TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived stress, coping strategy and general health: a study on accounting students in Malaysia
AU - Lim, Yet Mee
AU - Tam, Cai Lian
AU - Lee, Teck Heang
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The current research aims to examine the relationships between perceived stress, coping
capability and general health of university students. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; Cohen et
al., 1988), Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI; Amirkhan, 1990)and the General Health
Questionnaire (GHQ; Goldberg, 1981) were administered to 1785 respondents from tertiary
education institutions, aged 18 to 26 years. Analyses of data were performed using Pearson
correlation coefficient to identify relationships between perceived stress, coping strategy and
general health.Results showed that there were positive relationships between perceived stress,
General Health Questionnaire and coping strategy.
AB - The current research aims to examine the relationships between perceived stress, coping
capability and general health of university students. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; Cohen et
al., 1988), Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI; Amirkhan, 1990)and the General Health
Questionnaire (GHQ; Goldberg, 1981) were administered to 1785 respondents from tertiary
education institutions, aged 18 to 26 years. Analyses of data were performed using Pearson
correlation coefficient to identify relationships between perceived stress, coping strategy and
general health.Results showed that there were positive relationships between perceived stress,
General Health Questionnaire and coping strategy.
UR - http://www.researchersworld.com/vol4/vol4_issue1_1/Paper_10.pdf
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 88
EP - 95
JO - Researchers World: Journal of Arts, Science and Commerce
JF - Researchers World: Journal of Arts, Science and Commerce
SN - 2229-4686
IS - 1
ER -