Assessment of perceived sources, consequences and coping mechanisms of stress among wolkite university first year regular students: a descriptive survey study

Abstract

A number of studies have been carried out on sources of stress focusing on general prevalence rather than specific dimensions of the various sources of stress and their consequences along with coping mechan objective of this study was year regular undergraduate students’ of Wolkite University students were selected questionnaire consisting of items on various dimensions of sources of stress, consequences and coping mechanisms were administered. major forms of sources of stress mainly intrapersonal sources than academic, interpersonal and environmental sources respectively. are more prone to all forms of such sources of stress, chiefly of intrapersonal sources of stress with (M = 3.95, SD = .26), t ( and hea followed by active emotional coping approach was the most applied one to handle stress and there was significant gender differences in utilizing coping st emotional focused coping strategies than male students (M=2.93, SD =.55), t ( SD = .48), t ( found between all forms of perceived sources of stress (intrapersonal, academic, interpersonal and environmental), and active problem coping style and active emotional coping style while passive problem coping emotional coping style found to be positively correlated to sources of stress. Female students have experienced all major forms of perceived sources of stress with its damaging effects and used more passive problem and emotional coping m learning envi romentale in the University social, health and psychological wellbing