Effects Of Stress On Students

According to Lupien, McEwan, Gunnar, and Heim (2009), going off to college involves significant adjustments to their daily routines; sleeping and eating habits, time-management skills, and stress levels will be altered in one way or another. First-year students have to adjust to the new school environment, different social settings, and new schedules, all without the help and guidance from their parents, who have been there for them for eighteen years. Over 30% of college freshman report that they feel overwhelmed (Klainberg, Ewing, & Ryan, 2010), where some students even opt to work as they juggle their class and work schedules. Some students work at a job or study harder than others, but they are all trying to get degrees so maybe one day they will have meaningful and significant lives. It is a constant struggle for everyone who is trying desperately to make him or herself into a success. And every college student wants to be involved in society in a positive manner, allowing contribution of their ideals and values to others.

Many students across the nation are attending schools that have seven classes during each school day as their schedule, one of them being Conroe High School. But behind the scenes, students are not exactly satisfied with these conditions, but they are forced to accept this brutal schedule as part of their everyday lives. That is why Conroe High School’s principal, Dr. Weatherly, should change the school’s schedule to have less, but longer, classes in a single day to create a less stressful environment for the students’ and teachers’ benefit.

College is a new and exciting time in a student’s life. Students are finally able to live by their own rules, follow their passions, and discover who they are. College is the beginning of the end. An end to relying on your parents, an end to schooling, as well as an end to life as a child. Many students see college as a new world for them to explore. However, college can also cause extreme amounts of stress and depression. I know from personal experience, that the anxiety from the financial issues alone can be overwhelming. Students are required to pay for room and board, food, tuition, books and daily expenses such as gas, toothpaste, and school supplies. Though there are many programs and scholarships available for students, finances are usually very tight for three reasons.

As a college student there are many hurdles to overcome while in school. These obstacles can be dealing with school work to maintaining adequate funds to having different levels of friendship and even discovering what is the next step in life. One major hassle is no longer being able to completely rely on your parents. Every students conquers them in different ways because no one student will have all the exact same issues.

When a high school student moves on to college it can be a big move. A teenager who once was dependent on their parent is now independent on their own. Moving on campus not being in parents’ house can be difficult and hard. College life is hard because the parents who use of motivate and keep their child focus on school work is not there. College life can

Young adults sometimes think that college is an escape from their parents. This common sense is not correct. Parents are the ones paying for your higher education, and are always your cheerleaders and full time supporters. Parents want young adults to make their own decisions, but that are well thought out, and responsible. When mistakes are made parents will most likely understand, and will help their young adult to work though the mistake as long as they communicate with their parents. Verbal communication with parents is one of the keys to surviving college. Parents understand that their college student will make mistakes, as they once did to. Parents just want to ensure the safety and well-being of their child. This is a time of exploration and finding one’s identity. Parents understand that they can no longer spoon feed their children, but they will remain the child’s audience, showing support, and helping out when it is necessary. All a child needs to do is to be open for help, support, and maintain the expectations and standards

The pressure to succeed is one of the biggest factor of stress in college. Ally Holterman writes Mental Health Problems for College Students Are Increasing to inform about the increase of mental illness of college students. Jason Shelby, a student Holterman writes about, is one of the many college students in America that could not function due to anxiety of failing. Social Media used by college students adds to the factors of depression and anxiety. The expectations of young people on the media influences students to think less of themselves and can even lead to eating disorders.

(4) Eat properly, during college periods student tend not to eat healthy and this may cause physical stress, so when having a meal, think of what you’re eating and the values of it, so try something healthy like fruits and veggies, whole grains, protein

The topic I have chosen to persuade others is to stop putting stress on year 12s by taking out all their end of year exams. Exams really put stress onto students and could harm the students physically and psychologically. Overloading of stress can cause short term effect such as nausea, headache, increasing heart rate and faster breathing. The long term effects would have caused panic attacks, anxiety, depression and lower defense of immune system. To reduce the chance of that happening I designed this poster targeted towards high school students and teachers, to make them realizing that exam put a lot of stress on year 12 students, and encouraging them to seek alternative ways of assessing one’s ability for their future pathway. The final

The stress of these caused by these tests are unbelievable and I agree it is a large amount of pressure is put on kids to do well, but isn’t that a good thing? Students should be proud of how far they have come education-wise and how much they have learned. The pressure may be due to the challenging content of these tests. Students may not have understood all the concepts pertaining to the exams, but pushing themselves makes them adapt and smarter. All those nights of staying up late and the stress that comes along with the ACT and SAT are part of school. Students are not going to find things easy, that is why we learn new material. Stress is part of the real world and students must deal with it. In reality, the ACT and SAT are not all so bad as students and society make them to be.

Stress is evident in all our lives. It is correlated to various issues, like anxiety, depression, and back pain and neck issues. According to stress.com, eight out of 10 college students have experienced stress in the past three months. The period that college students are going through is called emerging adulthood. Emerging adulthood is the period during ages 18-25 years where students are growing up and learning the struggles of being an adult. Stress is in all aspects of our lives. In the cognitive domain, students with time management skills can decrease the amount of stress in their lives. In the emotional domain, depression and anxiety are related to life stresses, such as financial difficulties and losing family members or friends. In the social domain, workplace relationships influence the amount of stress a person can have as well as their mental well-being. In the physical domain, back and neck pain issues are related to stresses in college. Stress affects college students’ wellbeing in all aspects of their lives.

For many students, college is the best time of their lives. However, these “golden ages” can be harmed by stress, and also by various disorders that stress evokes: depression, anxiety, substance abuse and eating disorders. The number of students that suffer from stress is increasing every year. Stress not only has an impact on students physical and mental health but also on their academic performance. Students under stress feel hopeless, sad and so depressed that it seriously affects their daily life. They just want to sit at home and not talk to anybody and procrastinate. The problem of stress should be taken seriously because of these alarming circumstances. Even though stress affects students, it is possible to manage stress at some level and decrease the negative impact on their health. The best way for students to cope with stress is to follow certain stress management techniques.

Thesis:  Today I will discuss about sources and effects of student stress and efficient ways to manage this emotional and physical strain.

Students’ state of mental and emotional health will contribute to the way that stress manifests and presents itself, once he or she enters college. “The emerging categories related to sleep and health problems could be a manifestation of a general increasing level of stress and psychopathology” (Murphy and Archer 26). There are a great number of studies, both past and on going, of stress and college students which have mainly focused on academics, personal relationships, finance and family status. A more in depth look has revealed that students with emotional disorders or those of poor health are even more ill equipped to

Based on these findings from research done previously I feel that this study is important. Firstly, we need to understand what causes the stressors and how it affects the individual. For example, if you have an entire university with stressed students, not being productive, not performing well academically perhaps thinking of dropping out of university because of the overwhelming anxiety; it can be detrimental to the institution in terms of status and students in terms of individual realisation. Secondly, we soon have to formulate effective and efficient stress management guidelines as we