To study the predictors of general health on coping strategies among adolescents’

Pages: 186-190
Akanksha Soni (Department of Psychology, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab)
Baldeep Kaur (Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab)
Anshika Bhalla (Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab),br>
The current COVID-19 situation has caused physical, psychological and emotional distress among youngsters. The aim of this study is to examine the predictors of general health on coping strategies among adolescents’. The sample of 200 adolescents’ (100 females & 100 males) was selected from several colleges. The General Health Questionnaire and Ways of Coping Questionnaire were used to measure adolescents’ general health and coping mechanism respectively. The study confirmed that there exists a negative relationship between general health and positive coping strategies among adolescents’. Moreover, positive link prevailed between poor general health and negative coping strategies among adolescents’.For adolescents’ social dysfunction, somatic, depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms served as negative predictors of positive coping styles. In addition to this, the chief positive predictors of negative coping styles were social dysfunction, anxiety and insomnia, depression and somatic symptoms.