awareness. University is one of the most stressful experiences a person can go through. Students are learning how to deal with an increased workload, new life experiences, new social experiences and career decisions, mostly on their own while living at school away from family and friends back home. Even though these may not seem stressful to deal with on their own, dealing with them all together could be very stressful and difficult to balance. In fact, one of the leading causes of stress in university
A Student 's life on University campus revolves around going to classes, studying in the library or in their own room, getting involved in co-curricular activities made compulsory by the university and sometimes hanging out with their friends to have fun after an exam. For many students who live in students accommodation being away from their family will require them to be independent and some students need quite some time to get adjusted to their new environment or they will be homesick or stressed
Summary Stress has been the core problem of the humans and the center of study for psychologists since many years. Having a little stress can be advantageous sometimes, but when you're in college that is certainly something you want to keep under control. Stress can influence individuals in a number of ways and each stress type are described by the effect it leaves on the physical and mental health of an individual (Davies, Matthews, Stammers, & Westerman, 2013). In the same way, students of the University
Handling Stress This essay is about handling the stress of University studies. We will be looking into many ideas and different people¹s views on how to handle stress. I will also be giving my own opinions on how I think stress can be controlled or relieved. The first thing we must do is ask ourselves one very important question, ³what is stress²? WHAT IS STRESS? According to an Australian born physician, Hans Selye (1979), stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon
Academic Stress causes Teenage Depression Academic stress is very common in student’s lives. Many students assume that making the academic experience their first priority now, will increase the chance of success in the future. School is an important aspect in most teenagers lives and by being so important a teenager can become depressed very effortlessly at school or because of school. Academic stress can take complete control over a student’s life, sometimes leading to depression. At school this
A significant percentage of college students spend their time on campus with a lot of stress. This is due to a tight schedule that requires them to balances class time, assignments, tests, projects and extra curriculum activities. Other students are attached to the corporate world notably adult education offered in our campus. The working lot fined it challenging to meet extra workload in their courses. The final exams have a difficult feeling for the candidates due to anxiety of passing. Cheating
health study by the Associated Press and mtvU, eight in ten college students say they have occasionally or frequently experienced stress over the past three months. This is an increase of twenty percent from a survey that was done in 2003 (Wu). College students, especially freshman, are not acclimated to the pressures that college brings. Students have to work three times harder to maintain high grades in college. Many students also have to deal with the financial anxiety that college brings. Every
promising future. Only a minority of the millions of students in America are identified as special, but what about the others? Schools everywhere in our nation are acquiring new programs for gifted and talented students of all ages. However intelligent and progressive these programs may seem, they often induce many negative feelings among the students who are and are not involved. These issues can be addressed in the perspectives of “gifted” students and other young adults who are otherwise deemed as
Many college students have experienced some kind of depression during their college life. However, most students do not have enough information to understand what depression means. According to Nation Institute of Mental Health (NIH) depression means “a common but serious mental illness typically marked by sad or anxious feelings” (Depression and College Student). Depression can cause mental damage to college student if the student is not treated correctly. In addition, there are many different types
Bagsby & Powell (2009) ‘Sleep Consistency and Sufficiency: Are Both Necessary for Less Psychological Strain?’. Stress & Health: Journal of The International Society for The Investigation of Stress, 26(3), 194-197. Anderson’s journal article discusses the association of the quantity and quality of sleep on college students’ stress. She examines a study where eighty-eight undergraduate students who were categorized by obtaining a sufficient or insufficient amount of sleep. This study proves the alleged