Background

One of the most prevalent mental health problems that grade 12 senior high school students face in
both their academic and personal lives is academic stress. When we feel pressured or threatened, we
respond by becoming stressed. It usually happens when we are in a precarious position that we don't
feel we have any control over. Students typically experience stress when they have a lot of
requirements, in their opinion. The list of stresses can be expanded to include cramming their
homework, chasing deadlines, meeting parental expectations, and academic competition (Mind: Stress,
2022).According to "Stress and Teenagers," (n.d.), stress can cause a student's mental health to suffer
from feelings of pressure, despair, anxiety, and tension. But when we gain more knowledge about
stress, our life abilities improve. It will be simpler to assist you and others in addressing the cause and
managing the stress if you can pinpoint the source of your stress. However, controllable stress improves
performance and attentiveness. Stress also enhances memory by promoting the development of stem
cells that develop into brain cells. From an adaptive perspective, the rise in stem cell and neuron
formation makes sense (Kaufer, 2015).A response to what appears to be a threat or challenge is called
stress, and it can have an effect on one's physical or mental health. It can be influenced by a wide range
of variables, including those that are related to work, family, and health. Coping strategies could involve
mental or physical behaviors. Positive cognitive and behavioral coping mechanisms for stress can be
divided into two categories. Cognitive coping mechanisms help with mood elevation, stress reduction,
and emotion control (Good Therapy, 2018).Stress is a psychological condition wherein an individual
could experience menacing circumstances to psychosocial wellness (Adasi et al.. 2020). Stress has
various implications that do not excuse any individual regardless of age.

Coping mechanisms are the strategies people often use in the face of stress and/or trauma to help
manage painful or difficult emotions. Coping mechanisms can help people adjust to stressful events
while helping them maintain their emotional well-being. People may use coping mechanisms for stress
management or to cope with anger, loneliness, anxiety, or depression. (Good Therapy, 2018).

Stress is a psychological condition in which a person may encounter threats to their psychosocial well-
being (Adasi et al., 2020). No one should be excused from the effects of stress, regardless of age.

Coping mechanisms are the techniques people frequently employ to help them manage uncomfortable
or challenging emotions when under stress or after tragedy. People can use coping strategies to cope
with difficult situations and keep their emotional health. Coping mechanisms are tools that people use
to deal with stress, as well as anger, loneliness, anxiety, and depression. (2018) (Good
Therapy).According to Lazarus and Folkman (1984), coping is the process of managing particular external
and/or internal pressures that are judged to be using all of a person's resources or exceeding them.
According to research, managing stressful emotions and changing the person-environment relationship
that is generating the distress are two of coping's main roles (Folkman et al., 1986). Cognitive and
behavioral strategies to alter or remove stressful situations are included in problem-focused coping.
Contrarily, emotion-focused coping is making an effort to control emotional reactions brought on by the
circumstance (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980). According to research (Billings et al., 1978; Sigmon et al.,
1995), emotion-focused coping is less successful than problem-focused coping and is more likely to be
linked to psychological suffering.Males and females deal with stress in various ways. Males prioritize
connections whereas females prioritize social support (Frydenberg, 1991). Men and women reported
different variances in anticipatory coping even if their cognitive assessments of the circumstance were
similar. Men reported using considerably more problem-focused coping than women, whereas women
reported using social support and emotion-focused coping to a larger level. The respondents' gender
and masculinity did not successfully attenuate the relationship between sex and coping. These findings
support the idea that men and women are socialized to cope with stress in different ways, but they are
incongruent with a situation-only explanation of sex differences in coping (Ptacek & Smith, 1994).