THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DAILY STRESS AND HEALTH - REPLICATING AND EXTENDING PREVIOUS FINDINGS

The present study was an attempt to investigate the impact of daily st ress, or hassles, on the physical and psychological health status of 1 12 adolescents over 10 consecutive days. Measures of hassles, daily so matic symptoms and mood, overall health status, and perceived social s upport were taken. A principal components analysis of the newly design ed Secondary School Students' Hassles Scale generated four factors of which ''management of time and work'' accounted for 41 percent of the variance. Results supported previous findings that hassles levels were related inversely to daily health, daily mood, and overall health sta tus. Perceived social support was found to be associated with general health but not with daily health and mood, and results from partial co rrelation analyses challenged the buffering role of social support bet ween hassles and adaptational outcomes. The cross-cultural applicabili ty of the hassles concept was discussed.