS IN CANADIAN, BRITISH, AND HONG-KONG ADOLESCENTS, Perceptual and motor skills, 81(1), 1995, pp. 123-127
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.