Problem Focused Coping Strategies

b) Problem – Focused Coping: This strategy involves modifying or eliminating the source of stress to deal with the actual consequences of a problem of activity to change the self and to develop a more satisfying situation. Problem-focused coping strategy aims at problem solving which glitter in the mind as an impressive way attempting to remedy a contradictory situation. Formulate the problem, beget alternative conclusion, comparing costs and benefits of the alternatives, opting a right solution, making an action plan, and then implementing on it are steps that most of us absorb to handle the situation. These strategies primarily involve changing aspects of the situation or changing ourselves with acquiring new skills and procedures in order …show more content…
Academic stress is essential in mobilizing the potentialities of the individuals to work more efficiency. But increased amount for a prolonged period will have deleterious effect on the physical and mental health and academic achievement of the students. Personal and emotional stressors create serious problems among students and lead several mental illness (Malathy,1989) Everyone experiences stress at times during his or her life. However, what is extremely stressful to one individual may not be at all stressful to another. How a situation is evaluated, or appraised, is an important determinant of the degree of stress experienced by the individual. Richmond (1929) and Fischer (1943) found that emotional maladjustment was associated with poor performance or under achievement. Emotional stress lay its impact failing grade and academic achievement negatively correlated with alcohol use (Kostelecky, 2005). The impact of stress in academic life of a students may have collision on their capability to perform, achievement. Needham et al., (2004) pointed that the emotional stress forebode the future class failure and other school related …show more content…
In this modern era, academic stress has become very severe for a student and become more with the intensification awareness of education in people. Parents, because of limited children due to small families, are flourishing huge anticipations of their children, ignoring their physical endurance, IQ and mental fatigue. They enforce their interest on children infact, compel their wards to become doctors or engineers or charted accountants ,to become high officials in society and go abroad in addition to this schools and colleges have become more rote learning centers and most of the time examinations are only rank oriented and children are being overburdened resulting in their academic