Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014
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...
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ftunivnewengland:oai:rune.une.edu.au:1959.11/28622 2023-08-27T04:10:08+02:00 Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014 Lofstedt, Petra Eriksson, Charli Potrebny, Thomas Valimaa, Raili Thorsteinsson, Einar Baldvin School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Due, Pernille Damsgaard, Mogens Trab Suominen, Sakari Rasmussen, Mette Torsheim, Torbjorn 2019 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28622 https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/efd45a87-acb6-45d7-a760-10c0a298fa8c en eng Universitetsforlaget AS, Scandinavian University Press 10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-07 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28622 https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/efd45a87-acb6-45d7-a760-10c0a298fa8c une:1959.11/28622 UNE Green http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Health Clinical and Counselling Psychology Mental Health Journal Article 2019 ftunivnewengland 2023-08-10T19:34:11Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Research UNE - University of New England at Armidale, NSW Australia Norway |
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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. |
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Lofstedt, Petra Eriksson, Charli Potrebny, Thomas Valimaa, Raili Thorsteinsson, Einar Baldvin School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Due, Pernille Damsgaard, Mogens Trab Suominen, Sakari Rasmussen, Mette Torsheim, Torbjorn |
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Lofstedt, Petra Eriksson, Charli Potrebny, Thomas Valimaa, Raili Thorsteinsson, Einar Baldvin School of Psychology orcid:0000-0003-2065-1989 Due, Pernille Damsgaard, Mogens Trab Suominen, Sakari Rasmussen, Mette Torsheim, Torbjorn |
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Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014 |
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Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014 |
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Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014 |
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Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014 |
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Trends in perceived school stress among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002-2014 |
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