The Effect Of Stress And Eating Habits On College Student Academic Performance

Students today spend the majority of their weekdays at schools which can result in stress due to many factors. It is important for students to learn to cope with pressure because it is an important skill for overall health. Grades can cause stress and anxiety in many ways. For example, a student that is receiving “bad” grades can have stress because they feel pressured by the teachers or parents to get better grades, and the student may feel that their peers are judging them because of their grades. On the other hand, a student who is receiving “good” grades may feel stress due to the pressure of maintaining their grades for the sake of their peer’s judgement and parent’s expectations. Sources of stress in schools include: Teacher Interactions, Academic Stress, Peer Interactions, and Academic Self-Concept (Helms and Gable 6). The manifestation of stress results in emotional, behavioral, or psychological distress (Helms and Gable 6). Grades are a factor in all of the sources mentioned, the student may feel the teacher disapproves of them, their peers don’t respect them, and their self-esteem will be impacted because of poor grades. This can result in behaviour and emotional issues which further the student’s insecurities and can cause psychological problems in the long term. Letter or percentage grades say nothing about these issues, it is very difficult to spot stress in children and the resulting behaviour due to stress can be misinterpreted if the parents and teachers are not made aware. Summary assessments can help detect stress in students, where the student can explain how they are feeling and the teachers and parents can detect high levels of stress. Test anxiety is another manifestation of stress in students today; unfortunately, many schools and teachers face a huge responsibility in which the students must perform well in order for teachers to keep their jobs and for schools to

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

Stress, anxiety, sleep difficulties and depression were among the top five factors that students reported as having a negative impact on academic performance (having cold/flu) was the other top factors. (Hunt, J. & Eisenberg, D.,

Stress is a nonspecific response of the human organism to any demand make upon it. It can influence the way we perform on tests and homework and how we act at home or work. There are different types of stress that can occur in the body. Acute stress is the body’s response to imminent danger. This short-term stress usually occurs when we are told we will have a quiz or have to give a speech in class. Chronic stress is a prolonged physical or emotional stress. This can cause damage to the body if the stress lasts for too long. Optimal stress is intense enough to motivate and physically prepare us to perform well but not enough to cause harm to the body.

The test will be conducted at the 0.05 level of significance. The correlation coefficient indicates a relationship between hours of study and exam anxiety for the sample tested. The r-value of 0.5654 indicates a positive linear correlation. With a 0.05 alpha and a df of 8, the PPMC table gives a value of 0.632. The two-tailed is significant at the 0.05 level of significance and there is a positive correlation between the number of study hours and the anxiety scores of students.

Overall, it was to understand stress and the effects on students in particular, but personally, my goal with this project was how to alleviate some of my stress and try to get rid of it. I didn’t want to be overwhelmed by stress anymore and wanted to overcome it. I also realized that my procrastination was a problem and that probably was also large part of my stress. So I also wanted to research to see if there were any correlations between stress and procrastination. Then I expanded my focus a bit to see if there was correlation between stress and different genders, or the causes of the

Stress is a well known part of college. Even if prepared the long papers, painstaking testes, and unforgiving reading can be emotionally draining. Stress can also be cause by money, relationships and many other events that happen in ones life. One way people cope with emotions is by eating. Most of the time the food consumed when emotion eating is unhealthy and in large proportions. According to a study of college students and their cardiovascular health, almost 60 percent college students said their stress level as being high or

Pettit and DeBarr (2011) directed a study involving 136 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 24 at Southern Plain University, more than half of them being Caucasian females. The study evaluated the relationship between stress and the consumption of energy drinks, along with the link to their academic performances. Pettit and DeBarr (2011) discovered that stress led to the consumption of energy drinks among students. Champlin, Pasch, and Perry (2016) conducted a multivariate study involving 844 college freshmen, 58% of which were female, in a southwestern United States University. This study, congruent with the research provided by Pettit and DeBarr (2011), elaborated on the variables previously discussed, and also provided a better

It was confirmed by Perceived Stress Scale in the questionnaire for every student. Therefore, the variables were appropriate for the hypothesis.

Around 18.2 million to 19.7 million students enroll in college every year. Whereas about 7,000 students drop out every day. Many students have different problems that make them decide between crosswords whether to stick to education or go a different route in life. There are many causes and effects due to the amount of stress college students go through daily. I know this because I've been a college student for about 3 months and experience stress almost every day. Three main causes why college students experience stress is because of academic stressors, social stressors, and daily hassles. Which leads to dropouts, weight issues, and unhealthy habits.

There isn’t a better, more comforting feeling, than coming home after a long, hard day at work or school and being welcomed at the door with a wagging tail, wet kisses, and an excited to see you face from your dog. For many, having any sort of interaction with a pet or animal is the ultimate cure to stress that is caused by work, people, and life. While not every college student is able to have a loving pet in their lives, even a momentary encounter with any animal can lower stress and anxiety levels. Multiple studies have proven that animals are a powerful form of stress relief by not only lowering blood pressure, but also lowering a dangerous stress hormone, cortisol, which is correlated with depression and anxiety. Interactions with animals have also proven to raise oxytocin levels, which are linked to pleasure, relaxation and happiness. Lowering stress and anxiety in college students will help them academically and socially throughout their college lives. College students will experience lower stress levels, a lower level of cortisol, and live a happier stress-free life by interacting with animals or pets throughout their time in college.

Modern life is full of demands, frustrations, hassles, and deadlines. Everyone experiences stress as it is a natural part of human life. Our bodies have a built mechanism for responding to stress. However, during a certain period of time, people tend to face more stress than usual. One of such periods is college life. It can be very stressful for some people, especially for those who are not used to carrying out with so many responsibilities. Students spend most of their time balancing classes, projects, tests, final exams, personal life, and work; that is enough to make anyone feel overwhelmed. This stress can cause multiples problems, not just emotional, but physicals as well.

Over the years many studies have been conducted to determine what creates stress and how college students can cope with stress. Stressors in a student’s life can be created through personal, educational and social experiences. A student faces many experiences while transitioning from high school, to college, and into adulthood. These experiences include: living arrangements, personal finances, important career decisions, experiences of failure, interpersonal relationships, and personal finances. These stressors involved with daily hassles can create an unhealthy high pressure environment which makes stress for college students inevitable. During one study, researchers found that physical activity throughout a student’s life can increase one’s stress tolerance and positively cope with stressors (Bland, Melton, Bigham, & Welle, 2012).

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

First of all, stress of homework and tests are unhealthy. Teachers gave students too much homework, online homework and worksheets due in next day. I will get stress and how can I do that just for one day? In other hand, I will get more stress if the homework difficult. During the Tests is describe the student if he/she study well or not, students will get confuse and difficult. . Then, If I don’t study I can’t answer the whole questions, I will be negative to myself. Sometimes, I get confuse when I wright the answer in the test. Then, if I study well the day before a test, I can get good points on it. Such as grammar, writing or reading. That will be a big success to me. Why is unhealthy? because I can’t sleep well and I can’t eat because stress. For example, I read 30 pages or more I get stress. And then, I got bad score in test. Also, that’s make a lot of students to get low grades.