Ciria Barreiro, Esther

Jiménez Iglesias, Antonia María

Leal López, Eva

Moreno Rodríguez, María del Carmen

Paniagua Infantes, Carmen Elisa

Rivera de los Santos, Francisco José

Villafuerte Díaz, Ana

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eciria@us.es@estherciria@hbscspainASSOCIATION BETWEEN STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AND LIFE SATISFACTION: THE POSITIVE MODERATING EFFECT OF SENSE OF COHERENCE ON ADOLESCENT'S HEALTHCiria-Barreiro, E. 1; Jiménez-Iglesias, A. 1; Paniagua, C. 1; Villafuerte, A. 1; Leal-López, E. 1; Moreno, C. 1; Rivera, F.21 Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Seville, Spain.2 Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville, Spain.@ciria.esther@HBSCEspanaThe HBSC study is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare. In addition, this research wassupported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, by FPU16/01517 grantINTRODUCTIONSense of Coherence (SOC) is a behavioral, cognitive and emotional orientation that plays an essential role in the interpretation, coping and adaptationto the demands of life. According to literature, SOC is strongly related to positive health1: acts both directly and indirectly as a protective factor againstthe negative impact of risk situations (e. g. stressful life events) and impacts positively on well-being and life satisfaction. This topic has been studiedmainly in adulthood, and even though studies of SOC and health during adolescence are more frequent2, little is known about the relationship betweenstressful life events, SOC and health in adolescence.DISCUSSIONBoth the global score of SOC and each of its individual dimensions showed a significant positive association with life satisfaction. Moreover,significant moderation effects were found: the strength of the association between the amount of stressful life events experienced and lifesatisfaction depends on the level of comprehensibility and manageability (but not meaningfulness).These result are partially in consonance with the academic literature7 8: SOC seems to buffer the impact of stressful life events on life satisfaction,so this study remarks the importance of analyzing SOC as a protective factor to promote positive health and well-being in adolescence.REFERENCES1. Eriksson, M. & Lindström, B. (2006). Antonovsky’s sense of coherence scale and its relation with quality of life: a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61, 938-944. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.056028Lansimies2. , H., Pietila, A. M., Hietasola-Husu, S. & Kangasniemi, M. (2017). A systematic review of adolescents' sense of coherence and health. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 31(4), 651-661. doi: 10.1111/scs.12402Antonovsky3. , A. (1993). The structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale. Social Science & Medicine, 36(6), 725-733. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90033-zDiener, E. (4. 1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 95(3), 542-575.Newcomb, M.D., & Harlow, L. L. (5. 1986). Life events and substance use among adolescents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 564-577.Wills, T.A., Vaccaro, D., & McNamara, G. (6. 1992). The role of life events, family support, and competence in adolescent substance use: A test of vulnerability and protective factors. American Journal of Community Psychology, 20, 349-374.Richardson, C. G. & Ratner, P. A. (7. 2005). Sense of coherence as a moderator of the effects of stressful life events on health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59, 979-984. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.036756Moksnes8. , U. K. & Haugan, G. (2015). Stressor experience negatively affects life satisfaction in adolescents: the positive role of sense of coherence. Quality of Life Research, 24, 2473-2481. doi: 10.1007/s11136-015-0977-8To❖ study the potential moderation effect of SOC on the relationship between these stressful life events and life satisfaction.❖ To analyze the association between different stressful life events, SOC and life satisfaction during adolescence.AIMSMETHODSSamplen = 560 Spanish adolescents50.89% 49.11% 13-18 years oldx̅ = 15.47; 𝞼 = 1.65Participants of the 2018 Spanish edition of the WHO survey ‘Health Behaviour in School-aged Children’ (HBSC)Instruments➢ Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13)3➢ Diener’ Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS)4➢ Stressful life events inventory (SLE)designed ad hoc and based onprevious researches5 6Procedure and statistical analysesData❖ was collected through anonymous, self-completedquestionnaires according to guidelines from theinternational coordination protocol of the HBSC study.After❖ controlling sex and age effects in general linearmodel, main and interaction effects of stressful lifeevents and SOC on life satisfaction were analyzed.RESULTS SWLS    B β t Adjusted R2 Constant 2.191  7.753  SLE -.019 -.078 -1.934 .100 SOC Comprehensibility .201 .191 4.168** .207 SOC Manageability .153 .150 3.080** .213 SOC Meaningfulness  .351 .331 7.834** .262  Note: ** p ≤ .01Table 1. Simple linear regression of SOC subdimensiones over SWLS.Figure 1. SOC global and subdimensions SCORE over SWLS SWLS      B SE B F ηp² Adjusted R2 Model 1        Constant 3.331 .442      SLE -.153 .041      SOC global .436 .091      SLE*SOC global .032 .009 11.772** .023 .348 Model 2        Constant 4.557 .355      SLE -.140 .033      SOC Comprehensibility .220 .076      SLE * SOC Comprehensibility .024 .008 9.086** .017 .256 Model 3        Constant 4.209 .393      SLE -.128 .036      SOC Manageability .229 .074      SLE * SOC Manageability  .022 .008 8.208** .015 .241 Model 4        Constant 3.223 .397      SLE -.068 .036      SOC Meaningfulness .416 .077      SLE * SOC Meaningfulness .007 .008 .851 .002 .291  Note: ** p ≤ .01Table 2. Multiple linear regression analysis examining the moderating effect of SOC on the relationship between SLE on SWLSView publication stats

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