scholarly journals Stress and Coping Mechanism among the Parents of Intellectual Disable Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhawani Shahi Takuri
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Instrumental Social Support ◽  
Growth Planning ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Parenting Process

Background: High perceived stress levels and lack of effective coping skills could be a barrier to achieve the challenges of parenting process. Objectives: The study was conducted to find out the level of stress and coping strategies used by the parents of intellectual disable children. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional quantitative research design was adopted among 100 respondents from three organizations. The study was conducted by using a Perceived Stress Index and Coping Inventory tools in Kathmandu valley. Result: It showed that three forth of parents had severe stress to clinical significant stress level during their parenting process. Parents were used to cope up stress by using various coping strategies like use of instrumental social support, positive reinterpretation and growth, planning, suppression of competing activities and use of emotional social support.Conclusion: Health educators should find out the most stressful areas and give a serious thought to encourage the use of healthy coping strategies to improve their parenting process.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Relation to Body Mass Index: Cross-Sectional Study of 12,045 Japanese Men and Women

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e0118105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chisato Shimanoe ◽  
Megumi Hara ◽  
Yuichiro Nishida ◽  
Hinako Nanri ◽  
Yasuko Otsuka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Japanese Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies Among Undergraduate Health Science Students of Jimma University Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak: Online Cross-Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengist Awoke ◽  
Girma Mamo ◽  
Samuel Abdu ◽  
Behailu Terefe
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Science Students ◽  
And Coping

Background: The rapid spread of COVID-19 infection has led countries across the globe to take various measures to contain the outbreak, including the closure of Universities. Forcing University students to stay at home has created enormous stress and uncertainty in their daily life.Objective: This study aimed to assess the perceived stress and coping strategies among undergraduate health science students of Jimma University amid the COVID-19 outbreak.Materials and methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted involving 337 undergraduate health science students from August to September 5, 2020. The perceived stress scale (PSS)-10 and Brief-COPE scale were used to assess the level of stress and coping strategies, respectively. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 22 was employed for data analysis. Logistic regression was conducted to identify predictors of high perceived stress.Results: The overall mean [±standard deviation (SD)] age of the participants was 22.88 (±1.78) years. The mean (±SD) PSS score was 22.16 (±1.41), and high perceived stress was reported in 121 (35.9%) participants. The overall mean (±SD) coping score was 72.34 (±12.31), and approach coping was the predominantly used strategy for coping with stress. Personal perception of being stressed by the daily number of COVID-19 cases/deaths in Ethiopia (AOR = 4.61, p < 0.01), rare online talk/chat with friends (AOR = 4.07, p = 0.01), presence of confusion due to the inconsistent strategies developed by the health/government authorities in view of the scientific recommendations (AOR = 2.22, p = 0.01), perception of self/family members being at risk of getting sick (AOR = 0.53, p = 0.03), decreased household income following the COVID-19 pandemic (AOR = 3.92, p = 0.01), practicing denial (AOR = 1.34, p < 0.01), self-blame (AOR = 1.23, p = 0.02), planning (AOR = 1.28, p = 0.01), and religion (AOR = 1.41, p < 0.01) as means of coping with stress were associated with high perceived stress.Conclusion: Over one-third of the participants had a high level of perceived stress, and the majority of them were practicing effective means of coping with stress. The authors recommend that the hosting University in collaboration with the concerned bodies develop innovative strategies to improve the psychological well-being of the students.

scholarly journals Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Undergraduate Medical Students Enrolled in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samira S. Bamuhair ◽  
Ali I. Al Farhan ◽  
Alaa Althubaiti ◽  
Sajida Agha ◽  
Saeed ur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
And Coping

Background. Medical education is rated as one of the most difficult trainings to endure. Throughout their undergraduate years, medical students face numerous stressors. Coping with these stressors requires access to a variety of resources, varying from personal strengths to social support. We aimed to explore the perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies employed by medical students studying in a problem-based learning curriculum. Methodology. This is a cross-sectional study of randomly selected medical students that explored demographics, perceived stress scale, sources of stress, and coping strategies. Results. Of the 378 medical students that participated in the study, males were 59.3% and females 40.7%. Nearly 53% of the students often felt stressed, and a third felt that they could not cope with stress. Over 82% found studying stressful and 64.3% were not sleeping well. Half of the students reported low self-esteem. Perceived stress scores were statistically significantly high for specific stressors of studying in general, worrying about future, interpersonal conflict, and having low self-esteem. Coping strategies that were statistically significantly applied more often were blaming oneself and being self-critical, seeking advice and help from others, and finding comfort in religion. Female students were more stressed than males but they employ more coping strategies as well. Conclusions. Stress is very common among medical students. Most of the stressors are from coursework and interpersonal relationships. Low self-esteem coupled with self-blame and self-criticism is quite common.

scholarly journals Stress and Coping Strategies Among Nursing Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emad Adel Shdaifat ◽  
Aysar Jamama ◽  
Mohammed Al-Amer
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Coping

INTRODUCTION: Nursing students suffer from high levels of stress related to academic assignments in addition to clinical skills training. As a psychosocial phenomenon, stress affects students’ academic achievement and wellbeing. Coping mechanisms help students deal with the challenges arising from stress.AIMS: To illustrate the level of stress and common stressors among nursing students; to describe the difference in stress level related to demographic data; and to identify coping mechanisms used by nursing students.METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the type of stress and coping strategies among nursing students. The level of stress was evaluated through Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and type of coping strategies were assessed by use of Coping Behaviours Inventory (CBI).RESULTS: Students perceived moderate level of stress, most commonly attributed to assignments and workload, teachers and nursing staff, peers and daily life, and taking care of patients. The most frequently used coping mechanism was problem solving. The study found that age, GPA, education level and residence are good predictors of the use of transference as a coping behaviour.CONCLUSION: A moderate level of stress among students illustrates the need for stress management programs and the provision of suitable support.

scholarly journals Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Iranian Physicians

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zohreh Tavakoli ◽  
Ali Montazeri ◽  
Ali Asghar Farshad ◽  
Zahra Lotfi ◽  
Ismail Noor Hassim
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Job Stressors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
And Coping

BACKGROUND: Physicians are at risk of having high levels of stress which affect their performance. Finding the stressors and the coping skills to manage stress could be used to develop program to decrease stressful situation. No study has been done on Physicians' stress and coping in Iran. The main objective of this study is to find out the main stressors and coping strategies among Iranian Physicians working in hospital in Tehran-Iran.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed on 780 Physicians,using a questionnaire consisted of two sections ;The first section were the stressors which included 67 questions and The second section were The Brief COPE with 28-items for assessing a broad range of coping behaviors among respondents.RESULTS: A total of 1100 questionnaires were distributed to all the available Physicians in the hospitals selected. 780 Physicians returned complete questionnaires with observed response rate of 75%. The majority of respondents (56.9%) were women. The first 3 sources of stress in workplace (Job stressors) are physical environment problem (75%), too much volume of work and poorly paid. The main sources of stress outside the work place (non-job stressors) ranked by Physicians were; financial problem (9.09), not enough time to spend with family (8.87), conflicts with household tasks (7.36).The top five coping strategies used by Iranian Physicians were Behavioral Disengagement, Planning, Instrumental support, Acceptance, and turning to religion.CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that both workplace and non-job sources of stress can affect the Physicians performance and there is an association between gender and coping skills.

Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral Intervention on Depressive Symptomatology, Stress and Coping Strategies among Jordanian University Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hamdan-Mansour
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention ◽  
Intervention Impact ◽  
And Coping

The study examined the effectiveness of a group- administered cognitive behavioral intervention (CBT) with depressed university students in Jordan. 84 university students were recruited and assigned randomly to control and intervention groups. Intervention impact was assessed on measures of depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and coping strategies at three times points; baseline, postintervention, 3- months postintervention. Overall, using CBT showed a significant improvement in the used measures. At postintervention, students had lower scores on perceived stress, depression, and avoidance coping and higher scores in approach coping. The findings are discussed in terms of treatment implications and recommendations for use at academic settings.

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