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Stress and Avoidant Coping: Predictors of Quality of Life Among Filipino Graduating Students
Richardson D. Orines 
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Maria Theresa Q. Dy,
Kyla H. Huen,
Kyla Nicole B. Maligaya,
Josella May G. Pangan,
Nathalie D. C. Paulino,
Kurt Mosi Y. Racimo
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Orines RD, Dy MTQ, Huen KH, Maligaya KNB, Pangan JMG, Paulino NDC, Racimo KMY. Stress and avoidant coping: predictors of quality of life among filipino graduating students. European J Psychol E. 2023;6(2):77-83. doi: 10.12973/ejper.6.2.77
Orines, R. D., Dy, M. T. Q., Huen, K. H., Maligaya, K. N. B., Pangan, J. M. G., Paulino, N. D. C., & Racimo, K. M. Y. (2023). Stress and avoidant coping: predictors of quality of life among filipino graduating students. European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 6(2), 77-83. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.6.2.77
Orines Richardson D., Maria Theresa Q. Dy, Kyla H. Huen, Kyla Nicole B. Maligaya, Josella May G. Pangan, Nathalie D. C. Paulino, and Kurt Mosi Y. Racimo. "Stress and Avoidant Coping: Predictors of Quality of Life Among Filipino Graduating Students," European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research 6, no. 2 (2023): 77-83. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.6.2.77
Orines, RD Dy, MTQ Huen, KH Maligaya, KNB Pangan, JMG Paulino, NDC & Racimo, KM 2023, 'Stress and avoidant coping: predictors of quality of life among filipino graduating students', European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 77-83. Orines, Richardson D. et al. "Stress and Avoidant Coping: Predictors of Quality of Life Among Filipino Graduating Students." European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 2, 2023, pp. 77-83, https://doi.org/10.12973/ejper.6.2.77.
Abstract
The responsibilities of emerging adulthood and academic pressure are some stressful situations encountered among graduating students. Those graduating students used different coping that deals with stressful situations that may affect their quality of life. This study, a predictive correlational design, was conducted on 202 Filipino graduating university/college students to determine if stress and avoidant coping can predict their quality of life. Results showed a significant relationship existed between stress, avoidant coping, and quality of life. Stepwise forward regression analysis tested two regression models, where model 1 revealed that stress negatively predicted the quality of life. Whereas model 2 suggested that stress and avoidant coping (i.e., behavioral disengagement) was significantly higher in predicting the quality of life among graduating students.
Keywords: Avoidant coping, graduating students, quality of life, stress.
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