01584nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001600118653000800134653001100142653003200153653001100185100002200196700002400218700002200242245007500264300001000339490000600349520097100355022001401326020001401340       2002                            d  c07/2002bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aAdolescence10aage10aGender10aInterpersonal relationships10aStress1 aF. Xavier Méndez1 aCándido J. Inglés1 aMaría D. Hidalgo00aStress and interpersonal relations: a descriptive study on adolescents  a25-360 v83 aThe aim of this study was to analyze the gender and age differences in interpersonal difficulties in adolescence. The Cuestionario de Evaluación de Dificultades Interpersonales en la Adolescencia was administered to a representative sample of 4,240 secondary and sixth-form students between the ages of 12 and 18. Female student reported greater interpersonal difficulties in general and in the most stressful relationships (assertiveness, opposite sex, public speaking), whereas male students reported more difficulty in the easiest relationships (family, friends) (p = .000). Interpersonal difficulties increased overall with age and specifically in assertion, with the opposite sex, speaking in public and with friends, above all in mid-adolescence, although they decreased in family relationships (p < .05). However, gender differences were small (d = .20-.49), and age differences turned out to be nonsignificant except for speaking in public and with friends.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437