Allocentrism Predicted Social Connectedness, Which Predicted Perceived Stress, but Allocentrism Did Not Predict Perceived Stress

As hypothesized, in this study of 472 U.S. undergraduates, allocentrism (collectivism) positively correlated with social connectedness (r=.38) which, as hypothesized, inversely correlated with perceived stress (r=-.40). Contrary to prediction, perceived stress was not predicted by either self-rated allocentrism (r=-.09) or informant-rated allocentrism (r=-.11).