[How pupils of a secondary school cope with difficult situations?]

In the year 2013 a study of the assessment of dispositional and situational coping in difficult situations, among pupils of a secondary school, was done. 176 respondents of a secondary school, form the first and third class, were involved into a study. The analysis was based on the anonymous scale "How do you cope?".

Girls more often than boys cope with stress by focusing on emotions. With increasing the age from 13 to 16 years-old the strategy of active coping and seeking social support were dominant. Among students aged 17 there were significantly reduced rank of concentration on emotions. Pupils who achieved a higher grade point more often used an active coping with the stress. For the assessment of situational coping the result indicates that the severity of the strategy of concentration on emotions is higher among girls than boys.