Kaczmarek, Maria, and Sylwia Trambacz-Oleszak. “School-related Stressors and the Intensity of Perceived Stress Experienced by Adolescents in Poland.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 10 Nov. 2021.

Maria Kaczmarek is a research scientist and program supervisor at EcoHealth Alliance with expertise in evolutionary biology and virology. Sylwia Trambacz-Oleszak works in Institute of Human Biology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University. They examine the relationship between school-related stressors and the degree of perceived stress that young people in Poland experience. 1846 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 were used as a sample and given questionaries. It is to be that girls are more likely than boys to experience higher amounts of perceived stress.  School environments are a big element in predicting high levels of perceived stress. This information is useful because it can create interventions for each gender and manage the stress they are given.

1. “Moreover, girls appeared to be more vulnerable than boys to school-related stressors and weight status, while boys to stressors that can arise from interpersonal relationships.”
2. “Gender was found to be a significant predictor of high perceived stress; therefore, in the next step, gender-stratified adjusted analyses were performed using multiple logistic regression analysis (MLRA)”“Gender was found to be a significant predictor of high perceived stress; therefore, in the next step, gender-stratified adjusted analyses were performed using multiple logistic regression analysis (MLRA)”