Sevilleja, Aisha Narciso2026-03-242026-03-242007Sevilleja, A. N., (2007). Stress-related factors and coping mechanisms of level II nursing students of union christian college basis for a wellness program. [DMMMSU-OUS].https://lakasa.dmmmsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1237The study endeavored to study the stress related factors and coping mechanisms of level II nursing students of Union Christian College as basis for a Wellness Program. It identified and analyzed the profile of the respondents (age, sex, approximate family monthly income, grade point average and level of stress); levels of stress related factors (assertiveness, locus of control, emotional intelligence and health habits); extent of student support (intellectual development program, moral/spiritual development program and social development program) and extent of utilization of coping mechanisms (physiological, cognitive and learned). A wellness program was developed based on the survey results. The researcher used descriptive-correlational and developmental research designs. She made used of questionnaires in gathering the data. There were two hundred three (203) respondents. They were chosen using purposive nonrandom sampling technique. Students with moderate and high levels of stress were chosen as the respondents. The following are the findings of the study: Most nursing students age ranges from 18-19, majority of them are female with an approximate family monthly income below 14,999, most have grade point average ranging from 77.00-84.20 and many of them experienced moderate level of stress. Most of the nursing students experience the following level of stress related factors: very low assertiveness; external locus of control; high emotional intelligence and good health habits. On the extent of student support there was moderate intellectual development program, moderate moral/spiritual development program and high social development program. The extent of utilization of coping mechanisms revealed moderate utilization of physiological and learned and high cognitive utilization. Significant relationships were noted between the following: (a) age and physiological, cognitive and learned coping mechanisms; (b) sex and physiological coping mechanisms; (c) approximate family monthly income and physiological and cognitive coping mechanisms; (d) level of stress and cognitive and learned coping mechanisms; (e) assertiveness and physiological and learned coping mechanisms; (f) locus of control and physiological and cognitive coping mechanisms; (g) emotional intelligence and cognitive coping mechanisms; (h) health habits and learned coping mechanisms; (i) intellectual development program and learned coping mechanism; (j) moral/spiritual development program and learned coping mechanism and social development program and learned coping mechanism. A wellness program was developed based on the significantly related variables of the study.en-USINTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Health and medical services in societyMEDICINE::Social medicine::Public health medicine research areasThesis