Volume : 10, Issue : 7, JUL 2024

IDENTIFYING THE COPING MECHANISMS TO OVERCOME STRESS AMONG COACHING STUDENTS: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COACHING STUDENTS OF KOTA CITY.

MS. TARANNUM ZAFAR, PROF. ANIL KUMAR JAIN

Abstract

This study is aimed to draw the attention of parents, mentors, coaching industry, counsellors and other stakeholders towards the growing stress among coaching students who are heading towards the so called ‘Kota factory’ to fulfil their academic aim of getting admission in topmost JEE and Medical Institutes of India. From the last 3-4 decades Stress among students is growing due to social demands, parental pressure and continuously increasing competitive environment among students at various levels. Various studies have stated that this developing coaching culture resulted in poor mental health, stress, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation among coaching students. They are not able to cope with the parental expectations, large academic syllabus, increasing study hours and lack of proper guidance. This cut throat competition results in psychological disorders, mental sickness and increasing number of suicides among coaching students. Thus in order to overcome all these problems of coaching students there is an urgent need to find out the Stress Coping Mechanisms which can be used by the students, counsellors and parents to overcome the Stress, fostering a healthy environment to save them from mental sickness and taking wrong steps like committing suicide as well as to direct them towards creative and constructive activities and to enhance their capabilities, talent, interests, skills and encourage them to achieve their aims.

Keywords

COACHING, STRESS, PARENTAL PRESSURE, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUICIDE, COPING MECHANISMS.

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