Stress and irrational beliefs in college students

Author
Abstract
One of the aims of this research was to identify the main stressors and to determine the levels of stress in a Spanish university student sample. Stress related irrational beliefs and stress levels were measured by means of the Spanish situational version of the Smith Irrational Beliefs Inventory (SIBI). Sample consisted of 480 Spanish college students. Main stressors identified were: negative events, interaction with others, lack of time, work, and exams-studies. Self-reported levels of stress turned out to be high. Gender differences were found in some of the irrational beliefs, with females scoring significantly higher than males in Catastrophism-Task Exaggeration and males scoring higher in Minimizing/Avoiding. A significant and direct relationship between high scores in some of these irrational beliefs and self-reported stress levels was also revealed. Finally, perfectionism was significantly related to strain, and the highest stress levels to experiencing negative events. Sample error was 3.13%.
Keywords
PDF
Journal
Ansiedad y Estrés
Year of Publication
2008
Volume
14
Issue
2-3
Number of Pages
211-220
Date Published
07/2008
Type of Article
Journal article
Publisher
ISSN Number
1134-7937
ISBN Number
2174-0437
Previous
Next
Summary