Coping Strategies Which Reduce Stress In College Students
Location
Halllway North of the Bookstore
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The study explored coping strategies employed by college students through interview processes. Participants were recruited using Northeastern Illinois University’s SONA system. Interviews took place over zoom. Interview sessions consist of a consent form, demographics survey, and interview. A hybrid approach of deductive and inductive coding analysis was used. Prior to the interviews being conducted, a set of keywords was identified from the literature review. Post the interviews being conducted, inductive coding was used to analyze the data in order to identify other themes which appear. This research concluded that coping strategies which take into consideration mind and brain to body connections were most abundant alongside other non-mind and brain to body connection strategies. Among these strategies were being with friends/family, exercising, watching media, listening to music, journaling and walking alleviating stress. However, further research and collection of data would be needed to evaluate the successfulness of the different coping strategies mentioned.
Faculty Sponsor
Lisa Hollis-Sawyer, Northeastern Illinois University
Coping Strategies Which Reduce Stress In College Students
Halllway North of the Bookstore
The study explored coping strategies employed by college students through interview processes. Participants were recruited using Northeastern Illinois University’s SONA system. Interviews took place over zoom. Interview sessions consist of a consent form, demographics survey, and interview. A hybrid approach of deductive and inductive coding analysis was used. Prior to the interviews being conducted, a set of keywords was identified from the literature review. Post the interviews being conducted, inductive coding was used to analyze the data in order to identify other themes which appear. This research concluded that coping strategies which take into consideration mind and brain to body connections were most abundant alongside other non-mind and brain to body connection strategies. Among these strategies were being with friends/family, exercising, watching media, listening to music, journaling and walking alleviating stress. However, further research and collection of data would be needed to evaluate the successfulness of the different coping strategies mentioned.