Affiliations 

  • 1 1 Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 2 2 Stockholm University, Sweden
  • 3 3 San Francisco State University, USA
J Health Psychol, 2018 09;23(10):1321-1331.
PMID: 27352885 DOI: 10.1177/1359105316653265

Abstract

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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