Does the huge amount of money spent on international students causes them academic stress
Most often when I see my fellow international students, when I ask them how classes are going, the response I often hear is that, they have so many papers to turn in. The problem is not the number of assignments, but they pressure to turn in a perfect assignment t get good grades. I say to myself must we be under this pressure at all times? This is not how school life should be, constantly under stress because of the money spent on tuition fees and general upkeep.
Quite a number of research has been carried out regarding academic stress among International students. The pressure to obtain financial support that is often limited to the international students contributes to their stress (Mori, 2000). “Academic stress includes the student’s perception of the extensive knowledge base required and the perception of the in …show more content…
“Academic research was measured by Gadzella’s (1994). Student life inventory” Academic Concern is mostly what worries international students and their families. “I worry about my academic performance”, “I study hard not to disappoint my family”, “I will be ashamed if I fail in school.” These are the factors that cause academic stress on international. Students “I experience pressure as a result of competition” and “I experience pressure due to deadlines (papers due, payments to be made, etc.). However, Mallinckrodt and Leong (1192) found that social support had direct and buffering effects on the stress symptoms for international students graduate student 's family support did not have the same buffering effects . Contact with one’s own culture (i.e., with friends and family in their home country, and with other at the international students center on campus) had the largest factor loading on the social support and were particularly helpful in reducing academic stressor and their consequent
Most often when I see my fellow international students, when I ask them how classes are going, the response I often hear is that, they have so many papers to turn in. The problem is not the number of assignments, but they pressure to turn in a perfect assignment t get good grades. I say to myself must we be under this pressure at all times? This is not how school life should be, constantly under stress because of the money spent on tuition fees and general upkeep.
Quite a number of research has been carried out regarding academic stress among International students. The pressure to obtain financial support that is often limited to the international students contributes to their stress (Mori, 2000). “Academic stress includes the student’s perception of the extensive knowledge base required and the perception of the in …show more content…
“Academic research was measured by Gadzella’s (1994). Student life inventory” Academic Concern is mostly what worries international students and their families. “I worry about my academic performance”, “I study hard not to disappoint my family”, “I will be ashamed if I fail in school.” These are the factors that cause academic stress on international. Students “I experience pressure as a result of competition” and “I experience pressure due to deadlines (papers due, payments to be made, etc.). However, Mallinckrodt and Leong (1192) found that social support had direct and buffering effects on the stress symptoms for international students graduate student 's family support did not have the same buffering effects . Contact with one’s own culture (i.e., with friends and family in their home country, and with other at the international students center on campus) had the largest factor loading on the social support and were particularly helpful in reducing academic stressor and their consequent