Stress and coping strategies among adolescents in private school, Chitwan, Nepal

Changing emotional and physical status along with increasing social, family and academic pressure adolescents experience stress and their coping abilities determine the outcome. The objective of the study was to find out the level of stress and coping strategies among adolescents studying at Skyrider Higher Secondary English Boarding School, Ratnanagar-12, Chitwan. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used in which a total of 50 adolescence studying in grade 9 and 10 were selected by using non- probability purposive sampling technique. The study findings revealed that the mean age of respondents was 15.26 ± 0.96, 48% respondents had high level of stress. Statistically, there was significant association between respondents’ level of stress and sex (P= 0.025), type of residence (P=0.049) and father’s education level (P= 0.045). “Investing in close friends” is the most common and “Avoiding” is the least common coping strategy used by adolescents. Overall study concluded that the adolescents has high stress level whereas as they use various coping strategies.

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Stress and Coping Mechanism of Infertile Women Attending Infertility Clinic in Kathmandu

Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3126/jucms.v2i4.12039 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 24-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chandrakala Sharma ◽

D Subedi ◽

L Rai ◽

K Upreti

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Religious Coping ◽

High Stress ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Coping Mechanism ◽

Infertile Women ◽

High Level ◽

And Coping ◽

Very High

INTRODUCTION: Many women face problems related to infertility in various aspects of their life. Also, it is not comfortable to discuss on this issue. Because of this, the feelings and distress faced by women may not come out and the pent up emotions may lead to different stress related problems. MATERIAL AND METHODS : A descriptive research design was adopted to assess the stress and coping mechanism of infertile women attending infertility clinic in Kathmandu Nepal. The study was conducted from October 2011 to January 2013. Purposive sampling technique was used and sample size was 100. Data was collected through semi- structured interview using; 'Perceived Stress Scale'(PSS) and 'Coping Check List' (CCL). RESULTS: Regarding stress level of respondents, 40% were at very high level of stress and 35% with high level of stress. High level stress was found among the age group of 21-30 years. In relation to level of stress and coping strategies, 54.17% respondents with high stress used religious coping strategies, 50% of the respondents with very high stress also used religious coping, followed by 40% emotional coping and 37.5% problem focused coping and seeking social support strategies to overcome the stress. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that the almost more than half of the respondents were under high level of stress and mostly were those who are under treatment for more than 1-3 yrs of duration. The study also concluded that the higher the age the respondents were more stressed due to the infertility. It was also found that most of the respondents used religious coping as well as emotional focused coping during the stressful period.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v2i4.12039Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences (2014) Vol.02 No.04 Issue 08Page: 24-28

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STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG THE WIVES OF ALCOHOLICS ATTENDING SELECTED DE - ADDICTION CENTRES

IDC International Journal ◽

10.47211/idcij.2021.v08i03.001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. S. Rajina Rani* rani ◽

Dr. S. Rajina Rani* rani

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Moderate Level ◽

Research Approach ◽

Coping Methods ◽

High Level ◽

And Coping

Stress is a part of everyday life and no one is spared from it. People experience stress in different ways and for different reasons. From the newborn to the person who breaths his/her last, suffers from different types of stress. Wives of alcoholics go through countless problems in their personal and family life. They are at high risk for low quality of life due to use of maladaptive coping strategies. This study will help to evaluate the level of stress that faced by them and use of coping skills. Thus this will be a guide for planning and teaching effective coping methods to the targeted population. Aim: To assess the stress and coping among the wives of alcoholics. Methods: A quantitative research approach was used for the present study. The sample consisted of 50 wives of alcoholics, selected using purposive sampling technique. The tools used for the study were modified perceived stress scale and coping with drinking questionnaire. Results: The outcome of the study revealed that 98% of the wives of alcoholics had moderate level of stress and 2% of the wives of alcoholics had mild level of stress. It was also found that 96% of them had moderate level of coping and 4% had high level of coping.

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Educational stress and coping strategies among medical students.

The Professional Medical Journal ◽

10.29309/tpmj/2020.27.08.4192 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (08) ◽

pp. 1575-1581

Author(s):

Ali Hammad ◽

Muhammad Naeem ◽

Saba Yasmeen Usmani ◽

Wajahat Hussain

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Stress Level ◽

Professional Education ◽

High Stress ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Related Stress ◽

And Coping

Objectives: Students acquiring professional education have to face many challenges, most important of them is the stress related to their studies which when compounded by the absence of appropriate coping strategies makes a huge impact on their personal and professional lives. The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of stress related to professional education, on the medical MBBS students and various coping strategies used by them. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur. Period: January 2019 to June 2019. Material & Methods: To investigate the ongoing professional education related stress and coping strategies among students doing MBBS. A total of 500 students participated in this study. The tools used were Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS14) and ACOPE to measure the stress level and coping strategies among the students and data was analyzed using the SPSS -22 statistical program. Results: The study showed that majority of students had PSS score ranging between 34 to 59 with an average PSS-14 score of 45.5. Major bulk of students had a score of 45 which reflects a high stress level among the students. The average measured ACOPE score was 156±20.4 which indicated a moderate level of abilities of the students to cope with the stress. Conclusion: This study concluded that professional studies related stress is very common among medical students and generally they are not skilled enough to use effective coping strategies to cope, which adversely affects their performance in professional life as well as personal lives.

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Korelasi Dukungan Keluarga Dengan Respon Cemas Anak Saat Pemasangan Infus

Jurnal Endurance ◽

10.22216/jen.v3i3.3017 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 467

Author(s):

Diah Merdekawati ◽

Dasuki Dasuki

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Family Support ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Correlation Study ◽

Research Data ◽

School Age ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

And Coping

Pre-school age is particularly vulnerable to the effects of stress and fear during hospitalization. Children under the age of 6 are less able to think about an event as a whole, have not been able to determine behavior that can overcome the fear based on experience ever experienced and coping strategies ever done. The aims of this research to know correlation family support with child anxious response during infusion. This study was a quantitative with correlation study using cross sectional method. There were 51 respondents participated in this research. Data were collected through observation with purposive sampling technique. Then, data were analysed through univariate and bivariate. The result of univariate statistic test revealed that as much as 64.7% had good family support and 56.9% experienced an anxious response during infusion. The result of bivariate statistic test showed that there was a positive correlation with moderate strength between family support and child's anxious response during infusion. This riset showed that families should provide support when children experience fear, anxiety and pain during infusion. Usia pra sekolah sangat rentan terhadap efek stress dan ketakutan selama rawat inap. Anak- anak dibawah usia 6 tahun kurang mampu berpikir tentang suatu peristiwa secara keseluruhan, belum bisa menentukan perilaku yang dapat mengatasi ketakutan berdasarkan pengalaman yang pernah dialami dan strategi koping yang pernah dilakukan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui korelasi dukungan keluarga dengan respon cemas anak saat pemasangan infus. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif studi korelatif dengan metode cross secsional. Sebanyak 51 responden terlibat dalam penelitian ini. Pengumpulan data melalui observasi. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara purposive sampling. Analisis data dilakukan secara univariat dan bivariat. Dari hasil uji statistik univariat diketahui sebanyak 64,7% memiliki dukungan keluarga baik dan 56,9% mengalami respon cemas saat pemasangan infus. Hasil uji statistik bivariat menunjukkan ada korelasi positif dengan kekuatan sedang antara dukungan keluarga dengan respon cemas anak saat pemasangan infus. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa keluarga sebaiknya memberikan dukungannya pada saat anak mengalami ketakutan, kecemasan dan rasa nyeri pada saat pemasangan infus.

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What stresses adolescents? A qualitative study on perceptions of stress, stressors and coping mechanisms among urban adolescents in India

Wellcome Open Research ◽

10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16818.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 106

Author(s):

TK Nagabharana ◽

Shama Joseph ◽

Azeez Rizwana ◽

Murali Krishna ◽

Mary Barker ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Wide Range ◽

Older Adolescents ◽

And Coping

Background: In India, stress levels are increasing steadily among youth. We aimed to explore the factors that contribute to psychological stress and coping strategies among adolescents in Mysore, India to inform the development of an intervention. Methods: We recruited 16 volunteers in Mysore, India including 6 younger (12-15 years; 3 girls) and 10 older adolescents/ young adults (17-25 years; 5 girls) using a purposive sampling technique. Older adolescents were recruited from ongoing birth cohort study, and the younger adolescents by word-of-mouth from the community. Individual in-depth interviews were carried out based on a semi-structured interview guide comprising open-ended questions. The interviews were analysed to derive themes and emerging constructs related to stress and coping strategies. Results: Adolescents generally perceived stress in their daily lives. Family conflicts and academic pressures were the main triggers for increased stress. Issues around peer relationships, and social position were also important contributors. Adolescents reported that they had robust coping strategies. These included stress release through rationalising and acceptance of the situation, distraction activities, spirituality, and self-comforting methods. However, they felt the need for further support from their family, and the society in general. In particular they expressed the need for a space to share their concerns and obtain guidance through healthy discussions with adults. Conclusions: Our study indicates that adolescents in India are exposed to a wide range of stressors in their daily lives. The conflict between ‘traditional’ society’s opinions of what adolescents should do and the new age adolescents’ aspirations for autonomy to find ‘informed’ solutions for their issues may hinder the stress management efforts. Moving forward, we propose to develop a culturally acceptable intervention tool that accommodates adolescents’ perspectives and psychosocial context.

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Stress and Coping Strategies Among Nursing Students

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v10n5p33 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 33 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

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.

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Perceived stress and coping strategies among ICU nurses in government tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Annals of Saudi Medicine ◽

10.5144/0256-4947.2019.48 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 48-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Homood Alharbi ◽

Abdualrahman Alshehry

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Tertiary Hospitals ◽

And Coping

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Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies among Iranian Physicians

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v9n1p120 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 120 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

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.

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