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• TITLE: The Impact of Stress, Social Support, Self-Efficacy and Coping on University Students, a Multicultural European Study

  AUTHORS: Dimitrios G. Lyrakos

  KEYWORDS: Stress; Social Support; Self-Esteem; University Students; Europe; Multicultural

  JOURNAL NAME: Psychology, Vol.3 No.2, February 23, 2012

  ABSTRACT: The present study is a follow up study of 562 University students during a 12 month period, at Universities from the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, and Greece. The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of stress, social support and self-esteem on university students. To our knowledge, it is one of the very few, if not the only study, that examines those particular variables in a multicultural sample. The students completed at the beginning of the 12 month period a self reported scale about stress (the Daily Hassles questionnaire), self-esteem, and social support. During the second time the participants have also completed sections about University Satisfaction, and Coping Styles of Stress. The statistical analysis afterwards has shown that the levels of stress have been significantly reduced after the passing of the 12 month period (p