Undergraduates' Coping with Stress, and the Relationships among Stress, Social Support, and Psychological Well-beings

Abstract

Studied the stress-coping methods used by male vs female undergraduate students. Human Ss: 114 normal male and 171 normal female Japanese adults (undergraduate students). Sex differences in Ss' use of 5 types of stress-coping methods (active solution, active escape, patience, support seeking, and passive escape) to deal with 8 stressors (the future, university studies, friends and colleagues, sense of self, leisure, lovers, teachers and classes, and parents and family) were analyzed. The effects of stress and support on illness symptoms were assessed. (English abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)