Abstract
Abstract A questionnaire containing measures of physical and psychological symptoms and social support was completed by 142 MSW students. Students were grouped into three categories: Full-time students with no job, full-time students with part-time jobs, and part-time students with full-time jobs. Full-time students with part-time jobs reported more symptoms than full-time students with no jobs, a finding interpreted as consistent with a demands/resources analysis of stress. The latter group did not differ from part-time students with full-time jobs, despite the difference in number of roles held. Analysis controlling for associated variables indicated that it was the specific combination of full-time student and part-time work, not the total number of roles occupied, that was associated with higher distress. Evidence for a “buffering” effect of social support was found only for this high distress group. Results are discussed in terms of recent formulations concerning stress and multiple role occupancy, a...
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