SOURCES OF ACADEMIC STRESS – A STUDY ON MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

Stress can have an impact on a student's academic performance which can be both positive and negative depending on its severity. Minimal level of stress can lead to positive outcomes such as motivation and improved task performance while severe stress can result in anxiety, depression, social dysfunction and even suicidal intention. Gender role and academic disciplines are two of many possible stressors for students. Level of academic stress of 100 students (M 19.9 years SD 1.2) studying BBS and BASW in three different private colleges of Kathmandu was measured using Scale for Assessing Academic Stress. Participants scored 14.18 in average (SD=4.01). There was no significant difference in level of academic stress between students from BBS and students from BASW t(98)= 1.43, p = 0.156 , and there was no significant difference in level of academic stress between male students and female students t(98) = 1.40, p= 0.166. Role of social, psychological, academic, and cultural factors as stressors are discussed.

Vol. 4 (2), Number 93, 2017

Academic period is the best phase of life for many students where they try to shape themselves in a perfect frame under the supervision of their teachers. But sometimes many students are unable to compensate the need of the actual goal setting. Somehow they also get deviated from their path due to the lack of proper setting with the situation as well as internal and external factors that imposes unwilling pressure on them. Stress appears when the complexity of internal and external factor exceeds individual's resources to cope with their situation. It is critically determined by the name of depression, anxiety, stress, as well as phobia. Students frequently encounter stressors which may test their capability to cope: conforming to recent environment, managing a massive work load, making new friends, becoming more independent and dealing with several issues. From a closer outlook, students' confront various challenges in their everyday life therefore the whole idea of an exciting and vibrant academic life is veiled by these challenges which leads to stress. If not dealt with, it can only escalate and hamper academic performance as well as emotional and social well-being. In the past ten years the percentage of suicide has increased considerably among the educated class in comparison to the uneducated sections of the Indian society. Among the educated section, the prime suicide prone people belong to educational level raging from higher secondary to graduation and above as survey by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB, India, See Annexure-I). This provides the chief motivation to carry out the psychoanalytical study of students. The current study examines the level of stress and its major causative agents among the PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) students of a prestigious technical institute of India. The primary aim of term paper is to assess the level of stress and its major triggering factors among the PhD students. The methodology for the present paper is based on a quantitative approach where a questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data with a sample size of 30 students.

Background Stress is the wear and tear a human body experience in order to adjust to the continually changing environment. However, too much stress affects health, productivity and relationships. There is increase recognition of stress in academic literature. Stress is basically an emotional imbalance incurred due to multiple reasons e.g. test, projects, paper competitive nature within your chosen field, future projects prospects and financial worries about school. Study Design Cross Sectional Study Survey Size Surveying 100 of Regular and Executive MBA students Survey Side Business Institute of Karachi Duration Four months from Sep to Dec 2014 Sampling Technique Random Sampling Technique Statistical Analysis Include Frequency, Mean±SD and Chi Square Statistical Analysis Tools EpiData, SPSS and Excel Main Outcome Measure Stressors and Stress Management Result Data were collected using Random sampling techniques from 100 participants through a cross sectional survey. The significant stressors reported were pressure due to vastness of curriculum, numerous assignments and dissatisfaction with the class lectures. Major stress reactions were found to be pressure trembling, crying and excessive smoking. Coping strategies were organizing and prioritizing task, getting enough sleep and even taking antidepressants. Conclusion This study provides an insight for initiating efforts to reduce the intensity of academic stress and work out of counseling trial to aid in the sound progression of students’ mind and bodies.

We all need to have some mental pressure in our life which makes our work satisfying and help us to meet goals. Too much pressure without having the chance to recover out of the situation causes stress and it harms our health too. When the demands and pressures placed on individual's do not match the resources available, or do not meet the individual's needs and motivations, stress can occur and threaten that person's health and well-being. In the short term, stress can be devastating, in the long term it can kill. Employers today are critically analyzing the stress management issues that contribute to lower job performance of employee initiating from dissatisfaction &high turnover finally affecting organizational goals and objectives. What are the causes of stress &how the stress is managed are basic aims of the study. The universe of the study is Guntur the target population is management faculties of the Private colleges of Guntur District. Field study was conducted with questionnaire as the primary data collection instrument. Data was analyzed using statistical techniques. The factors causing stress and how they are managing stress were identified.

Seventh International Research Conference on Management and Finance - IRCMF, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012

The main purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, determinants and predictors of stress among undergraduates. This was conducted as a cross sectional field study among a sample of 100 undergraduates in public universities. The excessive level of stress is negative, dysfunctional and harmful which significantly hinders the academic performance of undergraduates. Investigation was done in all the faculties of four public universities in Colombo where convenience sampling was applied to select the sample. Data was collected through a self administered pre tested questionnaire which ensured the validity and reliability. Frequencies and percentages were used to present the demographic data while mean and standard deviation were used to rank stressors in terms of the gravity. Stepwise regression analysis was performed to determine the predictors of stress.Findings revealed that the prevalence of stress among university undergraduates is high. There was an upward tendency of stress prevalence from the first year to the final year. It was found that, heavy academic workload, large amount of contents to be learnt, examinations, lack of time to review what have been learnt, getting poor marks, assignments, inflexible academic schedules, higher self expectations, lack of time for family concerns and having difficulty of understanding contents were the major stressors ranked by university undergraduates. Nine out of top ten stressors were academic related. Male undergraduates experienced greater stress than females. Stepwise regression analysis showed that, the level of academic workload was the best predictor of an undergraduate's stress level; where large amount of contents to be learnt and examinations were also significant predictors. It is hoped that these findings will help the individual student, lecturers, counselors and university administrators to instigate stress alleviation mechanisms and, to detect stressed students earlier in order to prevent harmful long term effects of stress on students. It is recommended to review, the duration of study leaves, amount of work load and assignments given, amount of contents of subjects plus the way it delivers and the flexibility of academic schedules in public universities.

Jindal Journal of Business Research, 2017

The rising complexity of modern life has beset us with stress. Students of various professional institutions are increasing beleaguered with this problem. The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence of stress, its antecedents, and consequences among the students of a newly established engineering institute in India. Specifically, the study aims to investigate environmental, social, psychological, and academic causes of stress and its behavioral consequences. The study sample consists of 339 undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students. The data were collected through a self-designed questionnaire followed by semi-structured interview. The overall stress in the sample was found to be low and the academic factors were identified as the major cause of stress. However, no major unwanted behavioral consequences of stress were observed. Findings and implications are discussed.

Journal of International Cooperation and Development

A student has to deal with pressure from many directions. When the extent of the pressure exceeds the capacity of an individual, it becomes stressful. Students may experience stress due several factors like academics, workload, relationships with friends and peers, teachers, parents, job and career aspirations and financial problems. The present study was carried out to find the level of stress and the main factors responsible for it among students in higher educational institutions in India. From all over India, a sample of 616 students was taken. The respondents were the states of Assam, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan. Primary data was collected with the help of a structured and pre-tested questionnaire. It included information about demographic profile of the respondents and had seven sub-scales pertaining to different stress factors. Results showed that moderate to low level stress was experienced by majority of the students. '...

Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It plays an important role in wellbeing of human beings. Today we face stress in each and every part of our lives, right from our student life at school and college till our old age. The college student from biotechnology and other field related to biology come to the S. S. Hospital and Research Institute, Patna for partially fulfillment of their training program. In this case study, the stress of trainees who come from different universities and educational institutes of Bihar to S.S. Hospital and Research Institute, Patna was measured. The data regarding the quality of work of student submitted at different time periods were analyzed and the case were assessed. It was found that both B.Sc. 2nd and B. Sc. Final year students suffered from stress. The work was followed by some questions which helped to analyze the main reason for the stress to complete the training program. It was observed that the students suffered from different types of stress that was educational, personal, financial, future settlements and health issue..

Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011

2019

The study primarily attempted to determine the stress level of university students and identify the factors causing stress.Convenience sampling was used to collect data and Perceived Stress Scale was used to determine the stress level and the factors that affecting stress level were determined by using multiple linear regression model. Findings from the study show that most of the students (58.06%) feel medium stress. But only 16.06% students feel low stress and 26.80% students feel high stress. Some factors were identified in the study which affects the stress level such as unnecessary writing of practical notebooksand overloaded academic study (p=0.0489), uncertain job opportunities (p=.01) and ongoing education life(p=0.02)