Fysisk aktivitet och hardiness som skydd mot stress
2018 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Physical activity and hardiness as protection against stress. (English)
Abstract [en]
Previous research has explored and explained the effect hardiness has on stress, but there is limited research on the use of physical activity in combination or in conjunction with hardiness. The present study aimed to examine if high school student's perceived stress level is affected by their level of hardiness and/or physical activity. The sample consisted of 370 high school students who were instructed to fill out a survey based on three instruments; Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-14 and Dispositional Resilience Scale, DRS-II as well as a separate self composed instrument on physical activity. A multiple regression analysis was calculated, indicating that hardiness predict stress and that there are gender differences. However, physical activity had no effect.
Abstract [sv]
Tidigare forskning har undersökt och förklarat effekten som hardiness har på stress, men det finns begränsad forskning om användningen av fysisk aktivitet tillsammans eller i kombination med hardiness. Den nuvarande studien syftade till att undersöka om gymnasieungdomars upplevda stressnivå påverkas utav deras nivå av hardiness och/eller fysisk aktivitet. I undersökningen ingick 370 gymnasieelever som fick fylla i en enkät baserad på tre instrument; Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-14 och Dispositional Resilience Scale, DRS-II samt ett eget komponerat instrument om fysisk aktivitet. En multipel regressionsanalys genomfördes, resultatet tyder på att hardiness förutsäger stress och att könsskillnader existerar. Däremot fann undersökningen inget belägg för inverkan av fysisk aktivitet.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. , p. 27
Keywords [en]
perceived stress, hardiness, physical activity, high school students
Keywords [sv]
upplevd stress, robusthet, fysisk aktivitet, gymnasieelever
National Category
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-70386OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-70386DiVA, id: diva2:1179561
Supervisors
Examiners
2018-02-062018-02-012018-02-06Bibliographically approved