Abstract            Volume:6  Issue-8  Year-2018         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

The preadolescent girls who experiences puberty earlier, compared to their peers feel more stressed as they have to adjust with the new changes in their body and mind. Coping strategies may act as mediators of stress that may aid or inhibit positive adolescent adaptation. Coping is individual capacity to deal and manage with various stressors of life. It is an essential aspect of regulation of emotions. Learning effective coping skills may help the girls to overcome the stress of pubertal changes. The aim of the study was to identify the coping strategies used by preadolescent girls with early puberty. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from preadolescent girls studying in 5-7th standards of rural schools in Kottayam District. The results of the present study reveal that the preadolescent girls used coping strategies to a different extent. Avoidance coping strategies shows the highest average score (M= 24.90, SD=6.058), followed by Active coping strategies score (M= 49.13, SD=6.397). The lowest scores are obtained by Support Seeking Strategies (M=16.39, SD=4.736). Considering the sub scale dimensions, Wishful thinking has highest mean percentage scores followed by Seeking understanding. Physical Release of Emotion (44.31) and Support for Feeling (44.56) scored comparatively less.

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