• Calister Lebechukwu Nwadi, Moses Onyemaechi Ede, Glory Mmachukwu Nwakpadolu, Joy Oluchukwu Okoro, Eucharia Amaka Onu, Udochukwu M Emeghebo, Amaka Bibian Ezeanwu, Kingsley Asogu Ogbonna, Patricia U Agu, Ogechi Nkemjika, Nneka Nwosu, Godwin Keres Okereke, Sebastian O Onah, Mercy Benedette Ifeoma Uba, and Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu.
• Department of Home Economics and Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Mar 22; 103 (12): e37392e37392.

Background/ObjectiveStudying some professions is so demanding that if not well managed it leads to severe stress, withdrawal, burnout, and other health-related problems. Hence, practical engagement and exhibition of catering, cooking, and home management are so tasking as they are time-consuming and very intensive. Many students in the specialties experience excess academic loads and internal and external demands. Given these, this study tested the impact of cognitive behavior coping strategy on school stress among adult learners enrolled in Home Economic and Indigenous Textile Education.MethodsA pretest-posttest randomized control group design was applied. Ninety-five students (43 [45.3%] males; 52 [54.7%] females) participated in the current study. Stress assessment was induced and then students were randomly allocated to the cognitive behavior coping strategy group and the waitlist conditions. Later, students on the waitlist received the cognitive behavior coping strategy contents. Data collected were analyzed using analysis of covariance.ResultsResults showed that at pretest, there was no significant difference among the participants in the 2 groups as measured by Educational Stress Scale and Perceived Stress Scale scores. However, the post-intervention test result showed a long-term impact of cognitive behavior coping strategy in improving the management of school stress among students.ConclusionThis study suggests that cognitive behavior coping strategy has a long-term impact on modifying the students' perception of school stress in a sample of adult learners enrolled in Home Economic and Indigenous Textile Education.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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