Odnos suosjećanja i suočavanja sa stresnim situacijama kod studenata

master's thesis

• Title (english): The relationship between compassion and coping with stressful situations among university students
• Author: Tihana Mikičić
• Mentor: Josipa Mihić (mentor)
• Committee member: Josipa Mihić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ajana Löw (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Miranda Novak (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-06-24, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education/Rehabilitation Sciences

Abstract

Primarni cilj ovog diplomskog rada je utvrditi odnos između suosjećanja prema sebi i strategija suočavanja sa stresnim situacijama kod studenata. Detaljnije će se utvrditi razlike u mentalnom zdravlju studenata, suočavanju sa stresnim situacijama, suosjećanju prema sebi te percepciji intenziteta stresa s obzirom na spol i razinu studiranja kao i korelacije između navedenih konstrukata.
Istraživanje je provedeno putem online upitnika od 22. veljače do 20. ožujka 2021. godine. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo N=429 studenata Republike Hrvatske, od čega je u uzorku zastupljeno N=353 (82.3%) žena, dok muškarci čine 17.7% uzorka (N=76). S obzirom na podjelu uzorka prema razini studiranja, N=213 studenata se nalazi na preddiplomskoj razini, N=215 studenata je na diplomskoj razini, dok se samo N=1 student nalazi na postdiplomskoj razini studija. Instrumentarij se sastojao od Upitnika o sociodemografskim obilježjima, Skale Suosjećanja usmjerenog prema sebi, Ljestvice percipiranog stresa, Skraćene verzije Upitnika suočavanje sa stresom, Warwick-Edinburgh skale Pozitivnog mentalnog zdravlja i Skale percepcije intenziteta stresa po područjima (kreiranog za potrebe ovog istraživanja). U svrhu obrade podataka koristile su se metode deskriptivnih pokazatelja, zatim Medijan test te Spearmanov koficijent korelacije.
Dobiveni podaci potvrđuju razlike između spola i razine studiranja s obzirom na strategije suočavanja sa stresom na način da studentice iskazuju adekvatnije strategije suočavanja (problemsko suočavanje i aktivno emocionalno suočavanje) sa stresnim situacijama nego studenti, dok osobe na nižim godinama fakulteta iskazuju neprimjerenije strategije suočavanja (izbjegavajuće emocionalno suočavanje) nego osobe na višim godinama. Prema rezultatima, osobe ženskog spola, kao i studenti na preddiplomskoj razini studija, u prosjeku iskazuju višu razinu intenziteta doživljenog stresa nego osobe muškog spola, odnosno studenti diplomskih razina. Što se tiče korelacije između konstrukata, potvrđena je statistički značajna visoka
negativna povezanost između doživljaja stresa i suosjećanja prema sebi, kao i visoka pozitivna povezanost između pozitivnog mentalnog zdravlja i suosjećanja prema sebi. Također, utvrđena je pozitivna povezanost između suosjećanja prema sebi i suočavanja sa stresnim situacijama, dakle ispitanici koji iskazuju višu razinu suosjećanja prema sebi koriste adekvatnije strategije suočavanja sa stresom.

Abstract (english)

The main goal of this study is to determine the relationship between self-compassion and coping with stressful situations among university/college students. This thesis will also examine differences, as well as connection, between gender and level of study considering mental health, coping with stressful situations, selfcompassion and perceived stress of students.
The research was conducted through online questionnaire during the period from 22th February to 20th March 2021. Study had a total of N= 429 university students from Republic of Croatia, with a sample of N=353 (82.3%) female and N=76 (17.7%) male. Moreover, N=213 of them are undergraduate students, N=215 graduate students and one of them is postgraduate student (N=1). The instrument consisted of: The questionnaire of sociodemographic data, The Self-Compassion Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Brief Inventory of Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE), The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and Scale of Perceived Stress by special areas (designed for the purpose of this research). All data were analysed via descriptive statistics, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and Median test which is is a special case of Pearson's chi-squared test.
Results of the survey confirm differences between gender and year of study in view of coping with stressful situations in a way that female students express more adaptive coping strategies with stressful situations (problem focused coping and active emotional coping) than male students, while undergraduate students use more maladaptive coping strategies (avoidant emotional coping) than graduate students. Female students, as well as undergraduate students, have higher level of percieved stress than male and graduate students. Further more, the results confirm a high negative correlation between percieved stres and selfcompassion. In addition, significant positive connection between positive mental health and selfcompassion is
confirmed. The results also showed high positive connection between selfcompassion and strategies coping with stressful situations, more precisely students with a higher level od selfcompassion tend to use more adaptive coping strategies.

• Keywords: suosjećanje prema sebi; suočavanje sa stresom; pozitivno mentalno zdravlje; stres; studentska populacija
• Keywords (english): self-compassion; coping with stressful situations; positive mental health; stress; university students
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:195136
• Study programme: Title: Graduate study of Social Pedagogy; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra socijalne pedagogije (magistar/magistra socijalne pedagogije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-11-12 11:32:37