Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

University education is stressful and demanding. Stress may affect students' health and their academic performance. A student's life is subjected to different kinds of sressors, such as the pressure of academics with an obligation of success, uncertain future and difficulties envisaged for...

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Main Author: Mansoor, Ajmal
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling my-unimas-ir.165752023-03-29T07:38:41Z Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2012 Mansoor, Ajmal RA Public aspects of medicine University education is stressful and demanding. Stress may affect students' health and their academic performance. A student's life is subjected to different kinds of sressors, such as the pressure of academics with an obligation of success, uncertain future and difficulties envisaged for integration into the system. Coping strategies are specific efforts that individuals employ to manage stress. Positive coping strategies help reduce stress while use of drugs and alcohol to manage academis stress may worsen the situation. This study aimed to assess the levels of stress among undergraduate students and their coping strategies. 2012 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16575/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16575/3/Stress%20levels%20%26%20coping%20strategies%20among%20university%20students%20in%20Universiti%20Malaysia%20Sarawak%20%28fulltext%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
description University education is stressful and demanding. Stress may affect students' health and their academic performance. A student's life is subjected to different kinds of sressors, such as the pressure of academics with an obligation of success, uncertain future and difficulties envisaged for integration into the system. Coping strategies are specific efforts that individuals employ to manage stress. Positive coping strategies help reduce stress while use of drugs and alcohol to manage academis stress may worsen the situation. This study aimed to assess the levels of stress among undergraduate students and their coping strategies.
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author Mansoor, Ajmal
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title Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_short Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_full Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_fullStr Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Stress levels & coping strategies among university students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_sort stress levels & coping strategies among university students in universiti malaysia sarawak
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
publishDate 2012
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