ABM Students’ Ways

of Coping Stress
 Stress
• Balancing of home and
work life
• Stress of having a hard
time
• Dealing with a crying child
• Getting through a traffic
jam
• Living in a discordant
society
Coping
Strategies
• Yoga therapies
• Faraway beaches
• Medication sessions
• Use of alcohol or
drugs
-Lazarus, 1987
 What is Stress?

According to Anspaugh et. Al (2003),

stress affected the life of everyone.
 STUDENTS
Academic factors were one of the stressors
-(Wagchacahavare et al, 2013)
 Learning and memory can be affected by
stress. Although an optimal level of stress
can enhance learning ability (Kaplan &
Sadock, 2000), too much stress can cause
physical and mental health problems
(Campbell & Stevenson, 1992).
Struthers et al. (2000) reported that
a high level of academic stress was
associated with lower grades.
Asia Pacific College of Advanced
Studies
ABM Strand of 11th and 12th grade
 According to Myers DG (2005) Stress is
the process by which we perceive and
respond to certain events called stressors
that we appraise as a threatening or
challenging.
Stress can be of two forms: positive stress
(Eustress) which is the feeling of relief
while negative stress (Distress). While
distress is an emotion that leads towards
disease.

-(Holahan & Moos, 2001)

 What is Coping?

It is the attempt to manage and deal

with stress (Anspaugh, 2003)
 What is Coping?

According to Carver et. al (1989), it is a

distinction between two main styles of
coping namely, problem-focused coping
and emotion-focused coping.
 Time
Management

Maintaining
Breathing good
nutrition

Coping
(Miller 1982)
with Stress
Relaxation Exercise

(Ansah 2006) Professional Recreational

Counseling activities
Based on the study of Open Access Pub
Sources of Stress
1.97 exams

2.96
3.29 choosing a career
3.62

4.28 family problems

4.93 economic difficulties

problems with boyfriend/girlfriends

49 %

11.86 having relative or friend with illness

personal health problems

homework
9.54
teachers

12.83 others
 The researcher aims to study the
academic anxiety among ABM
students, to identify the students’ main
source of stress and to understand the
coping strategies adopted by the
students.
 Statement of the Problem

1.What are the ABM students’ sources of

stress when in;

1.1Home
1.2School
 Statement of the Problem

2.What particular ways does these

students cope with stress?
 Statement of the Problem

3.What are the stress factors that affects

the academic performance of the
students?
 Scope of Delimitation

The study was mainly focused on

investigating stress coping strategies of
randomly chosen 50 ABM students of
Senior High School in APCAS with the
use of personal interview and
Questionnaire method.
Significance of the Study

Society
Significance of the Study

School
Significance of the Study

Students