The Relationship between Psychological Hardiness, Coping Strategies and Perceived Stress among Working Adults
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: In this modern era, stress is an unavoidable aspect in everyday life which can have an adverse impact on one’s psychological and physical well-being. The daily stress faced by full time employed working men and women has led to absenteeism, reduced productivity, and turnover. But it has been conceptualized that psychological hardiness and effective use of coping strategies could reduce the negative impact of stressors. This research predicted that there exist a relationship between hardiness, coping strategies and perceived stress among working adults. Methodology: The study involved qualitative and exploratory design to know the relationship between Psychological Hardiness, Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among working adults. For this research study, 100 working adults, consisting of 50 males and 50 females were emailed the selected instruments, The Hardiness Scale, The Ways of Coping Questionnaire and The Perceived Stress Scale. Along with these instruments, the consent form and the demographic data questionnaire was also emailed to the participants. These instruments and the forms were sent online and the responses were recorded automatically. Results: A negative correlation was established between Perceived stress and Psychological Hardiness. A negative correlation was established between Perceived stress and Coping Strategies. A strong positive correlation between the predictor variables Hardiness and Coping Strategies was noted. Conclusion: Coping Strategies did not help to predict how working adults perceived their level of stress. This could be because Coping Strategies could be ineffective in nature and such strategies could just help the individuals to rejuvenate themselves. There existed a strong positive correlation between Hardiness and Coping Strategies which is also consistent with the past studies.
Authors and Affiliations
Karishma. N. Nanavaty, Vaishnavi Verma, Archana Patki
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.4.1.2017.69-75
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