Interpersonal Victimhood and Perceived Stress Among Young Adults

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to assess the relationship between Interpersonal victimhood and Perceived stress among young adults. The study also assesses whether there are significant differences in gender with respect to Interpersonal victimhood and Perceived stress. A sample of 340 young adults (169 males, 175 females) aged between 18-25 years participated in the study. Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood (TIV) scale by Gabay, R., Hameiri,B., Lifschitz, T,  R., & Nadler, A. (2020); Perceived stress scale by Cohen and Williamson (1988) were used to measure the variables in the study. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and independent sample t-test were used for statistical analysis of data. The findings indicated that Interpersonal victimhood was positively correlated to Perceived stress. There was no significant gender difference in Interpersonal victimhood; while there was a significant gender difference in Perceived stress, with females having higher levels of Perceived stress in comparison to males. Implications are discussed.