<p>Abstract- Stress, conformity, groups and self-worth in high-school girls</p><p>The aim of this questionnaire-survey was to investigate the experience of stress and symptoms</p><p>of stress in high-school girls, and to examine if the experienced symptoms of stress could be</p><p>predicted by groups, self-worth and conformity. Another purpose of this study was to describe</p><p>the girls own thoughts concerning these factors. 80 girls between the ages of 15-18 years</p><p>answered the questionnaire. The results showed that stress could be predicted by the</p><p>experience of conformity, but not by the experience of belonging to a group and self-worth.</p><p>The most common symptoms of stress were tiredness, problems to concentrate and headache.</p><p>The girls reported that they thought that girls of their own age were “slutty and cocky”, and</p><p>they thought that it was important to look good, but at the same time many girls were happy</p><p>about themselves and they had realised that they had to live with who they are.</p><p>Keywords: high-scool girls, stress, groups, self-worth, conformity</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hig-725 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Forsblom, Jenny |
| Publisher | University of Gävle, Department of Education and Psychology |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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