ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2023
Academic Stress, Academic Self-efficacy, and Psychological Distress: A Moderated Mediation of Within-person Effects.
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- Longitudinal Relationships between Academic Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Problematic Internet Use in Early and Late Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Academic Resilience Among Vocational High School Students in Collectivist Culture: The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Academic Self-Efficacy.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Emotion regulation habits and emotional states of college students during lockdown: A cross-sectional survey.World journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Associations between parent-adolescent sports participation and depression among Chinese youth: a serial mediation model of the parent-adolescent relationship and academic difficulty.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Psychological stress, wellbeing, and coping strategies among mainland Chinese students in Malaysia's multilingual context: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Previous research has largely failed to separate the between- and within-person effects in the longitudinal associations between academic stress, academic self-efficacy, and psychological distress (symptoms of anxiety and depression). Filling this research gap, this study investigated if academic self-efficacy mediated the relationship between academic stress and psychological distress at the intraindividual level during 3 years of upper secondary school. Gender moderation was also examined in the hypothesised model. The present sample consisted of 1508 Norwegian adolescents (baseline M age = 16.42; 52.9% high perceived family wealth; 70.6% Norwegian-born). The random intercept cross-lagged panel model results indicated (1) positive and time-invariant direct effects from academic stress to psychological distress, (2) academic self-efficacy partially mediated these effects, and (3) psychological distress impacted later academic stress. Academic stress was more strongly related to academic self-efficacy and psychological distress at the interpersonal level for boys, while the intraindividual impact of academic stress on psychological distress was stronger for girls. The study findings might have implications for school-based implementation strategies and theoretical development.
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