Table 5.

Perceived stress and its associations with coping and negative life events

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	β	Std. β	SE	β	Std. β	SE	β	Std. β	SE
Boys
Life events	0.587***	0.196	0.078	0.503***	0.168	0.072	0.535***	0.091	0.091
Active coping	-1.129***	-0.258	0.111	-0.958***	-0.219	0.105	-0.948***	-0.105	0.105
Avoidance coping	1.596***	0.328	0.121	1.410***	0.290	0.117	1.407***	0.117	0.117
Girls
Life events	0.531***	0.186	0.073	0.435***	0.153	0.066	0.398***	0.140	0.087
Active coping	-1.895***	-0.375	0.123	-1.638***	-0.324	0.118	-1.637***	-0.324	0.118
Avoidance coping	1.874***	0.332	0.140	1.479***	0.262	0.132	1.448***	0.256	0.132

* .05 > p > .01; ** .01 > p > .001; *** p ≤ .001.

Ordinary Least Squares regression. Stratified by gender.

For all mediating variables (i.e. Life events, Active coping and Avoidance coping) the following models were tested:

Model 1: Bivariate associations between each mediating variable and perceived stress.

Model 2: Associations between each mediating variable and perceived stress adjusted for other mediating variables.

Model 3: Fully adjusted model i.e. all mediating variables, both SES measures, no. siblings, parents cohabitation status & ethnicity.