Author(s): Teixeira, R.J. ; Brandão, Tânia ; Dores, Artemisa Rocha
Date: 2021
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/16644
Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
Subject(s): Academic stress; Coping Emotion regulation; Affect; Psychosomatic symptoms; Higher education
This study aimed to examine the associations between perceived stress, coping, emotion dysregulation, affect and psychosomatic symptoms in higher education. Participants were 183 first-year undergraduates (84% female) that completed the Perceived Stress Scale, the Brief-COPE, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the PANAS, and the Manifestations of Physical Discomfort Questionnaire. Significant gender differences were found in perceived stress and psychosomatic symptoms (both higher in women), and in coping (emotional vs. humour support strategies higher for women and men, respectively).
