STRESSORS ENCOUNTERED AND COPING MECHANISMS USED BY MARITIME STUDENTS OF NAVAL STATE UNIVERSITY, NAVAL, BILIRAN

This study sought to find out the profile of maritime students of NSU, the stressors they encountered and there coping mechanisms they used to deal with these stressors. The BSMarE and BSMT students served as respondents of the study of which the former comprised 39 of them and; the latter, 61constituting an aggregate number of 100 respondents. The data were gathered with the use of a questionnaire and the same were analyzed with the use of descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means and rank to describe the findings. Results revealed that the average age of respondents was nearly 20 years old, predominantly males and singles. Exactly half of the respondents resided with their parents with the latter predominantly supporting the education of the former. The most stressful stressors the respondent encountered were: (a)academic and research responsibilities or pressure, (b) poor school-life balance, and (c) debt. The mechanisms they used cope on deal with these and other stressors were: (a) listening to music, (b) eating, (c) laughing, (d) doing exercise and, (e) indulging in physical activity and sports