Engaged coping strategies are more adaptive responses to stress and have had more positive effects. These strategies include strategizing, help seeking, comfort seeking, self-encouragement, and commitment. 

Academic Stress: Engaged Coping Strategies 

Disengaged coping strategies appear to be a maladaptive form of coping and have been correlated with more issues down the road such as greater amounts of stress and the development of anxiety and/or depression. These strategies include: Confusion, rumination, concealment, self-pity, and escape. 

Academic Stress: Disengaged Coping Strategies

In response to academic stress, students tend to engage in either: 
- Engaged coping strategies 
- Disengaged coping strategies 

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Academic stress refers to the stress students experience related to school. It can be as a result of a heavy workload and/or due to the pressure to perform well. 

Academic Stress 

Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Skinner, E.A., Scott, R.A., Ryan, K.M., Hawes, T., Gardner, A.A., & Duffy, A.L. (2023). Parental support and adolescents’ coping with academic stressors: A longitudinal study of parents’ influence beyond academic pressure and achievement. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01864-w. 


Parental support and adolescents' coping with academic stressors: A longitudinal study of parents' influence beyond academic pressure 

Academic Stress References 

- Too much homework 
- Disorganization 
- Poor time management 
- Not enough sleep 
- Lack of support 

Causes of Academic Stress 

Parents can....
- Monitor their teen's stress and workload 
- Model stress management skills
- Encourage teens to become in extra curriculars. 

Ways Parents Can Help Teens Cope with Academic Stress

- Increases likelihood of anxiety and depression 
- Can over activate the stress response 

Side Effects of Academic Stress 

- Get enough sleep 
- Relaxation exercises (ie., abdominal breathing and mediation) 
-Decrease negative self talk and increase positive positive self talk 
- Engage in relaxing activities 
- Form a strong network of friends 
- Yoga 

Ways Teens Can Manage Academic Stress 

- Workload pressure 
- External pressure 
- Intrapsychic pressure

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