Effects of Stress on Academic Performance

Is there a significant difference in the level of stress management of the students under.

One of the biggest problems among students within post-secondary are the struggling issues of mental health such as depression, anxiety or stress which leads to the failure of adequate nutrition. The age of when mental disorders are clear to one’s self is between the age of 18 to 24 as this is the age of many adolescents are going into higher education (Kessler et al., 2005) . University students who struggle with depression and anxiety majority of the time is caused by the academic stress of being a leading cause of their mental health. As a survey was conducted by campus counselors, many found an outstanding factor of parental pressure for high grades from their child causing many students stress, depression and anxiety which elevates expectations within the student (Watkins et al. 2001, p. 322). These high rates are due to the feeling of being badgered to achieve high grades and maintain their grades while balancing their social life.

Stress is a major factor that contributes to the students’ performance and state of mind. The effects of stress on a student’s ability to achieve adequate grades can be extremely detrimental. The weight

The purpose of my project is to see how stress and eating habits can affect college student academic performance, to determine the correlation between stress and eating habits,how it influence or affect college student academic performance. 25 participants were selected from Spring 2015 Kean University,Participants age ranges from 18-25. The majority of the participants were female, 16 female, 7 male, 16 female, and 1 participants did not disclosed their gender. participants answered 20 question survey with questions on stress and eating habits such as, the eating habit when students are stressed, level of stress, and stress relief. My data was collected through a survey around Kean University campus, students from the caf, classes, and library . When the full sample was evaluated, there was no correlation between stress and eating habit ( correlation coefficient was 0.0). my result indicated students level of stress range from 1-5, 48% of student level were 4. 40% participants said finals, 25% participants said exams make them stressed. Participants in this sample control their stressed through music of 40.4%, and eating of 28.8%. Sleeping, exercise and eating right, can change or reduce students stress level. my studies concludes with a discussion of implications to avoid stress.

Like many of the questionnaires utilized for research in the articles used for this literature review, it was anonymous, and administered and collected during class. This form of data collection provided high turn in rates allowing researchers to have a wide study scale. According to Hicks, T., & Heastie, S., contrasting levels of stress and coping mechanisms were present in these students. It was noted that traditional college students experience more psychological stress than their nontraditional student counterparts. In addition, during the first year of college, the amount of stress experienced by students is the highest in comparison to stress in the remainder of the years. These results are especially important because it stresses the need for a strong health and wellness center within colleges and universities.

Generalized anxiety is a problem that the United States faces nationwide. As we grow older and move into educational settings that are more taxing, anxiety becomes more prevalent. Today, college students are facing more stress than ever before. They are constantly pushed to be the best they can be, to be in the most extracurricular activities they can be in, and to attend the best schools possible. All of these goals and high expectations lead students to be harder on themselves, which makes other aspects of their life fall by the wayside, leading to high levels of stress and pressure.

This section will offer background information of several aspects of Depression and Anxiety among college students and an overview of the problematic nature of these two conditions on the academic performance.

INTRODUCTION: Even though stress negatively affects physical and mental abilities. Stress is the cause of tensions, overwork and increasing demands. Generally, the Anxiety is a part of our life. We live with it, manage it, or more all stress over it. Our lifestyle, the region in which we live, the economy, and our occupations can result in a lot of anxiety. Not everybody manages the same level of anxiety and there are a few elements that can affect our lives and reason us to have higher or lower anxiety levels. (Feldman, 2009)

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

Stress is no new phenomenon. It’s been around as long as man and has captivated scholars and physicians alike. With the growing demand for degrees in the professional world comes the growth of the number of college students. The relationship between stress and college students has become the subject of on-going research. Several studies show that stress in college students is increasing with time and the authors of those studies are attributing this to an increased number of students. Other research seems to indicate that it isn’t necessarily the stress that is increasing but the awareness of it. Increased awareness of stress, and its unique toll on individuals, allows colleges and students to recognize

Nontraditional student numbers continue to rise on college campuses and few institutions meet the mental health needs for this special group of students (Carney-Crompton & Tan, 2002). It is the purpose of this study to examine both the stressors (i.e. triggers of the stress response) and perceived stress levels between traditional and nontraditional students.

The impact of stress among college students may have a negative impact on the student’s psychological health. Research indicates that depression rates in college students have been increasingly rising over the years. In 2012, a study was conducted by the National Survey of Counseling Centers which resulted in 91% of the researchers found an increase in students with psychological needs. To resolve college students’ stressors, Surgeon General and additional research studies propose that students who are more active exhibit a decrease in stress, anxiety, and depression. In order to improve and retain a healthy lifestyle, physical activity

Newth (2011) claims that modern day stress seems to be more widespread than ever causing interference with human intellect, emotional and interpersonal functioning. Therefore; I suggest that students will encounter stress and it will impact their academic performance. In this fast pace and performance driven society each organization needs well performing people. The only way we will know what people require to become productive and less stressed is to explore topics as my research question. The topic

Students like me, these days are concerned about the amount of time that is spent on exam preparation, and all the stress that is suffered because of it. It is well known that a majority of young people become frustrated when they fail an examination which they might have prepared for a whole year in advance. Gabriel Brum, a former student himself and holder of a Master’s Degree in Psychology, from Oxford University analyzes the effects of human emotions on exam scores in his article, “Are Exams Actually Necessary.” Stress and anxiety is very common in youth nowadays as a consequence of exam preparation and the professor´s pressure towards students, and all this leads to illnesses and the quality of a student´s life decreasing leading to lower test scores (Brum). There is a correlation between a student’s emotions and his or her performance on a test (Brum). This is why students that can master controlling their emotions do not experience any anxiety during an exam and

Next, the study conducted by Kamarudin Rafidah, Aris Azizah, Mohd Daud Norzaidi, Siong Choy Chong, Mohamed Intan Salwani and Ibrahim Noraini from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia and Putra International College, Melaka, Malaysia was to examine the relationship between stress factors (health, social and academic) and the level of perceived stress at three different periods of a semester (beginning, middle and end) and their impact on the academic performance of Pre-Diploma Science students at the University of Technology MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. The population of the Pre-Diploma Science students for the June-November 2005 intake in the campus was 242 and all of the students were chosen as subjects for the survey. 154 complete responses were returned out of the