title: Stress, coping, and internet use of college students.
abstract: College students experience stressful life events and little research exists on the role the Internet may play in students' coping.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present study was to examine associations among perceived stress, time spent on the Internet, underlying motives for utilizing the Internet, problematic Internet use, and traditional approaches to coping.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from 267 college seniors during March of 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed an online survey containing measures of coping, motives for utilizing the Internet, problematic online behavior, perceived stress, and background information.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Being female, avoidant-emotional coping, and online motive to cope were positively associated with perceived stress and months since most stressful life event and online motive to enhance were negatively associated with stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Professionals working with college students will benefit from using a nuanced approach to assessing students' online behavior, including an assessment of underlying motives for use.
authors: a Department of Educational Studies , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana.
authors: Scott
authors: S
authors: Deatherage
authors: Heather L
authors: HL
authors: Servaty-Seib
authors: Idil
authors: I
authors: Aksoz
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult