01645nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002400118653001200142653001100154653001100165100001800176700002800194700001800222700001500240700001900255700001600274245003500290300001200325490000600337520102000343022001401363020001401377       1999                            d  c07/1999bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10apersonal competence10aAnxiety10aStress10aCoping1 aTomás Blasco1 aJordi Fernández-Castro1 aEduardo Doval1 aJenny Moix1 aTatiana Rovira1 aAntoni Sanz00aStress and Personal Competence  a261-2730 v53 aThis work argues that personal competence (PC) influences stress and anxiety reactions and hypothesizes that persons with high PC will show: 1) higher self-efficacy, 2) higher frequence of efficient and active coping strategies, 3) lower levels of perceived stress, and 4) higher positive mood states and lower physiological reactivity in front of stress situations. A review of eleven studies that assessed PC allows to the following conclusions: a) individuals with high PC show higher self-efficacy expectancies than individuals with low PC in front of new and ambiguous situations, but in front of situations which are well known by the subjects, this difference is not found, b) individuals with low PC are more reluctant to change their behaviors addressed to solve a problematic situation, c) individuals with high PC show lower levels of perceived stress in front of situations which can be controlled by the subject, and d) individuals with high PC have more positive mood states and low stress reactivity.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437