“Stress, Coping Mechanism and Motivation of Student-Mothers of Capsu Burias”

Abstract

This paper focused on the qualitative methods to describe the experience of student - mothers of Capiz State University Burias in the era of full implementation of  face to face classes. Purposive sampling was employed in this study to gather eight student-mothers. The participants were interviewed  using a semi-structured questionnaire. To delve deeper with their experiences, Colaizzi’z method was used to collect, record, and analyze data. The researcher formulated three themes from the results as follows: 1) The Stress encountered by the student- mothers, 2) The students’ coping mechanism to the challenges they encountered, 3). Students’  motivation in pursuing  their studies. The student-mothers shared their experience during this of full implementation of face to face classes and narrated how these made an impact in their lives as student-mothers.  This scenario greatly affected their mental and emotional health and even impacted their studies. Causes, inferences and recommendations based on these findings were discussed.