Level of Stress and Coping Strategies Adopted by Adolescents with Visual Impairment

Blind and visual disability is a great problem all over the world. Loss of the visual acuity in children requires special attention. the study was aimed to assess the level of stress and coping strategies adopted by adolescents with visual impairment. Methodology- The research approach adopted for this study was descriptive survey approach, and Non experimental descriptive, co-relational design. The study will be conducted in Sri Raman Maharishi academy for blind, J. P. Nagar, Bangalore. In the present study sample consists of 80 adolescents with visual impairment and sampling technique is non-probability, purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample for this study. Findings- The overall level of stress experienced by adolescents with visual impairment reveals that 42 (52.5 %) of respondents had moderate level of stress, 36 (45 %) of respondents had mild level of stress and 2 (2.5 %) of the respondents had severe level of stress. The overall coping strategies reveals that 73 (91.25 %) of respondents had moderately adequate coping strategies, 7 (8.75 %) of respondents had adequate coping strategies and none of the respondents had inadequate coping strategies. The analysis revealed that there is a statistical significant association between the stress levels of adolescents with visual impairment.