Download or read book Academic Stressors Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies Among Undergraduate Students written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress is common among college students and is a predominant factor interfering with academic performance. This study evaluated how college students perceive their level of stress, the coping strategies used, and the use of resources to offset stress offered by the university. This study showed that overall, undergraduate students at JMU experienced moderate levels of stress. Pressure to succeed, balancing coursework, and lack of motivation were the most prevalent academic stressors experienced by students. This study provides evidence that perceptions of stress greatly impact student behavior and use of coping strategies. Variation in coping strategies among students highlights the importance of increased awareness to stress management resources in order to maximize student well-being and potential.
Download or read book Coping in Sport written by Adam R. Nicholls and published by Nova Science Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2010 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book dedicated exclusively to coping in sporting contexts. Edited by Adam R. Nicholls, a scholar whom has published extensively in the coping literatures, this book includes contributions from 26 leading international researchers including Yuri Hanin, Robert Grove, Peter Crocker, Deborah Feltz, and Patrick Gaudreau. This book covers information on a range of topics in relation to coping such as: Conceptualizing Coping; Methodological Issues; Coping & Moderating Variables such as Gender, Age & Ethnicity; Coping Effectiveness; Future Orientated Aspects of Coping. Coping is related to a variety of other psychological constructs, which can be very diverse in nature. As such, a number of constructs that are related to coping are also discussed in this book: Personality & Mental Toughness; Anxiety; Self-Determination; Achievement Goals; Self-Concept & Self-Esteem; Choking.
Download or read book The Relationship of Perceived Stress Religious Coping Styles and Mental Health Symptoms in University Students written by Jenny L. Chien and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study to investigate the relationship of perceived stress, religious coping styles, and mental health symptoms in university students within a single, faithbased institution. Students face a variety of stressors that may be directly, indirectly, or not related to the college experience. If these stressors are left unmanaged, there are multiple implications including reduced retention, declines in academic performance, physical health concerns, and mental health symptoms. University personnel are reporting increases in the number and severity of mental health symptoms presented by university students. This study investigated whether religious coping strategies provide a mediating effect on the relationship between stress and mental health symptoms. The sample was comprised of 209 undergraduate students, between the ages of 18-32, from a single faith-based university. Four religious coping styles: self-directing, deferring, collaborative, and surrender, were investigated to determine if the coping styles function in mediating the relationship between college student stress and mental health symptoms. The relationship between college student stress and subsequent mental health symptoms was investigated to determine the nature of relationship. This study utilized Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships between stress, as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), mental health symptoms, as measured by the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45.2), and religious coping styles. SEM was utilized to determine if there is a mediating effect of each coping style, as measured by the Religious Problem Solving Scales (RPSS) and the Surrender Scale (SS), on the relationship of stress and mental health symptoms in college students in both simple and multiple mediation models. The results of the analysis indicated that college students do experience perceived stress and mental health symptoms. Although all religious coping styles were found to be significant partial mediators in the simple models, none of the coping styles were found to be significant as mediators in the full mediation model. Secondary analyses indicated that denominational affiliation, age, and gender were all correlated with specific religious coping styles. The implications to theory and practice based on these results are discussed.
Download or read book Student Stress in Higher Education written by Aloka, Peter and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the realm of higher education, the journey to academic success is often accompanied by an array of challenges, particularly in the form of stress and its profound impact on mental health. The multifaceted nature of these challenges, stemming from a variety of factors, has sparked significant interest among scholars and educators alike. Student Stress in Higher Education delves into the intricate interplay between stressors, coping mechanisms, and the psychological well-being of students within higher education institutions. This book addresses a conspicuous gap in existing literature, meticulously examining the dimensions of stress uniquely experienced in higher education settings. The chapters contained within illuminate various facets of this complex issue. From the barriers obstructing effective stress management to the gender disparities in mental health experiences, each chapter dissects a critical aspect of the overarching theme. The insights garnered from these chapters hold potential to reshape institutional approaches to mental health awareness and support. This book serves as a beacon of knowledge for a diverse readership. Scholars seeking to explore the nuanced landscape of student well-being will find this volume to be an indispensable resource. Administrators and counselors entrusted with the welfare of students will discover pragmatic approaches to aid students in acclimating to the challenges of higher education. From gender-specific stress manifestations to the intricacies of institutional mental health provision, this book delivers a holistic perspective.
Download or read book Dyslexia in Higher Education written by Amanda T. Abbott-Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People can best help dyslexic students once they understand dyslexia's association with anxiety and effective coping strategies, both cognitively and emotionally. By highlighting the perspectives of dyslexic students, this book evidences the prevalence of anxiety in dyslexic communities. The shared experience from a range of dyslexic learners pinpoints best practice models and helps combat the isolation felt by many with learning difficulties. The author targets academic areas where students struggle, offering techniques to overcome these barriers. Such obstacles are not always due to cognitive factors but may be associated with negative experiences, leading to fear and uncertainty. Recounting these sticking points through student voices, rather than from a staff viewpoint, enables readers to find meaningful solutions to dyslexia-related problems. Through this dynamic methodology, the book shows researchers and practitioners how to understand dyslexic needs on an emotional level, while presenting dyslexic readers with practical coping methods.
Download or read book Culturally Responsive Education written by Elina Lehtomäki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 Motives and motivations for mature women's participation in higher education in Ghana -- Introduction -- Conceptualising the study -- Mature women's motives and motivations for HE participation -- Method -- Research context and participants -- Results and discussion -- Motivations for returning to study -- Parents' motivation -- Partners' encouragement, socio- economic status and childcare arrangements -- Geographical relocation and social networks -- Motives for entering HE -- Higher education as a tool for breaking the cycle of poverty -- Personal development -- "Everybody was going, so I wanted to go"--Conclusions -- Concluding remarks -- 12 Epilogue - reflections on cultural responsiveness -- Index
Download or read book Stress and Mental Health of College Students written by M. V. Landow and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College students are subject to a massive input of stresses which require successful and ever-changing coping strategies. These stresses include inside and outside pressures by the world to succeed, financial worries, concerns about uncertain futures, social problems and opportunities since college is often the meeting place for future mates, and homework and tests in multiple and complex subjects requiring preparation and focus with often conflicting priorities. Unsuccessful coping often results in anxiety, heavy drinking, depression and a host of other mental health problems. This new book presents new and important research in this important field.
Download or read book Chinese International Students Stressors and Coping Strategies in the United States written by Kun Yan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Chinese students abroad may suffer stress, and how they conceptualize and adapt to stress in the American higher education environment. To do so, it adopts a mixed methods design: the sequential explanatory design, which is characterized by the collection and analysis of quantitative data followed by the collection and analysis of qualitative data. To date, no empirical research has focused solely upon understanding the stress and coping processes of Chinese students in the United States. This book addresses that gap, enriching the body of literature on international students’ adaptation process in foreign countries.
Download or read book Gender Differences in Perceptions of College Stressors Among South Texas Undergraduates written by Jacinta Masika Kimaro and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explored gender difference in the perceived stress among undergraduates. It also examined the influence of various demographic variables, as well as preferred coping strategy, on perceived stress. A convenience sample of 250 undergraduates from a South Texas university participated in the study. Data were collected using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10). Results showed a significant difference in females' and males' perception of stress, but no significant difference in choice of preferred coping strategy. Females' scores on perceived stress were higher than males' scores. Preferred coping strategy did not significantly impact global perceived stress, but an emotion-focused coping strategy was associated with higher perceived stress on two individual items of the PSS-10. Study results suggest that additional research on the gendered aspects of stress and coping may be helpful in identifying psychoeducation interventions to assist students with stress.
Download or read book College Students written by M. V. Landow and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College students are subject to a massive input of stresses which require successful and ever-changing coping strategies. These stresses include inside and outside pressures by the world to succeed, financial worries, concerns about uncertain futures, social problems and opportunities since college is often the meeting place for future mates, and homework and tests in multiple and complex subjects requiring preparation and focus with often conflicting priorities. Unsuccessful coping often results in anxiety, heavy drinking, depression and a host of other mental health problems. This book presents new and important research in this important field.
Download or read book Perceived Academic Stress and Coping Strategies of CSUS Social Work Graduate Students written by Mary Ninh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In general, graduate programs are demanding and challenging. Researchers' desires are to explore the sources of academic stress for as well as coping mechanisms employed by Social Work graduate students at California State University, Sacramento, Division of Social Work. Goals of this study are to increase awareness to students as well as the Division, and hope that the Division will continue to explore possible program modifications to create a more satisfying learning environment for students. Sixty-six MSWI and MSWII students participated in this study. Findings indicate that the top five academic stressors are thesis, papers, time management, excessive homework/reading, and tuition cost. In general, MSWIIs experience more stress than MSWIs.
Download or read book The Role of Coping Strategies in Perceived Stress and Life Satisfaction in College Students written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Academic stress leads to coping strategies in college students. These coping strategies are the result of appraisal. Appraisal of academic stress may be correlated with the coping strategies of poor eating and inadequate sleep; and coping strategies may be directly correlated with subjective well-being. The Transactional Model of Stress and Coping (TTSC) published by Lazarus and Folkman in 1984 was used to link student coping styles, such as inadequate diet and insufficient sleep, to perceived stress. The researchers hypothesized that the negative relationship between stress and life satisfaction would be stronger for individuals who utilized inadequate diet and insufficient sleep as a maladaptive coping strategy. The results indicated that diet did not have a significant relationship between life satisfaction and perceived stress but is more strongly related to perceived stress than it is to life satisfaction. Emotion-focused coping from TTSC may be consistent with these findings, as well as Hans Selye's Stress Response theory, suggesting that inadequate diet may more likely play a role in the physiological experience of stress than the psychological experiences of stress, which is how TTSC interprets stress. Insufficient sleep was found to be a significant predictor of life satisfaction, which indicates that when students are sleeping well, they feel better about their lives. Additionally, students that achieved more sufficient sleep identified themselves with lower levels of stress. This study addressed the gap in research by connecting the constructs of perceived stress, coping strategies (diet and sleep), and well-being (life satisfaction) into one study rather than looking at the impact of these constructs on well-being separately. The results and findings of this study may provide assistance to college administrators on the design and delivery of health-related programs and services"--Page 9.
Download or read book Adolescent Coping Scale written by Erica Frydenberg and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of Stress coping Strategies on Perceived Stress Intrinsic Motivation and Self efficacy Levels of Students written by Tanya M. Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress-coping strategies are identified by researchers as conditions used suitable to a situation when adolescents have a change in their environment or a stressor that they cannot control. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the impact of stress-coping strategies on perceived stress levels, levels of intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy. According to the research, stress results from an imbalance between the requirements of the environment and one's ability to cope with it (Aldwin, 2007). The inquiry was conducted in a high school of convenience where the researcher had access to the students available to participate in this mixed-method design. The use of suitable coping strategies depends on several factors. Three researched-based stress-coping strategies were examined. Emotion-focused, avoidance-focused, and problem-focused skills were implemented into the study, and focus groups were used to embed the quantitative findings into the qualitative survey results. Research has shown that adolescents often benefit when they can combine one or more coping strategies to address the stressor. Since strategies have benefits and costs associated with them, it is necessary to identify the long-lasting stressors adolescents face in order to find a response related to or based on the context of the stressor. The descriptive analysis of the presurvey and postsurvey, implementation of strategies, and open-ended discussion data collected were analyzed to determine the impact stress-coping strategies have on perceived stress levels, intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy. A Chi-Square Goodness of Fit was used to indicate the distribution of responses along with the percentage of agreement between respondents on the whole item. The researcher combined three instruments into one survey to measure the students' perceived stress levels, levels of intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy. The presurvey and postsurvey design was performed to determine a correlation in these three variables. The data from the quantitative and qualitative design combined were used to answer the three questions and to review any possible correlations of the three variables to determine a relationship using a Pearson correlation and t test. Results, strengths of the study, and limitations are discussed in the final dissertation.
Download or read book Cognition Teaching and Assessment written by Michael Pressley and published by Good Year Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides educators with knowledge essential for informed decision making. It examines the subject matter from strategic, knowledge- based, metacognitive, motivational, and biological perspectives and surveys current thinking pertaining to math, science, writing, and reading.
Download or read book Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Nursing Students written by Intan Idiana Hassan and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of nursing education is to provide academic and clinical experiences in an environment that facilitates student learning and creates an emotional climate, which will facilitate the development of students as people and nurses.The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of stress and its relationship between educational environment, coping strategies and academic performance among students Of the 178 students, 41 of the students giving a prevalence of distress between nursing student about 24.3%. . The highest scores domain was students' perception of learning and the lowest was for students' social self- perception. Educational environmental and styles of coping strategies were noted to be linked to evidence of distress. The lower percentage of stress level also may be associated with more positive perception in their educational environment and coping strategies that this population used. Therefore although the overall educational environment score of this college was observed to be one step below 'excellent', faculty should intensely study the deficiencies that had been identified in this report and improve the situation.
Download or read book Examining the Relationship Between Perceived Stress Levels Coping Strategies Perceived Social Support and Psychological Well being in University Undergraduates Using Assignment Completetion as a Target Stressor written by Janine Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
