The purpose of this study is to understand: (1) the perceptual life stress events of junior high school students; (2) the sources and level of their social support;(3) the coping behaviors when they face stress; (4) psycho-physical health situation; (5) the differentiation of life stress, social support and coping behaviors by grades, sex, resident situation, family structure, family social- economic status; (6) the interrelation of subjective life stress, social support and coping behaviors. The sample of 455 students is randomly choosed from two of six junior high schools in Tao-yuan through mutil-stage sampling.
