Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between job search stressors, mental health and social skills in Japanese university students. The subjects were 448 Japanese university students (171 males, 277 females). The questionnaire contained demographics, the state of job hunting, the 12-item General Health Questionnaire Japanese version (Nakagawa & Daibo, 1985), the Job Search Stressor Scale (Kitami, 2009), and the 18-item Kikuchi's Social Skills Scale (Kikuchi, 1988). 1) Analysis by t-test revealed a significant difference in the job search stressors between groups with high and low social skills. 2) The result of regression analysis revealed that low social skills showed higher job search stressors and stronger influence of job search stressors on mental health. These results suggest to reduce job search stressors and to promote mental health by improve the social skills.
