• Osumah, Obaze Agbonluae
• Azelema Beauty Avoedoya

The study examined stress and coping strategies among undergraduates in universities in Edo State, Nigeria. The study sought to examine whether sex differences exist in academic stress and coping behaviours among undergraduates in universities in Edo State, Nigeria. The descriptive research design using the survey was adopted in the study. The population of the study covered all the 47,388 regular undergraduate students in University of Benin, Benin and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. A sample size of 473 undergraduates using the stratified random sampling technique was used to select 1% of the population. The instrument used for the collection of data was a questionnaire titled: “Stress and Coping Behaviour Survey Questionnaire - SCBSQ”. The test-retest reliability coefficient of .898 and 0.76 was obtained to show that the instrument is reliable. Research question 1 was analysed using mean (X̅) and standard deviation (S.D). The t-test for two independent samples was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result shows that the level of academic stress experienced among undergraduates in universities in Edo State, Nigeria was high. In addition, sex differences exist on the stress coping behaviours (self-distraction, active coping, use of emotional support, use of instrumental support, venting, positive reframing, humour, acceptance and religion) used among undergraduates of universities in Edo State, Nigeria. It was recommended that Guidance and Counselling units should be well established in every department in the university to support lecturers on the area of course advising students to reduce all forms of stress that students may be confronted with.

Stress, Coping Behaviours, Undergraduates

"STRESS AND COPING BEHAVIOURS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN UNIVERSITIES IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.a217-a224, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204028.pdf

"STRESS AND COPING BEHAVIOURS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN UNIVERSITIES IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. ppa217-a224, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204028.pdf