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2001, Number 5

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Salud Mental 2001; 24 (5)

Los sucesos de vida en dos grupos de adolescentes de diferente nivel socioeconómico

Lucio E, León I, Durán C , Bravo E, Velasco E

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 17-24
PDF size: 124.78 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Stress and adolescence are important themes in clinical psychological research, nevertheless there are few studies that deal with the influence of stress in adolescence, and even more so in Mexico. The objective of this study is to determine the differences between the occurrence of stressful life-events considering gender, age and socio-economical level in two groups of Mexican adolescents. In addition the differences in the cognitive assessment that the two groups of Mexican adolescents make of stressful life events considering gender, age and socioeconomical level, were determined. To accomplish this objective the sociodemograhic and lifeevents questionnaire in its two versions was used. The questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1 071 Mexican adolescents (547 females and 524 males), from two different socio-economical levels (high level: 275 females and 262 males; low level: 272 females and 262 males) age range from 13 to 18 years of age (mean=15.52). The sample was conformed into three age groups: 13-14,15-16,17-18. ANOVA and the Student t test were used in order to analyse the results obtained. Results show that boys reported more stressful life-events; the groups of low socioeconomical level reported more stressful life-events when compared to the high socioeconomical group. The 17-18 years old boys of low economic level reported more stressful life-events. No significant differences were observed between the groups of girls. However, in the cognitive assessment that adolescents make of stressful life-events, the ones betwen 17 and 18 years old, from the low socioeconomical level, assessed stressful life-events more frequently as indifferent, positive or negative. In the negative assessment, the greater significant differences were found in the 17-18 age boys group of low socioeconomical level, in comparison with the other groups of boys. On the other hand, there were no significant differences within the groups of girls. The results of this study agree with the results of studies carried out in other countries, which show that stressful life events increase in older adolescents.


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