Stress overcoming techniques of 20-23 year old student athletes

Research aim: The aim of the study is to identify stress management techniques among 20-23 years old student athletes. Research Objectives: 1. To identify stress management technique differences between female and male athletes. 2. To identify stress management technique differences between 20-21 and 22-23 years old student athlete groups. Research hypothesis: 1. Female student athletes tend to use problem-focused and social-support stress management techniques, while men prefer to use emotion-focused and avoidant-oriented techniques. 2. Younger athletes more often than older ones use problem-focused and social-support stress management techniques. On the contrary, older students more often than younger students prefer using emotion-focused and avoidant-oriented stress management techniques. Research methods: 1. Literature review and analysis 2. Data collection 3. Quantitative research method Conclusion: 1. Most popular stress management techniques among student athletes (both female and male) are positive reinterpretation and growth, planning, suppression of competing activities and restraint coping methods. They also tend to seek social support for instrumental reasons. 2. Student (female) athletes tend to use more various stress management techniques, such as seeking social support for instrumental reasons (p<0,05; p=0,048), positive reinterpretation and growth (p<0,05; p=0,029), seeking social support for emotional reasons (p