Adolescent stress, help-seeking intentions, subjective achievement and life satisfaction in New Zealand: Tests of mediation, moderated mediation and moderation

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dc.contributor.authorWatson P
dc.contributor.authorRoy D
dc.contributor.authorBajaj M
dc.contributor.authorSotardi, Valerie
dc.contributor.authorSwit, Cara
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-26T01:18:27Z
dc.date.available2021-05-26T01:18:27Z
dc.date.issued2021en
dc.date.updated2021-03-22T23:42:13Z
dc.description.abstract© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. We present the results of a study examining adolescent help-seeking intentions (HSIs), stress, subjective school achievement and life satisfaction. Using a cross-sectional design with a sample of New Zealand adolescents (n = 1601), we tested whether HSIs could mediate or moderate relations between stress and subjective achievement, and between stress and life satisfaction. We inspected these dynamics alongside different help sources (informal and formal) and domains where stress might be experienced (school and personal). Using mediation testing, findings suggest that informal HSIs have at least some influence on the relations between stress and well-being indicators, whereas formal HSIs did not. Conditional indirect effects for the mediation models (moderated mediation) revealed that gender and age did not moderate the relations between stress and informal HSIs, or between stress and well-being indicators with one exception: gender moderated the relation between personal stress and informal HSIs. In most models, tests of moderation lent support for a protective-reactive model in which HSIs reduce the adverse effects of stress on well-being indicators. Discussion focuses on modelling and promoting help-seeking activities across diverse support sources, and doing so earlier in life so that adolescents can benefit from well-honed coping strategies.en
dc.identifier.citationSotardi VA, Watson P, Swit C, Roy D, Bajaj M (2021). Adolescent stress, help-seeking intentions, subjective achievement and life satisfaction in New Zealand: Tests of mediation, moderated mediation and moderation. Stress and Health.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3021
dc.identifier.issn1532-3005
dc.identifier.issn1532-2998
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/101933
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectachievementen
dc.subjectadolescenceen
dc.subjectcopingen
dc.subjecthelp-seekingen
dc.subjectlife satisfactionen
dc.subjectstressen
dc.subject.anzsrc1117 Public Health and Health Servicesen
dc.subject.anzsrc1503 Business and Managementen
dc.subject.anzsrc1701 Psychologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::52 - Psychology::5201 - Applied and developmental psychology::520101 - Child and adolescent developmenten
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::52 - Psychology::5205 - Social and personality psychology::520505 - Social psychologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::42 - Health sciences::4206 - Public health::420603 - Health promotionen
dc.titleAdolescent stress, help-seeking intentions, subjective achievement and life satisfaction in New Zealand: Tests of mediation, moderated mediation and moderationen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Health
uc.departmentSchool of Educational Studies and Leadership
uc.departmentSchool of Health Sciences
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