EFEKTI PERCIPIRANOG STRESA I STILOVA SUOČAVANJA NA TJELESNE SIMPTOME
EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES ON PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS

Summary/Abstract: This study examines direct and indirect effects of the level of perceived daily stress and coping strategies on the physical symptoms. The respondents were 153 healthy students from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Rijeka. Three models concerning three groups of physical symptoms were tested by causal structural modeling procedure (LISREL). In each of the models, three coping styles (problem oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance) and perception of the stress intensity have been included, while as the outcome variable the first model included symptoms of respiratory infections, the second symptoms of autonomous dysfunction, and the third other physical symptoms (problems with locomotion, digestion and skin). The results show that coping styles do not exert significant direct effects on any group of the physical symptoms examined.

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