The effects of social problem-solving on health and well-being have received considerable attention from Western researchers in recent years. In Japan, however, relatively few attempts have been made to clarify the effects, and even fewer have used a longitudinal design to do that. The purpose of this study has been to examine the effects of social problem-solving on physical and psychological symptoms and psychological stress by using longitudinal data. Additionally, as a secondary goal of this study, revision of the Japanese version of the 17-item social problem-solving scale has been carried out.
Subjects were 146 college students (mean age 19.9 years old). The subjects participated in two sessions, Time 1 and Time 2, separated by four weeks intervals, and completed the Japanese versions of the social problem-solving scale, the 12-item Somatization, 11-item Depression, and 7-item Anxiety subscales of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, and the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale in both sessions.
Hierarchical regression analyses showed that scores on two components of social problem-solving, problem-solving self-efficacy and problem-solving skills, significantly predicted scores for somatization, depression, anxiety, and perceived stress at Time 2, even after controlling for scores for somatization, depression, anxiety, and perceived stress at Time 1, respectively. However, scores for problem-solving skills were not a significant predictor of scores for anxiety at Time 2. Moreover, it was found that the revised version of the social problem-solving scale had good psychometric properties.
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