A Study about Stress and Coping strategies of BS AMT students in PATTS College of

Aeronautics

INTRODUCTION

In our daily Academic life we will always encounter burnout and stress, as students we
tend to find solutions or entertainment to distract ourselves from stress. Students not only have
to deal with a bigger academic workload, but they are expected to function socially, plan
financially, and deal with living away from home for the first time. Statistics reveal a concerning
truth, student stress is real, and, in some cases, may be on par with the stress that adults deal
with. The physical and mental demands of studies often increase proportionally to a student’s
progress (Reddy et al., 2018). Additionally, external factors such as family life, finances, friends,
and mental health may either provide a supporting role or an additional distraction to studying
(Lian, 2018).

Background of the Study

Stress are normal parts of each individual’s life specially when you are in college, A
student’s life is subjected to different kinds of stressors, such as the pressure of academics with
an obligation of success, uncertain future and difficulties envisaged for integration into the
system. These students face social, emotional, physical and family problems which may affect
their learning ability and academic performance (Shaikh et.al, 2004). Some of them find it hard
to cope with the stress and lag behind, while others see the pressure as a challenge to work
harder. Stress can lead to disruptions in both physical and mental health. Stress reduction and
adopting a healthier lifestyle have been major concerns of the students (Striker et.al., 1999). The
importance of awareness about the stress level has a major effect on one’s mental and physical
capacity (Hargreaves, 1998).

A variety of mental processes, behaviors, and emotional management techniques are

highlighted by coping mechanisms. This indicates that coping is based on a person's
psychological reaction to stress, their assessments of events, their attention, and their desired
goals or outcomes. The social circumstances and interpersonal connections also influence
coping. Adolescence involves a variety of coping mechanisms, including seeking out social
support, problem-solving, diversion, emotionally focused problem-solving, and self-reliance.
The drive to perform, the competition for grades, the fear of failure, the choice of a job, peer
interactions, and many other components of the college environment are real-life obstacles that
will cause mental stress in students (Baqutayan, Shadiya, Mohemed) (2012).
Statement of the Problem

The mental health of college students has been a growing concern in recent years
(Milojevich and Lukowski, 2016). As an observation, students of PATTS College of Aeronautics,
especially BS AMT Students,tend to complain about their sentiments in their academic life and
how it contributes to their stress. For almost two years of being in an online setup due to the
pandemic, we generate or create different coping mechanisms either healthy or unhealthy. We
want to know what causes their stress, does stress affect their academics and what are their
coping techniques, is it healthy and helpful.

To specifically answer the following questions:

1. How do BS AMT students cope up with stress?

2. What causes their stress?
3. How does stress affect academic performance of BS AMT students ?

Hypothesis

What causes stress among BS AMT Students and what are their coping mechanisms?

Significance of the study

This study is significant for the following:

Students. For them to be aware of the needs and effective strategies to lessen their stress.

Parents and Guardians. For them to be aware and handle their childrens that are planning to go to
college and childrens already in college therefore they would comply more and follow what are
the effective strategies to lessen the amount of stress.

Professors.

World Health Organization.

Future Researchers. For them to use this research once done as a reference material in opening
deeper topics for the society.
Scope and Delimitation

The study was mainly focused on investigating the stress coping strategies adopted by
students at PATTS College of Aeronautics . Again, the study was limited to BS AMT students

Conceptual Framework

Students’ mental health is very important because it has a big impact on our academic
performance, skills and capabilities. However, in this generation stress can greatly affect our
mental health resulting to negative coping strategies . The study claims that there might be
different coping strategies that can help BS AMT students of PATTS College of Aeronautics.
This study was designed to provide and help BS AMT students to provide knowledge about the
different stress a student can face in this year's hybrid face to face classes and to know what are
the different coping strategies and mechanisms of our schoolmates. Stress is very common
among BS AMT students. Chronic stress has multiple negative mental and physical health
consequences. There are different kinds of stress According to the American Psychological
Association (APA), there are 3 different types of stress : acute stress, episodic acute stress, and
chronic stress. The 3 types of stress each have their own characteristics, symptoms, duration, and
treatment approaches.

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Student related factors

Personal Attitude

Home Related

Health Related

School Location

Teacher Related

Classroom Atmosphere

Stress Coping Mechanism

Local Literature

Foreign Literature
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