College Students' Smoking Behavior, Perceived Stress, and Coping Styles

The purpose of this study was to examine college students' smoking behavior as well as their current smoking status and its effects on perceived levels of stress and coping styles. Students from four universities completed the Perceived Stress Scale, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations and a smoking questionnaire. Of the 1330 students who participated in the study, 19 percent were current smokers. On the Perceived Stress Scale, current smokers' mean score was significantly higher than that of the students who had never smoked. In addition, the current smokers' mean score for Emotion-oriented Coping was significantly higher than that of the students who had never smoked or formerly smoked. The former smokers' mean score on Avoidance-oriented Coping was significantly lower than the never and the current smokers. Ten percent of the students smoked their first cigarette after high school, while 11 percent started to smoke on a daily basis after high school. Based on the findings, programs that focus on smoking prevention and cessation for college students are recommended.

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Stress and Coping in Caregivers of Children with RASopathies: Assessment of the Impact of Caregiver Conferences

Journal of Pediatric Genetics ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1712178 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 09 (04) ◽

pp. 235-242

Author(s):

Athena Ganetsos ◽

Ellyn Farrelly ◽

Pilar Magoulas ◽

David A. Stevenson

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Coping Mechanisms ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Parental Age ◽

Perceived Stress Scale ◽

Stress Scale ◽

Demographic Surveys ◽

And Coping ◽

The Impact ◽

Child Age

AbstractThe study aimed to assess baseline stress and coping mechanisms among caregivers of children with RASopathies (i.e., cardiofaciocutaneous and Costello's syndrome) and the impact of attending biennial caregiver conferences. Caregivers completed the Perceived Stress Scale, Coping Health Inventory for Parents, and demographic surveys prior to family conferences, and 1- and 6-month postconferences. Baseline stress was increased and associated with child age, parental age, and number of conferences attended. After 1 month, caregiver stress was lowered among men and caregivers attending ≥2 support conferences.

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STRES DAN STRATEGI KOPING ANAK JALANAN DI KOTA DEPOK

Jurnal Persatuan Perawat Nasional Indonesia (JPPNI) ◽

10.32419/jppni.v2i2.88 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 108

Author(s):

Berliana ◽

Ice Yulia Wardani

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Street Children ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Ways Of Coping ◽

Stress Scale ◽

And Coping

ABSTRAKArus urbanisasi dan kemiskinan membuat fenomena anak jalanan meningkat. Banyak stresor yang membuat anak mengalami stres sehingga membutuhkan suatu strategi untuk mengatasinya. Tujuan penelitian: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakteristik, tingkatan stres, dan strategi koping anak jalanan di SMP Master Kota Depok. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif sederhana. Pengambilan sampel mengunakan teknik total sampling. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 50 anak. Pengumpulan data dilakukan di SMP Master dengan kuesioner yang diadaptasi dari Perceived Stress Scale dan Ways of Coping yang telah diuji validitas dan reliabilitasnya pada April 2017. Analisis data penelitian menggunakan analisis univariat yang menggambarkan karakteristik, tingkatan stres, dan strategi koping anak. Hasil penelitian: Karakteristik responden adalah remaja dengan rata-rata usia 14 tahun, pekerjaannya berdagang (32%), memiliki pengalaman dikucilkan (66%), mempunyai pengalaman kekerasan fisik (40%), pengalaman berpindah- pindah tempat tinggal (54%), dan tidak menggunakan narkoba (90%). Mayoritas anak jalanan di SMP Master Kota Depok (88%) mengalami stres sedang. Adapun jenis strategi koping yang sering digunakan ialah emotional focused coping (60%). Saran: Hasil penelitian ini memberikan rekomendasi perawat agar dapat memfasilitasi kegiatan yang memberikan informasi mengenai cara menangani stres dengan strategi koping melalui kegiatan penyuluhan kesehatan jiwa dan pendampingan pemenuhan tugas perkembangan remaja.Kata Kunci: tingkat stres, strategi koping, anak jalananSTRESS AND COPING STRATEGY IN STREET CHILDREN AT DEPOK CITY AbstractUrbanization and poverty increase the phenomenon of street children. Children experience stress due to a number of stressors that a strategy is required to deal with them. Objective: This research aims to identify characteristics, levels of stress, and coping strategy in street children at Junior High School of Master, Depok City. Methods: This research is a simple descriptive research with a sample size of 50 children whom were taken using total sampling. Data were collected at Junior High School of Master by using questionnaires adapted from Perceived Stress Scale and Ways of Coping of which validity and reliability had been tested in April 2017. Data were analyzed using univariate analysis which described characteristics, levels of stress, and coping strategy in children. Results: The characteristics of respondents were adolescents with an average age of 14 years, working in trading (32%), having experience of being isolated (66%), having experience of physical violence (40%), having experience of moving from place to place (54%), and not using drugs (90%). The majority of street children Junior High School of Master in Depok City (88%) experience moderate stress. The most frequently used coping strategy was Emotional Focused Coping (60%). Suggestion: The results of this research recommend that nurses facilitate activities that provide information about how to deal with stress with coping strategies through mental health counseling activities and mentoring to fulfill adolescent development tasks.Keywords: stres level, coping strategies, street children

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Stress and Coping Mechanisms among nursing students in Kathmandu

Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences ◽

10.3126/jmmihs.v3i1.19175 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 16-23

Author(s):

B Bista ◽

B Bhattrai ◽

N Khadka

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Coping Mechanisms ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Mild Stress ◽

Coping Mechanism ◽

Perceived Stress Scale ◽

Stress Scale ◽

And Coping ◽

Moderate Stress

Background: Every person experiences different forms of stress throughout their life. Therefore a student nurse is no exception as they have to adjust to an entirely new environment on joining nursing. Stress in nursing students is an area of growing concern. The stress among the students can have serious effects on their health and studies. It may affect in psychological distress, physical complains, behavior problems and poor academic performance.Objective : The main objective of this study was to assess the level of stress and coping mechanisms among nursing students.Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 283 nursing students of Manmohan Memorial Institiute of Health Sciences (MMIHS), by using purposive sampling technique. The level of stress was assessed using Perceived stress scale-14 (PSS-14) and coping mechanism was assessed using Brief cope inventory. The data analysis was done using SPSS version 20. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used and Chi-square test was applied for association.Result: The results were found that 61.5% of the respondents have moderate stress and 27.9% of the respondents have severe stress and mild stress only by 10.6%.Likewise 44.5% of the respondents were very often stressed due to test, examination and evaluations where as half of the majority of respondents were some time deal with dying or seriously ill patient. Similarly 58.3% used Emotion-focused strategies for coping mechanism and 3.9% of the respondents used Problem-focused strategies for coping mechanism.Conclusion: Majority of the nursing students were found to have moderate stress. Perceived stress scale was found to be statistically significant with age, educational status of the respondents, education of father and mother. Majority of the respondents used emotion-focused strategies for coping and minority of the respondents used problem-focused coping strategies.Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health SciencesVol. 3, No. 1, 2017, page:16-23

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The influence of family therapy on psychological stress and social adaptability of depressed patients

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-213503 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Qinghua Chen ◽

Wenqing Zhao ◽

Qun Li ◽

Harnof Sagi

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Family Therapy ◽

Psychological Stress ◽

Life Events ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Control Group ◽

Social Adaptability ◽

And Coping

BACKGROUND: with the increase of study and life pressure, the number of depressed college students showed an increasing trend year by year, and the drug treatment alone could not achieve a comprehensive recovery of depression patients, so it was more necessary to pay attention to the spiritual treatment. OBJECTIVE: this research aimed to better understand the relationship between college students’ depression and life events, social support, psychological pressure, and coping style, and the influence of systematic family therapy on depression degree, psychological stress, and social adaptability of college students with depression. METHODS: in this study, 105 college students with depression were selected as the research object, and healthy college students were taken as the control group. Through questionnaire, the differences in life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles between the groups were compared. The correlation between the degree of depression and various variables were analyzed, and the impact path of each variable on depression was analyzed using the path analysis model. Depression patients were then divided into a conventional group treating with conventional medications and an observation group treating with systematic family interventions. Differences in Hamilton Depression Scale-17, (HAMD-17), CPSS, and Social Adaptive Functioning Evaluation (SAFE) scores were compared and analyzed between the two groups before treatment (T1), during the treatment (T2), and after treatment(T3). RESULTS: there were significant differences in scores of life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles between the healthy control group and the depressed patients (P < 0.05). There was an obvious correlation between different depression degrees and life events, social support, psychological stress, and coping styles (P < 0.05). Life events, social support, and psychological stress had a direct and significant impact on depression (0.250, 0.218, and 0.392; P < 0.05), and they also had an indirect and significant impact on depression through coping styles (P < 0.05). The systematic family treatment model could significantly reduce HAMD-17 and CPSS scores (P < 0.05), and significantly improve SAFE scores (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: adverse life events, lack of social support, excessive psychological stress, and negative coping styles can aggravate college students’ depression. Systematic family therapy can improve the degree of depression, reduce the psychological stress, and enhance the social adaptability of college students with depression.

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS DURING PRE AND POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN.

10.36106/ijsr/2903859 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 31-32

Author(s):

Neha Farheen Mushtaq ◽

Shiva Kumar B K. ◽

Vinay HR. ◽

Bramaramba D Honnugudi

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

T Test ◽

P Value ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Perceived Stress Scale ◽

Stress Scale ◽

The Mean ◽

And Coping

Background: Medical students are facing huge challenge due to COVID-19 pandemic which has impacted their learning and has become vital stressor and affecting their psychological well-being. The objective of this study was to assess the perception of the stress among the undergraduate medical students and their coping strategies pre and post lockdown. Materials and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 321 undergraduate medical students at Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka, India. This study was initiated after getting approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee. After obtaining consent the extent of the students stress was assessed using Perceived Stress Scale and Brief COPE was used to assess their coping strategies. Scores were analysed using paired t test in Microsoft excel/ SPSS software. Results: On paired 't' t test the mean difference in total score was 0.68 and the p value was 0.166 for scores of perceived stress scale, similarly the mean difference in scores of sub groups under coping strategies was 0.90 and 0.49 with 'p' value 0.173 and 0.498 respectively. Conclusion: Overall, there was not much of difference in scores of perceived stress scale and coping strategies before and after lockdown. Except for minor difference across age group and scores of specic coping strategies which was again not statistically signicant.

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Comparison of Coping, Stress, and Life Satisfaction Between Taiwanese and U.S. College Students

Journal of Mental Health Counseling ◽

10.17744/mehc.37.3.04 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 234-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Philip B. Gnilka ◽

Jeffrey S. Ashby ◽

Kenneth B. Matheny ◽

Y. Barry Chung ◽

Yuhsuan Chang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Coping Resources ◽

Taiwanese Women ◽

Taiwanese Men ◽

And Coping

Measures of coping resources, perceived stress, and life satisfaction were used to compare 120 Taiwanese men, 387 Taiwanese women, 114 U.S. women, and 264 U.S. men currently in college. While no differences were found in overall coping resources and perceived stress, U.S. students reported greater life satisfaction than Taiwanese students. Models for predicting life satisfaction from perceived stress and coping resources were significant for both genders within each country. Implications for counselors are discussed.

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The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Movement on Parameters of Stress

International Journal of Yoga Therapy ◽

10.17761/1531-2054-25.1.79 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 79-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb ◽

Andrew Cisneros ◽

Anna Tacón ◽

Rutika Panike ◽

Reid Norman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

State Anxiety ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Coping Style ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Control Group ◽

Cortisol Response ◽

Repeated Measures Anova ◽

Stress Scale ◽

And Coping

The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program (MBSR) of Kabat-Zinn includes a combination of sitting meditation, yoga, and walking; thus, movement is not emphasized primarily to induce a state of awareness. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a Mindfulness-Based Movement Program (MBM) in women on parameters of stress and coping; that is, in contrast to MBSR, MBM primarily emphasized yoga to cultivate awareness. This study investigated: (a) an objective measure of stress (the cortisol response to a laboratory stressor) following an 8-week MBM in year 1 participants only (n = 17; MBM group = 9; Control group = 8); (b) subjective measures of stress following an 8-week MBM in years 1 and 2 (n = 32; MBM = 16; C = 16); and (c) changes in coping style following an 8- week MBM in years 1 and 2 (n = 32; MBM = 16; C = 16). A mixed plot 2 (Group: TC or MBM) by 5 (Trial: Baseline, Stressor, Recovery 1, Recovery 2, and Recovery 3) repeated measures ANOVA was run for cortisol. Preliminary results indicated a strong trend towards a lowered cortisol response for the MBM group compared to the control group. A mixed plot 2 (Group: TC or MBM) by 2 (Time: Pretest, Post-test) repeated measures ANOVA was run for Spielberg's State Anxiety, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Problem Focused Style of Coping Scale for the Suppressive, Reflective, and the Reactive Coping Style. There were significant main effects for time, group, and an interaction of time and group for Spielberg's State Anxiety and the Perceived Stress Scale. Significant differences were also found for time and the interaction of time and group for the Problem Focused Style of Coping for the Reflective Coping Style (p < 0.05). In conclusion, results indicate positive effects of the MBM program on perceived measures of stress and coping style in women.

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