[[alternative]]The Stressors, Coping Strategies, and Life Adjustment

[[abstract]]The purposes of this study were to investigate the stressors, the coping strategies and life adjustment of Taipei County’s junior high school students. Adopted “Junior High School Student Life Experience Inventory”, “Junior High School Student COPE Scales” were used as measurements and “Zung’s Self-Administered Anxiety and Depression Scale” as well. 820 students were sampled from junior high schools in Taipei County. Data were analyzed by frequency distribution, χ2-test, MANOVA, one-way ANOVA, t-test, canonical correlation, multiple regression and stepwise regression. From the methodology the conclusions were obtained as followed: 1.The main stressors of junior high school students were from studying. 2.The coping strategies which junior high school students used most frequently were “acceptance” and “escape-avoidance”. And the coping strategy used least frequently was “self-control”. 3.The sex was not a significant predictive factor identifying the stressors, while the grade, the further study expectation and parents’ education degree were. 4.The sex, the grade, the further study expectation and parents’ education degree were significant predictive factors in coping strategies. 5.The sex and the further study expectation were significant predictive factors in life adjustment, while the grade and parents’ education degree were not. 6.The stressors and coping strategies of junior high school students could effectively predict or explain life adjustment; therefore, the path analysis of “stressors→coping strategies→life adjustment” was initially proved. According to these findings, some suggestions for educational guidance and educational administration were proposed. Moreover, recommendations for further studies were offered in this thesis.