STRESS AND COPING MECHANISM OF AMONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF MANUEL L.

QUEZON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of age and sex?
2. What is the perceived stressed and coping strategies of the respondents?
3. Is the significant difference between perceived stress of the respondents when grouped
according to sex?
4. Is there significant difference between coping strategies of the respondents when grouped
according to age?

PERCEIVED STRESS

COPING STRATEGIES

1. I did something which I didn’t think would work, but at least I was doing something
2. Tried to get person(s) responsible to change his or her mind
3. I expressed anger to the person(s) who caused the
4. I let my feelings out somehow
5. Took a big chance or did something very risky
6. Stood my ground and fought for what I wanted
7. Went along with fate; sometimes I just have bad luck
8. Went on as if nothing had happened
9. Looked for the silver lining, so to speak; tried to look on the bright side of things
10. Tried to forget the whole
11. Didn’t let it get to me; refused to think about it too much
12. I did not want to come to work
13. Tried not to burn my bridges, but leave things open somewhat
14. I tried to keep my feelings to myself
15. 1Kept others from knowing how bad things were
16. I tried to keep my feelings from interfering with other things too much
17. I went over in my mind what I would say or do
18. I thought about how a person I admire would handle the situation and used that as a model
 19. Talked to someone to find out more about the situation
20. Accepted sympathy and understanding from someone
21. I got professional help from work 83 0 3 0.52 0.861
22. Talked to someone who could do something concrete about the problem
23. I asked a relative or a friend I respected for advice 83 0 3 1.59 0.870
24. Talked to someone about how I was feeling 83 0 3 1.86 0.798 Criticized or lectured myself
25. Self introspection 80 0 3 1.64 0.917 I apologized or did something to make up
26. Realized I brought the problem on myself 82 0 3 1.02 0.608 I made a promise to myself that
things would be different next time 83 0 3 1.54 0.770 Hoped a miracle would happen
27. Slept more than usual
28. Tried to make myself feel better by eating, drinking, smoking, using drugs or medication, and so
forth
29. Avoided being with people in general
30. Took it out on other people

31. Refused to believe it had happened 82 0 3 0.46 0.613 Wished that the situation would go away
or somehow turn out 82 0 3 0.87 0.828 Had fantasies or wishes about how things might turn out
81 0 3 1.02 0.851 Just concentrated on what I had to do next-the next step 83 0 3 1.69 0.764 I
made a plan of action and followed it 83 0 3 1.77 0.831 Changed something so things would turn
out all right 82 0 3 1.61 0.885 Used past experiences to manage situation 83 0 3 2.02 0.841 I
knew what had to be done, so I doubled my efforts to make things work 83 0 3 1.96 0.890 Came
up with a couple of different solutions to the problem 83 0 3 1.92 0.768 I was inspired to do
something creative 78 0 3 1.55 0.767 Changed or grew as a person in a good way 83 0 3 2.18
0.751 I came out of the experience better than when I went in 83 0 3 2.12 0.755 Found new faith
83 0 3 1.81 0.943 Rediscovered what is important in life 83 0 3 2.05 0.795

What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of age and sex?
What is the perceived stressed and coping strategies of the respondents?

Is the significant difference between perceived stress of the respondents when grouped according to
sex?

Is there significant difference between coping strategies of the respondents when grouped according to
age?