This research tested the hypotheses that a statistically significant relationships exists between the level of stress experienced by an individual and (1) each set of symptoms tested [the numbers of physical symptoms, behavioral symptoms, emotional symptoms, and cognitive symptoms], and (2) the combination of all of the symptom sets tested. Correlation analysis was used to test the first hypothesis, while stepwise regression analysis was used to test the second hypothesis.
Results of the Test of Hypothesis 1
The correlation coefficient describing the relationship between the level of stress experienced and the number of physical symptoms experienced was r = .5255, statistically significant at p<0001. The null could not be rejected, and by inference the hypothesis was supported.
The correlation coefficient describing the relationship between the level of stress experienced and the number of behavioral symptoms experienced was r = .4840, statistically significant at p<0001. The null could not be rejected, and by inference the hypothesis was supported.
The correlation coefficient describing the relationship between the level of stress experienced and the number of emotional symptoms experienced was r = .3961, statistically significant at p<0001. The null could not be rejected, and by inference the hypothesis was supported.
The correlation coefficient describing the relationship between the level of stress experienced and the number of cognitive symptoms experienced was r = .4463, statistically significant at p<0001. The null could not be rejected, and by inference the hypothesis was supported.
Results of the Test of Hypothesis 2
Step 1 in the stepwise regression analysis tested the relationship between the level of stress experienced and the number of physical symptoms experienced. The resulting F statistic was 61.0292 indicating that the relationship between the dependent variable and the two independent vari...