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. 1991 Nov;61(5):841-6.
doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.61.5.841.

Relation between social problem-solving ability and subsequent level of psychological stress in college students

T J D'Zurilla  1 , C F Sheedy
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Relation between social problem-solving ability and subsequent level of psychological stress in college students

T J D'Zurilla et al. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1991 Nov.

Abstract

A prospective design was used to examine the relation between social problem-solving ability and later psychological stress in college students during the first semester of the academic year. A new social problem-solving inventory measured not only general ability, but also more specific components of the problem-solving process (e.g., problem orientation, problem-solving skills; D'Zurilla & Nezu, 1990). The results of a hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that general problem-solving ability was negatively related to later stress, even after prior stress level and number of life problems were controlled. More specific analyses indicated that subjects' problem orientation was a better predictor of stress than their problem-solving skills. Results are discussed in terms of the possible stress-reducing effects of perceived control and successful problem resolution.

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