28, May 2025

A review of coping styles among students to cope with the stress

VOLUME-11; ISSUE-5; MAY-2025

Author(s): Dr Indu Tripathi

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Assistant Professor, FOE, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad

 

DOIs:10.2015/IJIRMF/202505033     |     Paper ID: IJIRMF202505033


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Students today face a multitude of stressors, ranging from academic pressure and peer relationships to financial burdens and career uncertainty. The ability to manage stress effectively is critical for academic performance, emotional well-being, and overall development. This review explores the various coping styles—or coping strategies—employed by students to navigate stress. The article synthesizes findings from diverse psychological and educational studies to classify coping strategies into broad categories such as problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, avoidance coping, and social coping. The review also examines demographic and contextual influences, such as gender, personality traits, cultural background, and institutional support systems, on students' choice of coping styles. The paper concludes by highlighting the implications for educators, counselors, and policymakers in developing effective student support mechanisms.

 
coping style, reviews, studies, research gaps, academic contexts.

Dr Indu Tripathi (2025); A review of coping styles among students to cope with the stress, International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-11, Issue-5, Pp.203-206.          Available on –   https://www.ijirmf.com/

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