Amoranto, Jeralyn C.  <br/><br/>
Pandemic stress, coping mechanism and self-care ability :   Mental health status of Olivarez College students / 
Jeralyn C. Amoranto,  Alma P. Clutario, Edmond M. Enriquez,  Karen Mae M. Oliveros, Shereen Gale R. Perlas,   Cielo D. Ramos, Kyla G. Villanueva 
 - Vol 2 (1) pages 7-23 :  illustrations ; 
<br/><br/> I. ABSTRACT<br/><br/>The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the operation of education worldwide and turned average<br/>education into a new average education. At the beginning of their studies, handling such significant factors that they encountered in learning became stressful. When a student enters a new average education, he/she is expected to face unnecessary challenges that may lead to an impact on their mental health and no conception of how to cope with it. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate college students' mental health status, including the level of their pandemic stress, coping mechanisms, and self-care ability. A descriptive correlational design was utilized to describe the variables and know the relationship that occurs naturally between and among them. Convenience sampling was used to select the sample size. For the statistical treatment of data, the Mean was utilized to determine the level of pandemic stress and self-care ability and to determine coping with pandemic stress in cognitive, behavioral, and affective coping of Olivarez College students.Pearson correlation was used to test the significant relationship among the variables. The verbalinterpretation of the study indicates that the level of pandemic stress and self-care ability is high,along with the coping mechanisms in the cognitive, behavioral, and affective coping aspects. In terms of the significance of relationships, the result shows a significant relationship between thelevel of pandemic stress and coping mechanisms and between the level of pandemic stress and self-care ability. Based on the data gathered, some programs can be proposed to address the mental health status of the respondents during this pandemic, such as the Social Hunt, Talk & Share, and My Time is Precious. Also, the need for research to further determine the relationship between the demographic profiles of respondents among variables is highly recommended.<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2984-6625 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pandemic Stress<br/>Coping Mechanisms<br/>Self-Care Ability<br/>Mental Health