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Research Study – Published: January 20, 2011


Stress Coping of Adolescents in Schools

Dr. K.S. Premila
ABSTRACT
Children during adolescence period face a lot of stress, that's why this adolescence period is considered as a period of stress and storm. During adolescence, the individual comes under social pressure and faces new conditions for which he received little training during childhood. He experiences conflicts between himself and society and even within himself. Change in the role in the society, unfavourable relations at home, inability to decide his status in social settings, difficulty in adjusting with opposite sex and unnecessary restrictions on movement give rise to tensions and worries. The emotions fluctuate very frequently. He tries to oppose the view of parents. But he is not always successful. It makes him restless, moody and emotionally disturbed. He develops unrealistic aspirations. All these create a considerable degree of stress and storm in the individual during adolescence period. The recent educational policies and plans give emphasis on psychological way of treating the children in the institutions. The recent researches also suggest the psychological approaches such as emotional management, stress coping, etc., that are to be concentrated in the institutions for the betterment of children for their learning and future life. After analyzing the literatures on stress thoroughly, the investigator has also understood the importance of stress coping essential for the children in schools. The investigator also understands the impact of stress during adolescence. Hence, the investigator was shown interest to do investigation on stress coping of adolescents in the schools.
Keywords: Adolescence, Stress and Storm, Emotional Disturbance, Social Pressure, Stress Coping, Psychological Approaches, Emotional Management, Educational Policies, School Adjustment.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Premila, K. S. (2011). Stress coping of adolescents in schools. Indian Educational Researcher, 4(1), 2–8.
Received: December 16, 2010; Revision Received: January 10, 2011; Accepted: January 20, 2011.