Effects of resiliency and social support on stress process in children prior to elementary school graduation

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  • Kitamura Emiko
    高崎健康福祉大学大学院健康福祉学研究科保健福祉学専攻博士後期課程

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  • 小学校卒業を前にした子供たちのレジリエンシーとソーシャルサポートがストレス過程に及ぼす影響
  • ショウガッコウ ソツギョウ オ マエ ニ シタ コドモ タチ ノ レジリエンシー ト ソーシャルサポート ガ ストレス カテイ ニ オヨボス エイキョウ

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<p>Just before graduating from elementary school, students experience emotional distress, physical and psychological changes, and a sense of anticipation because of the junior high school entrance. Research is needed into stress processes in children during this period to provide evidence to inform health education. The present study aims to clarify the effects of resiliency and social support, which have been proposed to be fundamental in alleviating stress, on stressors and stress reactions, and investigates interactions among these factors in children before elementary school graduation. The participants were 216 sixth grade students from five elementary schools. Participants gave self-ratings on scales including a stress inventory and a resiliency scale for children. Covariance structural analysis revealed a main path from stressors to stress reactions and negative paths from stressors to resiliency. Additionally, three factors of resiliency had direct effects of reducing stress reactions. Conversely, there were no direct effects from social support to stress reactions; however, social support from the child's father, mother, and friends had indirect effects on stress reactions, buffered by resiliency. Moreover, social support from teachers and friends had an indirect effect on stress reactions, reducing the magnitude of stressors. These results indicate that resiliency, especially the factors of positive thinking, emotional regulation, and novelty seeking, influenced the stress process in children during this period. This finding could be important for devising effective health education. Based on the findings that stress reactions are reduced indirectly by social support from the child's father, mother, friends, and teachers, interpersonal relationships with others might be important for promoting these students' health.</p>

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