This longitudinal, quantitative survey examined factors predicting 1077 Norwegian adolescents` emotional problems during Upper Secondary School (grades I–III, approximately 16–19 years old) considering the following research question: “To what extent do students in Upper Secondary School experience emotional problems, and how are these problems predicted by gender, academic/social self-concept, coping beliefs, appearance pressure and school stress?”. The mentioned variables were scrutinized through analysis of frequencies, zero order correlations and structural equation modeling. Results verified previous findings that there was an increase in emotional problems for adolescents, especially among girls. Furthermore, the study results indicate that coping beliefs is a crucial factor when it comes to the perception of pressure and stress, and the subsequent development of emotional health problems.

这项纵向的定量调查研究了以下因素，这些因素预测了1077名挪威青少年在高中（I–III年级，大约16-19岁）中的情感问题，并考虑了以下研究问题：“高中学生在多大程度上会遇到情感问题，以及这些问题如何通过性别，学术/社会自我概念，应对信念，外表压力和学校压力来预测？” 通过分析频率，零级相关性和结构方程模型来仔细检查所提到的变量。结果证实了先前的发现，即青少年的情绪问题有所增加，尤其是在女孩中。此外，研究结果表明，应对压力是感知压力和压力的关键因素，