Stress and coping strategies of college student-athletes

Department/Unit

Student Leadership Involvement, Formation and Empowerment

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source Title

DLSU Research Congress 2021

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Publication Date

7-2021

Abstract

Student-athletes experience enormous amount of stress due to the nature of the roles that they play. Being a student, one has to deal with the demands of academics- attending regular class hours, studying for tests, submitting projects, working together with their groupmates on certain tasks, etc. As an athlete, one also needs to attend to athletic responsibilities such as long hours of training, local and international competitions, etc. Balancing these roles can be quite challenging. Stress, when not managed effectively may result to negative consequences to a person’s physical and mental health. The study sought to shed light on college student-athletes’ unique experiences of coping with the stresses brought about by their dual role of being student and athlete. It aimed to describe the different kinds of stress that student-athletes experience in their daily lives. More importantly, it aimed to investigate on the types of coping mechanisms that student-athletes employ in order to manage their stresses. Findings reveal that stress experienced by athletes come in the forms of interpersonal stress, academics-related, athletics-related and family financial stress. Results also show that athletes employ both vigilant and cognitive avoidance coping in managing their stress.

html

Disciplines

Personality and Social Contexts | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Psychology

Keywords

College athletes—Philippines—Psychology; Adjustment (Psychology); Stress in youth

Upload File

wf_no

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS