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Stress-Responsivity in Secondary School Students: Implications for Educational Psychologists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Christopher F Sharpley ,
Andrew Mavroudis  and
Anne-Maree James
Christopher F Sharpley*
Affiliation:
Monash University
Andrew Mavroudis
Affiliation:
Monash University
Anne-Maree James
Affiliation:
Monash University
*
Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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Abstract

The range and incidence of responsivity to the onset of a stressful event was investigated with two different age groups of teenagers. There was a wide degree of responsivity to the stressor used and this responsivity was not found to be related to performance on the stressful event, sex of respondent, or physical fitness as measured by resting heart rate. Implications for effective stress-management of secondary school students' hyperresponsivity to similar stressors are discussed, with several suggestions given for implementation of these procedures.

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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , June 1990 , pp. 15 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1990

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