Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate effects of stress on factor scores of the Stress Self-regulation Inventory (SSI), including the number and relationship of significantly correlated factor pairs, in order to examine how individuals self-regulate stress. The Stress Self-regulation Inventory measures the ability to accommodate to stress. In Study 1, a cross-sectional survey of 265 university students was conducted ; the high-stress students (n=61) and low-stress students (n=60) were compared. The factor scores on the Stress Self-regulation Inventory in these 2 groups were equal, but there were fewer correlations with the Stress Self-regulation Inventory factors in the high-stress group than in the low-stress group. Also, there was an opposing pattern in the correlations between the 2 groups. Study 2 was a longitudinal survey of 169 university students. Within the group whose stress levels were reduced from high to low during the period of the study (n=24), the same results were found. This suggests that the structure of the schemas of an individual’s stress moderator in changing to self-regulated stress was reflected in the Stress Self-regulation Inventory, and that the quantity of the stress moderator would be maintained efficiently, regardless of the perceived stress level.
