Stress, Coping and Social Support among Female College Students

The present study aimed at exploration of stress, coping and social support among female college students. The sample consisted to 88 female college students from degree colleges, affiliated with Punjabi University Patiala. The data in the present investigation was collected with the help of Life Experiences Survey, Proactive Coping Inventory, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The results of t-test revealed that rural and urban female college students experience almost same level of positive stress and negative stress as well as same level of social support. But, the rural female college students are significantly better in coping than urban female students thereby meaning that they have a better way of dealing with life situations in pursuance of the studies for a better life. In other words, it indicated a personal strength of female college students to go ahead in life .The results are discussed in the contact of the government policies to promote gender equity in education and employment of educated youth.