Social Conditions for Stress: Young People's Experience of Doing GCSEs.

Denscombe, Martyn

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Publication Date: 2000

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Social Conditions for Stress: Young People's Experience of Doing GCSEs.

Denscombe, Martyn

British Educational Research Journal, v26 n3 p359-74 Jun 2000

Analyzes the experiences of 15-16 year-olds in England focusing on how the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) constitutes a source of stress in young people. Argues that when doing GCSEs in year 10 and 11, the stress experiences can be linked to the social conditions of late modernity. (CMK)

Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Educational Research, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Secondary Education, Social Influences, Stress Variables, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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