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inexperienced in making clinical judgments, they may escape from the problem or expect their supervisor to solve it for them.

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Avoidance was a coping behaviour utilized more by students who had interest in nursing than those who do not.

A possible explanation might be that interest in nursing is characterized by more satisfaction with the education environment (El-Gilany et al., 2010).

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Moreover, students who have an interest in nursing adopted avoidance as coping behaviour more than those who do not have interests

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Avoidance was least frequently utilized

The results show that avoidance as a coping strategy is positively correlated to the stressors related to patients care,

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Problem solving, as another strategy to overcome stress, was more significantly utilised by students to manage stressors due to assignments and patient care, environment, and teachers and clinical staff.

The use of these strategies could be explained by the fact that they are the easiest for students and related to their personalities. It was also expressed in one integrative review that nursing students prefer taking a problem- solving approach over using emotion-focused coping strategies.

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Emotion‐focused coping does not improve the situation, but the person often feels better.

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Emotion‐focused coping strategies are efforts directed at regulating emotional responses to the problem. Emotion‐focused coping frequently occurs when an individual finds himself/ herself in a situation that appears unalterable

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Students use the problem- solving approach to a difficult situation when they have confidence in handling it.

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Transference strategies may therefore be effective over a short period.

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Students at a senior level were more likely to use a problem-solving approach as their coping strategy for relieving stress

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Avoidance behaviour had a positive effect on stressors related to patients care as well as peers and daily life and stressors related to the clinical environment and teachers and nursing staff.

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The most common coping strategy used by students was problem-solving

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A higher score of each factor indicates more frequent use and greater effectiveness of a certain type of coping behaviours.

The most common coping behaviour utilized by the participants was problem solving (M = 2.5)