The perceived impact of spiritual beliefs on coping with the pressures and stresses of university life: Lindiwe

Lindiwe is a Psychology Honours student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus. She interested in training as a Counselling Psychologist. One of my interests is in the role of religion/spirituality in individual and community development. Her creent study focuses on the relationship between stress and coping mechanisms in university students who consider themselves as spiritual, with special reference to the use of spiritual coping mechisms. Intensive interviews, a focus group and a personal diary were used with 6 students to explore their experience of stress and coping mechanisms, in order to understand whether religion is perceived to help or hinder them when dealing with their daily hassles