Date of Award

Summer 1995

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Perry Duncan

Committee Member

Raymond H. Kirby

Committee Member

Barry Gillen

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65 C354

Abstract

One hundred and fifteen undergraduate psychology students participated in a study designed primarily to investigate the personality styles characterized by "hardiness" and "sensation seeking" as potential moderators in the stress illness relationship. Subjects completed inventories measuring life-event stress, perceived stress, and illness experienced during the previous year, as well as questionnaires measuring hardiness, sensation seeking, and maladjustment. Correlation analysis revealed significant positive relationships between life-event stress and illness and perceived stress and illness as well as a significant negative relationship between hardiness and maladjustment.

Multiple regression analyses showed that life-event stress, perceived stress, and the two measures used together significantly predicted illness. Life-event stress and perceived stress used together, however, accounted for more variance in illness scores than did either measure alone. Life-event stress and perceived stress were not significantly correlated with one another, and appeared to measure independent constructs.

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DOI

10.25777/0cxb-s855

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