A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH ON STRATEGIES OF STRESS MANAGEMENT TO FIGHT AGAINST DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS AT EARLY STAGE OF LIFE
| Main Author: | Muhammad Muneeb Amjad, Awais Ahmed, Shumaila Qasim |
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| Format: | Article |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1401459 |
Daftar Isi:
- Objectives: In our research study Secondary school students, ages (from 15 to 19) were included to find out the handling strategies for stress. Youngsters affected with anxiety, stress and depression in their early life, are prone to suffer from depression in upcoming future lives, by using inappropriate methods for its cure. Methods: This research is a cross sectional survey among 1028 young students who were managed at Mayo Hospital, Lahore (September, 2016 to November, 2017). Results: Among the participants About (26%) narrated that they shout, (20%) listen music, (13%) eating, (11%) like isolation, (13%) recite the Holy Quran, (8%) start fighting, (3%) exercise, and (6%) like talking to a person. Conclusion: Maximum of our secondary school students, in the survey have focus on emotional responses due to stress instead of focusing problem resolving. Due to this there is a bigger chance to develop depression in the upcoming life. There is need for making strategies for early diagnosis of the stress. It is found that talking with friends and relatives can serve as a good tool against stress. Handling tactics for stress used by high school students were seen and put into two cadres, one focusing on problem and the other, focusing on emotions. In the cadre, problem focus, person works to change the conditions which are producing stressed for example putting extra efforts towards exam stress and working hard to gain marks. In the cadre, focusing on emotion, the person puts efforts to reduce the stress such as relaxing himself, yelling etc. Various researches have reported depression among student but the aspect of handling strategies to overcome their depression needs to be discussed. Our study aims to advise on better techniques for the young students to handle stress. Keywords: Coping strategies, Adolescents and Stress.