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Predominant Coping Strategy of Indian Students in Response to Perceived Academic Stress of Examination Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic
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Mita Ahuja, R. K. Sharma, Amit Dwivedi, Ashish Gaur. Predominant Coping Strategy of Indian Students in Response to Perceived Academic Stress of Examination Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2023;36(1):40–46.
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Background: The objective of the study was to identify the level of anxiety, perceived academic stress and difference in type of predominant coping strategy (adaptive / maladaptive) in response to perceived academic stress of examination in under graduate and postgraduate students of India post-covid 19. Method: A cross-sectional study was done from July 2020 - October 2021 in 637 under graduate and post graduate students from all over India. Data was collected in form of demographic data, perceived stress scale, perception of academic stress scale, Hamilton anxiety scale and Brief - COPE inventory.
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Coping, examination, occupational therapy, stress, students 1 Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Occupational therapy, 2Professor & HOD, Department of Occupational Therapy