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Dodaj, Arta; Simic, Natasa – Online Submission, 2012
The objective of this study is to analyze the rate of stressful life events and psychosomatic symptoms among students smokers and non-smokers and examine the predictive contribution of stress and smoking to subjective health status. Methods were conducted on a convenience sample of 200 students from the University of Mostar, with a median age of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Smoking, Adolescents, Age
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Miers, Anne C.; Rieffe, Carolien; Terwogt, Mark Meerum; Cowan, Richard; Linden, Wolfgang – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
Attempts to explain the experience of somatic complaints among children and adolescents suggest that they may in part result from the influence of particular strategies for coping with anger on the longevity of negative emotions. To explore these relationships British (n = 393) and Dutch (n = 99) children completed a modified version of the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Coping, Adolescents, Children
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Panagopoulou, Efharis; Montgomery, Anthony J.; Benos, Alexis; Maes, Stan – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Negative affectivity has been defined as a predisposition to experience intense states of negative emotions. As a trait concept it is a dimension that reflects stable and pervasive differences in negative mood and self-concept. There has been systematic evidence linking negative affectivity to anxiety, depression, psychosomatic complaints, pain…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Affective Behavior, Patients, Heart Disorders