Stress Coping
Running Head: STRESS COPING STRATEGIES IN YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
Stress coping strategies in young men and women
Manahil Nauman
Szabist University
Abstract
This study uses a qualitative method of design. It aims to find out the different coping strategies in men and women of ages 18-25. Brief Cope Self-Reporting Questionnaires were used and there was a total pf 166 participants (83 males and 83 females). The investigator collected the data in an excel sheet where the means for the 14 subscales were calculated. The questions asked in the questionnaire are related to how people try to cope up with the stress that they face due to traumatic or stressful events in their life. The results showed the differences in the coping strategies of males and females i.e females using religion and emotional support and men using planning and active coping in order to cope with stress.
Stress Coping Strategies in young men and women
Stress is a state in which individuals perceive a situation as not being under their control and also when that situations seems to affect their physical and psychological well-being. Young people go through less stress as compared to old people when they are going through some illness. The reason for this is that children 's ability to fight with a disease is greater as compared to that of old people. The second reason is that children are more concerned about the present whereas old people are more concerned with their future and death. The feelings of stress can make us angry, frustrated or depressed. This is completely normal until those feelings start triggering a mental illness. Studies before this, such as the study by Marco in 2004, have shown that men use more of problem-focused strategies and women use of emotion-focused strategies to cop with stress. "Gender" roles specifically, rather than "sex" roles play an important role in the difference between coping strategies of men and women. That is, if men and women have similar roles in
Stress coping strategies in young men and women
Manahil Nauman
Szabist University
Abstract
This study uses a qualitative method of design. It aims to find out the different coping strategies in men and women of ages 18-25. Brief Cope Self-Reporting Questionnaires were used and there was a total pf 166 participants (83 males and 83 females). The investigator collected the data in an excel sheet where the means for the 14 subscales were calculated. The questions asked in the questionnaire are related to how people try to cope up with the stress that they face due to traumatic or stressful events in their life. The results showed the differences in the coping strategies of males and females i.e females using religion and emotional support and men using planning and active coping in order to cope with stress.
Stress Coping Strategies in young men and women
Stress is a state in which individuals perceive a situation as not being under their control and also when that situations seems to affect their physical and psychological well-being. Young people go through less stress as compared to old people when they are going through some illness. The reason for this is that children 's ability to fight with a disease is greater as compared to that of old people. The second reason is that children are more concerned about the present whereas old people are more concerned with their future and death. The feelings of stress can make us angry, frustrated or depressed. This is completely normal until those feelings start triggering a mental illness. Studies before this, such as the study by Marco in 2004, have shown that men use more of problem-focused strategies and women use of emotion-focused strategies to cop with stress. "Gender" roles specifically, rather than "sex" roles play an important role in the difference between coping strategies of men and women. That is, if men and women have similar roles in
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