Mental Health and Coping Strategies among Faculty Members and Administrative Employees in a State University during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70922/yby11m24

Keywords:

mental health, coping, depression, anxiety, stress

Abstract

This study examined the mental health and coping strategies among faculty members and administrative employees at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila. The descriptive-correlational method was utilized in the study and the data were collected online using the Google Form. The respondents were seven hundred eighty-eight (788) faculty members and administrative employees in the main campus of the University. The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS) was used to determine the mental health while the SARS/COVID Coping Strategies Instrument was employed to ascertain the coping used by the respondents during the pandemic. Results indicated that majority of the respondents (560 or 81.80%) experienced normal to mild depression while 64 or 8.10% reported severe to extremely severe level of depression. It also revealed that 612 or 77.70% of the respondents had normal to mild anxiety, and 114 or 14.40% felt severe to very severe anxiety. The respondents also disclosed that majority of them (696 or 88.30%) encountered normal to mild stress, while 54 or 6.80% experienced severe to very severe stress. The respondents utilized most of the coping strategies found the SARS/COVID coping instrument. Some of the coping strategies were significantly and positively associated with the dimensions of the mental health while the other coping strategies were found to be significantly but negatively associated with depression, anxiety, and stress of the respondents. 

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Author Biographies

  • Nicolas T. Mallari, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

    NICOLAS T. MALLARI presently holds the position Director of the Research Institute for Human and Social Development. He was also designated as the Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Development, a position he held for six years. He had been designated as the chairperson of the Department of Psychology from 2009 to 2015. Prof. Mallari is a graduate of Bachelor of Industrial Psychology in 1992 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He also graduated with the degree Master of Education, major in School Psychology in 2001 at the Philippine Normal University. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Management in 2010 at the Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology. Prof. Mallari also finished his Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology program at the La Consolacion University in September, 2022. He is also a registered psychometrician. His research interest focuses on such areas as sport psychology, mental health and wellbeing, and school psychology. 

  • Anna Ruby P. Gapasin, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

    ANNA RUBY P. GAPASIN is currently the Vice President for Research, Extension, Planning, and Development of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. She has successfully led the University Quality Management System (QMS) Core Team as the Quality Management Representative for the ISO Re-certification Audit while supervising the ten (10) units under the OVPREPD sector. She served as the Chairperson of the Broadcast Communication undergraduate program and Master’s in Communication program in the PUP Open University System for almost a decade, after which she became the Executive Director of the PUP OUS from 2016 to 2018. She also served as the Director of the Communication Management Office from 2012 to 2016. She held other positions in the university as Head Executive Assistant to the President and University Board Secretary. Before her teaching career, which started way back in 1999, she had been in the media practice as a broadcast journalist since 1994.

  • Jose M. Abat, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

    JOSE M. ABAT is a regular faculty of the PUP Department of Psychology, College of Social Science and Development with a rank of associate professor. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Clinical Psychology from Polytechnic University of the Philippines and his MA in Psychology from the same university. He is completing his PhD in Educational Management. He is currently the Chief of the Office of Admission and Registration Services of PUP Main Campus.

  • Rodrigo V. Lopiga, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

    RODRIGO V. LOPIGA obtained his Doctorate degree in Educational Management at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School and currently writing his Dissertation to finish his PhD in Educational Psychology course at the La Consolacion University, he is a graduate on MA Psychology (Clinical) and Bachelor in Clinical Psychology from PUP. His research interests are on mental health, assessment, psychotherapy and counseling, substance abuse and psychology of education. He is currently the clinical psychologist and chief of the office of the counseling and psychological services of PUP and serves faculty at the department of psychology. He is also a freelance psychotherapist, a licensed psychologist, certified clinical psychologist, and a certified rehabilitation worker by the Dangerous Drugs Board.

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Published

2022-11-25

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020): Social Sciences and Development Review

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Mallari, N., Gapasin, A. R., Abat, J., & Lopiga, R. (2022). Mental Health and Coping Strategies among Faculty Members and Administrative Employees in a State University during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Sciences and Development Review, 12(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.70922/yby11m24