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Title: | Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014 | Contributor(s): | Lofstedt, Petra (author); Eriksson, Charli (author); Potrebny, Thomas (author); Valimaa, Raili (author); Thorsteinsson, Einar Baldvin (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2019 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-07 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28622 | Abstract: | Associations between school-related stress and poor health, risk behaviours and low well-being are well documented. The aim of this paper was to estimate trends of perceived school stress experienced by boys and girls of different ages in the Nordic countries, and to describe trends in school stress between the Nordic countries. Nordic data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (HBSC) between 2002 and 2014 were used. The participants were aged 11–16 years. School stress was measured by a single item; “How pressured do you feel by schoolwork?” The participants answering “some” or “a lot” were categorised as reporting school stress. Sweden, Norway and Denmark had lower prevalence of school stress compared to Finland and Iceland. There was an increase in Iceland, Finland and Denmark, whereas adolescents from Sweden showed a decreasing trend. In Norway, the level was stable. Boys showed a marginal decline in school stress whereas girls showed an increase, and school stress increased by age for the whole period. It is a challenge for the public education systems in the Nordic countries to develop policies and practices that provide children with the necessary tools to achieve knowledge and skill, and at the same minimise stress in school. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Nordisk Vaelfaerdsforskning, 4(2), p. 101-112 | Publisher: | Universitetsforlaget AS, Scandinavian University Press | Place of Publication: | Norway | ISSN: | 2464-4161 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 111714 Mental Health |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520303 Counselling psychology 520302 Clinical psychology 520304 Health psychology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920410 Mental Health 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200409 Mental health 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Psychology |
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