Stress Among College Students

University of Florida’s Wellness Center said parents and faculty described college as an idyllic time that involved few worries or responsibilities, but then explained that current college students describe the experience as stressful and frustrating.Trying to balance school, relationships and jobs for students can create an overwhelming amount of stress. Stress is sometimes essential to everyday life and can encourage beneficial pressure. An overwhelming amount of stress for a prolonged or continuous amount of time becomes dangerous and will negatively impact health. Because stress is dangerous to health it is necessary for students to understand the effects, recognize the causes, and know solutions. Stress is harmful to health in three aspects: cognitively, physically, and emotionally (*). Forgetfulness, repetitive thoughts, and difficulty concentrating are all symptoms of cognitive health effects (*). These types of symptoms can not only be harmful to the mind but also create academic problems. Students could become distracted by …show more content…
Professor Misra, from School of Health Sciences at Ohio University, blamed academic stress on, “taking and studying for exams, grade competition, and the large amount of content to master in a small amount of time,” ( p). In college there is a large amount of material a student must master in a shorter span of time. This can create high levels of academic stress for a student because in order for a student to perform well they must be able to speed up their learning process. This is a difficult task to learn, especially for college freshman, because it is not something taught or practiced in many high schools. College students want to perform well to maintain scholarships, please parents, and prevent the loss of money due to failed grades. This burden to perform well academically can be a unhealthy continuous stressor for college