How do you think about stress? A qualitative analysis of beliefs about stress

Christopher Jon Kilby; Kerry A. Sherman; Viviana Wuthrich

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How do you think about stress? A qualitative analysis of beliefs about stress

Christopher Jon Kilby^*, Kerry A. Sherman, Viviana Wuthrich

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Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to identify common stress beliefs. Undergraduate psychology students (N = 35) completed semi-structured interviews discussing the sensations, causes, purpose, valence, consequences, control, and timeline of stress. Interviews were analysed via double-coded thematic analysis employing a latent, inductive, and realist framework. Five themes (cognition, emotion, physical health, interpersonal relations, and behaviour) and 17 subthemes were identified. Themes and subthemes were validated in a Delphi study of experts in stress research (N = 14). Many of these identified beliefs have not been incorporated into current measures of stress beliefs, suggesting the need for new approaches to measuring this construct.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2756– 2767
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	26
Issue number	14
Early online date	12 Jun 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320926543
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

Keywords

beliefs
psychological distress
qualitative methods
stress
stress-related growth

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