Coping strategies among professional social work trainees - A cross-sectional study from India's capital city.

BACKGROUND: To find out the nature of coping strategies and the relationship between coping strategies and background characteristics of Master of Social Work (MSW) students in Delhi.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample size is 297 (male 123 and female 174) by adopting a non-probability purposive method. A survey among the MSW students (first and second years) of four Universities in Delhi was carried out.

RESULT: The result shows that the most used coping strategies are positive in nature (emotional and problem-focused).

CONCLUSION: The utilization of coping strategies is influenced by the background characteristics of the respondents. It necessitates further awareness of positive coping strategies by introducing changes in the curriculum of the MSW program.