Coping Mechanisms Among Working Students in Calabanga Community College

Abstract

This study seeks to examine the challenges faced by working students at Calabanga Community College during the Academic Year 2022–2023 and to determine whether there is a significant relationship between the severity of the problems they encounter and the effectiveness of their coping strategies. The study answers the following questions: 1. What is the extent of the problems encountered by the working students in Calabanga Community College along with financial resources, time resources, social resources, personal resources; 2. What is the level of coping strategies of working students in Calabanga Community College along problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, meaning-focused coping, and avoidance-focused coping; and 3. Is there a significant relationship between the extent of problems encountered and the level of coping strategies among working students at Calabanga Community College? This study utilized a descriptive-correlational research design. The descriptive component was employed to collect information about the levels of coping strategies employed by the students, focusing on problem-focused, emotion-focused, meaning-focused, and avoidance-focused mechanisms. The correlational component of the design was used to examine whether significant relationships exist between the level of problems encountered and the level of coping strategies and demographic data. The study used census sampling to gather 297 working students studying in Calabanga Community College through structured survey questionnaire and analyzed through Pearson-r correlation test. The findings provide recommendations to students, instructors, Calabanga Community College Community, Local Government Unit of Calabanga, and future researchers for further study.