본 연구는 대학생의 스트레스 수준과 스트레스 대처방식 및 멘탈력의 관계를 분석하는데 그 목적을 두었다. 이를 위해 제주특별자치도 내 대학생 438명의 대학생을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였고, SPSS 24.0 프로그램으로 기술 통계, t-test, ANOVA 분석 및 다중 회귀분석을 실시하여 분석하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대학생의 일반적 특성과 스트레스 수준은 대학생의 스트레스 대처방식과 멘탈력에 차이를 가져왔는데 각 하위 요소별로 다르게 나타났다. 둘째, 대학생의 일반적 특성과 스트레스 수준은 스트레스 대처방식보다 멘탈력에 영향을 미치는 독립변수들이 많았다. 셋째, 대학생의 스트레스 대처방식과 멘탈력의 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 멘탈력과 스트레스 대처 방식은 정적인 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 소극적 대처방식보다 적 극적 대처방식이 더 높은 상관성을 보였지만, 그 차이는 크지 않았다. 이상과 같은 본 연구의 분석결과는 대학생의 스트레스 수준과 그에 대한 반응적이고 심리적인 특성을 이해하게 함으로써, 앞으로 대학생의 스트레스 관리 와 멘탈력 향상을 위한 교육 및 연구를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

This study examined the relationship between coping style for stress and emotional eating behavior focused on gender difference. A total of 475 college students(males, 244; females, 231) participated in this study. The results were as follows. First, there were significant gender difference in coping style for stress. The scores of male students were significantly higher than those of female students in the problem-focused and self-comforting coping styles, whereas scores of female students were significantly higher than male students in social support pursuit and emotion-focused coping styles. Second, there were significant gender difference in emotional eating behavior. Female students reported higher emotional eating behavior than male students. Third, male students preferred a problem-focused coping style, whereas female students preferred a social support pursuit coping style the most. Fourth, the interaction of gender and coping style for stress were not related to the emotional eating behavior. Both of male and female students who preferred an emotion focused coping style reported the highest score in emotional eating behavior. The limitations of the present study and suggestions for future research were discussed.

The purpose of this study is to find and compare the differences in stress level, stressor, and coping style of high school students according to their personality traits. And to identify the personality traits contributing to stress reduction. The results of the study can be used as basic data for reducing the stress of adolescents to improve their academic achievement and maintain mental and physical stability. The questionnaire survey was conducted for 10 days from June 7 to June 16, 2017 for S high school students in Chungbuk Province. The study employed four measuring instruments as Ego-gram, Ok-gram, stressor scale, and stress coping type scale. Individual personality traits were classified into ego-states and ok-states in TA (Transactional Analysis). Stressors are classified into 5 categories (school life, home life, human relationship, myself, environment) and stress coping styles are classified into 4 categories (problem-focused coping, social-support coping, feeling-focused coping, hope-thinking coping) used in the previous studies. The collected data were analyzed using T-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. As a result, the stress level of high school students showed significant differences according to sex, year, grade, sleeping time, personality traits, and coping styles. Personality traits that contributed to the stress increase were NP, AC, ‘you positive’, ‘i negative’ and personality trait that contributes to stress reduction is ‘you negative.’ Therefore, we can judge that individual personality traits have significant effects on stress level, stressor, and coping style and need to find the effective stress management method suitable for individual personality traits using counseling, repetition training, self-suggestion etc.