2003 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 77-85
This study was conducted to investigate the relationships between stressors on club activities, stress responses and subjective evaluation of performance in club activities. Junior high school students (n=392) were sampled. A multiple regression analyses indicated that (1) specific factors in the stressors scale influenced certain factors in the stress responses scale, (2) restriction of daily activity by club activities and helplessness influenced subjective evaluation of performance in club activities. Findings concerning athletic club activities were different from cultural club activities. Future studies should investigate the causal factors in these relationships. Furthermore, our results suggest the necessity to investigate other factors, especially a function of cognitive appraisal in the stress process. In the practice of stress management, it is necessary to accurately evaluate the stress process. Further investigations of stress on club activities offers the possibility of practicing effective stress management with junior high school students.
