The Importance Of Academic Stress

Nowadays people should be in time with the fast-growing world and students are not exclusion. They should try to accustom to the new standards of university life. In addition, student’s responsibility and the number of tasks that they should do increases. As a consequence, it leads to academic stress which is becoming acute problem since many students drop out from the universities and even commit suicides (Kadapatti & Vijayalaxmi, 2012). Every day the number of students who suffer from academic pressure increases. Novotney (2014) reports that the number of students with mental health concerns annually rises by 1-2 percents. Moreover, American College Health Association (n.d.) has found that the number of students’ suicides has increased three

It drives people to do something or help to overcome difficulties. Also, according to Auerbach and Grambling (1998), this type of stress can motivate a person to achieve tasks and reach success (as cited in Yumba, 2010). However, they also claim that stress that is not managed in time may cause serious mental and physical illnesses. Due to the pressure that students feel at universities because of workload and lack of time, teachers and students should take responsibility to avoid academic stress. Academic stress is the problem of many generations. Every year many university students feel anxiety and lack of concentration (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], n.d.). In addition, according to NIMH (n.d.), adolescents have sleep disturbances, changes in weight and memory problems. These all are symptoms of mental and physical stress. Moreover, physical illnesses such as back, chest and stomach pains may also be signs of stress (Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies [ABCT], 2017). Also, not only students suffer from their stress, but also teachers and relatives are affected by

Students should be consulted by psychologists and undergo psychotherapy if they feel stress. Social and Emotional support are main strategies of coping with stress (Theodoratou et al., 2011). According to Abouserie (1994), “it is suggested that approximately one in ten students may need professional support to reduce their levels of stress” (as cited in Robotham, 2008, p.741). By way of illustration, many experts (ABCT, 2017; Varvogli & Darviri, 2011) suggest Cognitive Behavior Therapy as one of the most effective therapies. The psychotherapists concentrate on patient’s present life and thoughts. After a successful therapy, patient changes behavior, the way of thinking and learns to cope and manage stress. According to Varvogli and Darviri (2011), this therapy was successfully used for reducing stress, anxiety and depressions for years. This solution has many advantages. First of all, it is feasible since psychotherapy that is conducted by professional psychotherapists and psychologists helps to adolescents to overcome their pressure. They use different methods such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Melkumova (2010) states that psychologist make individual programs for each person according to their behavior, features of their psychological state and character. According to Varvogli and Darviri (2011), psychologists use many techniques of psychotherapy that feasible and effective