A sense of personal competence and coping with stressful situations of minors from probation centers

The role of personal competences in human life, especially of young people, plays a significant role. And coping with stress is one of them. Therefore, the aim of the research was to establish the relationship between the sense of personal competence and coping with stressful situations by juveniles from probation centers. The KompOs Scale by Z. Juczyński and the JSR Scale by Z. Juczyński and N. Ogińska-Bulik were used to collect the material, and 106 juveniles from probation centers took part in the research. The obtained results indicate that the juvenile respondents are characterized by an average level of personal competences and active coping with stress, which is important from the point of view of planning educational and social rehabilitation interactions. The optimal level of intensity of these variables allows us to satisfactorily establish and maintain interpersonal relationships and, in difficult, problematic or conflict situations, to deal with them effectively without harm to ourselves and other people.