Sending Your Teenagers AwayControlled Stress Decreases Neurotic Vulnerability
Gavin Andrews, MD;
Andrew C. Page, PhD;
Megan Neilson, PhD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1993;50(7):585-589.
Abstract
Objective
To study the effect of a controlled stressor on the rate of personality maturity.
Design
Eighteen-month prospective controlled study.
Setting
General community.
Intervention
Experimental: Exposed to the stress of 12 months' intercultural experience. Control: Remained in usual environment.
Main Outcome Measure
A measure of personality vulnerability/maturity derived from a canonical correlational combination of trait anxiety, locus of control, and defense style.
Results
Exchange students exposed to the stressor made significantly greater gains in personality maturity (0.28 vs 0.03 SD: P .01) than did the control students matched on this measure at baseline.
Conclusion
Exchange students exposed to the stress of living abroad showed a substantial decrease in vulnerability, which should decrease the risk of future neurotic disorders in this group
Author Affiliations
From the Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Australia.
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