“Coping skills” are the way you deal with stressful events in your life – from taking an exam to the death of a loved one. Coping skills are learned throughout childhood and may be partially determined by your personality, but you can improve your coping skills “tool box” so that you can handle any…
What are coping skills? Coping skills are personal resources that one uses to manage difficult situations. Common stressors in post-secondary populations include: financial pressures, exam and study-related stressors, and social stressors.1 Good coping skills have been correlated with persistence and retention in higher education.2 It is believed that coping skills are relatively stable over…
