Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among Women with and without Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Abstract

The Present study was a non-experimental research design. The present study aimed to assess Perceived stress and coping strategies among women with and without PCOS. The data of 120 women were selected for the present study and the data was collected using a convenient sampling technique. The tools used for the study are The Perceived stress scale was developed by Sheldon Cohen (1988), and The Brief-COPE Inventory was adopted by Carver (1997). After the data was collected it was analyzed through IBM SPSS software. Correlation and Independent Samples T-Test were used to analyze the data. The results show that there is no significant difference between Perceived stress among women with and without PCOS. There is no significant difference between women with and without PCOS in Coping strategies. There is no significant relationship found between perceived stress and coping strategies among women with and without PCOS hence a significant correlation.