Problem-solving skills and perceived stress among undergraduate students: the moderating role of hardiness
This study was designed to examine the relationships between problem-solving skills, hardiness, and perceived stress and to test the moderating role of hardiness in the relationship between problem-solving skills and perceived stress among 500 undergraduates from Malaysian public universities. The a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2018
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73645/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73645/1/Problem-solving%20skills%20and%20perceived%20stress%20among%20undergraduate%20student%20the%20moderating%20role%20of%20hardiness.pdf |
| Summary: | This study was designed to examine the relationships between problem-solving skills, hardiness, and perceived stress and to test the moderating role of hardiness in the relationship between problem-solving skills and perceived stress among 500 undergraduates from Malaysian public universities. The analyses showed that undergraduates with poor problem-solving confidence, external personal control of emotion, and approach–avoidance style were more likely to report perceived stress. Hardiness moderated the relationships between problem-solving skills and perceived stress. These findings reinforce the importance of moderating role of hardiness as an influencing factor that explains how problem-solving skills affect perceived stress among undergraduates. |
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