A Study On Coping Strategies Among Government School Students In Visakhapatnam District

Abstract

The present paper was an attempt to establish the Coping Strategies of Government Schools in Visakhapatnam District. Various Indian and foreign studies were reviewed. The variables are Personal Inadequacy, All adolescents by nature cope with stressors by using productive and non-productive coping strategies. Adolescents and students in particular experience stress mainly due to academic examinations. Descriptive Survey method has been used in this study. The sample consisted of 200 students from Visakhapatnam district using stratified random sampling method. Self-report questionnaire developed by Carver(1997) to evaluate coping strategies for the students to find out the opinions on Coping Strategies among Government School students in Visakhapatnam district. The data were analyzed using various statistical methods like mean, SD, t-test and ANOVA by SPSS package. The score obtained by different groups are compared across the variables.  The results indicated that with regard to Brief Coping Strategies, a significant difference was found among the students based on their demographic variables i.e., gender, parental monthly income and percentages of marks. According to their gender, female students are more Brief Coping Strategies than that of male students. According to their parental monthly income, above Rs. 75000/- parental monthly income of students are having more Brief Coping Strategies than that of the rest. The results are discussed in light of previous research studied; Implications and Recommendations for further research were also suggested.