Proactive and Preventive Adjustment Mechanisms to Stress Among University Students

Abstract

Students in universities experience numerous stresses from varied sources. Stress makes students develop poor mental health, which eventually may lead to adverse effects in their lives. This chapter sought to analyze proactive and preventive adjustment mechanisms to stress among university students. It is concluded that university students who adopt proactive coping mechanisms to stress experience numerous merits because it minimizes the stressful experience during the situation of stress. The university students who adopt prevention-focused coping strategies have experienced buffer since it serves as important intervening mechanisms that account for the relationships between work stressors and individual outcomes. It is recommended that deans of students at universities should develop holistic cognitive behavioural therapy for students to equip them with best coping mechanisms to stress.