The extent of academic stress appears to be very similar across the samples from both cultures. Four factors emerged: parental stress, peer stress, importance of school, and fear of failure. These factors are common among adolescents sampled in both countries. One main difference in percent of common variance was noted. In the factor, peer stress, the common variance for the United States' subjects is 33 percent, whereas for English subjects the common variance is 22 percent. The common variance for other factors are roughly equivalent.
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