A survey on stress and ways of coping with stress in 3-year old children in Qazvin

Background: Studying problems and daily hassles in young children can provide models and frames for stress and also the ways stress could be coped with. Objective: To recognize and classify the stress and the ways of coping with 3- year old children in Qazvin. Methods: The present study was basic in nature, and developmental. The study population consisted of 115, 3-year old children of Qazvin. Assessment instrument was a problem check list and demographic questions along with the main test, which included 4 pictorial stories in 4 stages. Results were interpreted both qualitatively and quantitatively. Findings: Although the children used simple and ordinary responses, they also could use problem solving methods. Childrens inappropriate and wrong responses could be considered as predisposing element of later disorders an important subject to study, yet has gained little attention. The childrens coping responses were frequently classified as non-effective however these are called positive responses spent upon developmental ones and proposed in the frame of adaptive strategies. Conclusion: Finding a suitable model for stress and coping with children requires more thorough investigations