Effects and Influencing Factors of a Stress Relief Program on Stress Response of Female High School Students in Korea

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a stress relief program on school stress level and stress response and coping experience of female high school students and to compare the effects and influencing factors by stress level. The study subject includes 32 female high school students in South Korea. After a stress relief program, in the low-stress group, stress coping was the only significant factor influencing stress response and its explanatory power in the constructed regression model was 66.0% (F=16.27, p=.005). In the high-stress group, coping with friendship stress and problematic stress was a significant factor influencing stress response and its explanatory power in the constructed regression model was 47.0% (F=9.98, p=.001). It is found that a stress relief program could improve the stress coping strategies among female high school students and thus should be implemented in high schools to decrease school stress and response levels among adolescents in South Korea.