An exploration of the stressors and coping responses of Year 9 students in the Wellington region of New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorLarkin, Nanette
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-06T01:57:54Z
dc.date.available2019-12-06T01:57:54Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to explore the stressors and coping responses of Year 9 students in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Thirty participants (aged 13-14 years) were recruited from two secondary schools (which were geographically and socioeconomically diverse). Five focus groups were conducted, with 5–7 students in each group, and open-ended questions were used to facilitate discussion. Data was analysed using thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006), and it was found that the stressors most relevant to the students were associated with school, peers, family, technology, and school/leisure conflict and extracurricular activities, and that the main coping responses used by the students were problem-solving, support-seeking, distraction, avoidance, and emotion-regulation. Patterns of difference according to gender, school decile and/or culture were found for some stressors and coping responses reported by the students.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/15075
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectStress in adolescenceen_US
dc.subjectPreventionen_US
dc.subjectHigh school studentsen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectWellingtonen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.titleAn exploration of the stressors and coping responses of Year 9 students in the Wellington region of New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorLarkin, Nanette
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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