TY - JOUR AU - Saxena, Rajeev AU - Wankhede, Sachin AU - Supe, Avinash AU - Bansal, Payal PY - 2019/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Evaluation Of Stress Coping Skills Among Dental Students: Evaluation Of Stress Coping Skills Among Dental Students JF - National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine JA - Natl J Integr Res Med VL - 10 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - http://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/2563 SP - 45-48 AB - <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Background:</span> Stress is common among dental students and there are many causes for this stress. Too much stress can hamper teaching and learning process and results in poor academic and clinical performance. Students are unable to focus on study. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Material and Methods:</span> Study was conducted for 300, 1st to 4th year BDS students of Sinhgad Dental College &amp;Hospital, Pune. To assess the stress coping skills of the students Folkman and Lazarus scale was used. Statistical analysis was done useing microsoft excel <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Results:</span> There were no significant differences in coping strategy when compared between the I, II, III and IV BDS. The most common coping strategy was Positive reappraisal followed by Planfull problem solving, accepting responsibility and seeking support. No significant difference observed in coping strategy of different years of dental student, suggestive of uniform coping methods throughout their undergraduate carrier <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Conclusion:</span> The present study concludes that students of different years will have same coping startagy, it will not affect with their study year. [Saxena R Natl J Integr Res Med, 2019; 10(3):45-48]</p> ER -