4 The Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Coping Mechanisms in Adolescents (original) (raw)

This paper aims to identify the incidence of stress among adolescents, the stressors they face, as well as the coping strategies they use. The sample of this research is represented by 20 adolescents, aged between 16-17 years, all pupils of a vocational high school. The surveyed adolescents were classified in one of three categories: low stress, moderate stress and high stress. Analysing the data on coping strategies, we found that active coping strategies represent a percentage of 37.70% of their choices, passive coping strategies 38.8% and dysfunctional strategies 23.50% The correlation analysis between the perceived stress variable and the coping strategies used highlights the presence of a strong positive association between stress level and behavioural passivity coping strategy, a significant correlation with the coping strategy of mental passivity, but also a strongly negative correlation of the stress level with the coping planning strategy. The results indicated that almost half of the adolescents evaluated have a high level of stress. Girls scored higher on the stress perception scale than boys.

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