Assessment and Prediction of Stress-Related Growth

ABSTRACT This article reports the development of the Stress‐Related Growth Scale (SRGS) and its use in a study examining determinants of stress‐related positive outcomes for college students. Study 1 analyses showed that the SRGS has acceptable internal and test‐retest reliability and that scores ar...

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Published in:Journal of personality 1996-03, Vol.64 (1), p.71-105
Main Authors: Park, Crystal L., Cohen, Lawrence H., Murch, Renee L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Assessment
Behavior
Female
Gender Identity
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Mental stress
Negative life events
Outcomes
Personality
Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data
Personality Development
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Predictors
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Social Support
Stress
Students - psychology
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Summary:ABSTRACT This article reports the development of the Stress‐Related Growth Scale (SRGS) and its use in a study examining determinants of stress‐related positive outcomes for college students. Study 1 analyses showed that the SRGS has acceptable internal and test‐retest reliability and that scores are not influenced by social desirability. Study 2 analyses showed that college students' SRGS responses were significantly related to those provided by friends and relatives on their behalf. Study 3 analyses tested the determinants of stress‐related growth longitudinally. Significant predictors of the SRGS were (a) intrinsic religiousness; (b) social support satisfaction; (c) stressfulness of the negative event; (d) positive reinterpretation and acceptance coping; and (e) number of recent positive life events. The SRGS was also positively related to residual change in optimism, positive affectivity, number of socially supportive others, and social support satisfaction, lending further support to the validity of this new scale. Results have implications for current theory on stress‐related positive outcomes.
ISSN:0022-3506
1467-6494
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00815.x