Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. Stress can be a good or bad thing, depending on the circumstances. An example of good stress would be having to choose between two great job offers. An example of bad stress would be having to choose between two not so ideal jobs because you can’t afford to keep living without a job. Either way everyone has some type of stress in their life and it can’t be avoided.…
For the past few years, student stress and anxiety has increased drastically. Students have started staying home from school and leaving classes to avoid anxiety attacks and have been lacking the motivation to learn. Unfortunately, anxiety and depression feed off each other. For example, in the article “Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety”, writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis reviews Jake, a stressed teenager, about his experiences. “The more school [Jake] missed, the more anxious he felt about missing school.…
Anxiety itself is defined as “…a normal reaction to stress…” that “...can alert us to dangers and help us prepare and pay attention” (“What Are Anxiety Disorders”). However, an anxiety disorder is different. According to the American Psychiatric Association, an anxiety disorder is more than just feeling anxious, but “…involve[s] excessive fear or anxiety (“What Are Anxiety Disorders”). ” Anxiety can cause panic attacks, prevent one from properly functioning, interrupt one’s daily schedule, and even control one’s life (“What Are Anxiety Disorders”).…
The Effects of Stress on College Students Stress is a situation in which negative thoughts and feelings are involved. Stress will affect everybody in different ways, including adults and young students. In particular, college stress will affect a student’s life and grades. First of all, students react to college life in many ways.…
Grade anxiety causes students to be more nervous and feel uneasy on or during their test or exams, it may be uncomfortable to the students but this is how they really feel. According to Stern (2013), “Having an anxiety to perform academically may lead to excessive anxiety, eating disorders or worry behaviors such as lying, cheating and burnout”. He concluded that anxiety has a negative impact on students. On the other hand, having anxiety is also important because it can have a positive effect in the student’s performance that can lead to higher grades. It is important not to have too much discomfort because too much worry may lead to depression.…
Humans are prone to the lovely adventures of emotional rollercoasters, and they are more likely to experience these “life crises” when they are in their teen years because they are experiencing changes in their hormones. Anxiety is one of these lovely treasures. Columbia University states, “Many students also develop test anxiety which hinders performance,” (Pros and Cons). If students are preoccupied with dealing with their anxiety, they have no motivation to study for their test, or do their best on the test that they have to take. Every parent tells their child to be the best that they can be, but they are struggling to handle their anxiety.…
Sean Mulvenon, a professor and researcher worked with Dr. Denise Lenares and Dr. Joanie V. Connors to study and research “Is there evidence of Anxiety?”. This group of researchers worked with ERIC, Education Resources Information Center to develop their study. What they discovered was that, students in high school are more likely to be affected by stress. Dr. Mulvenon said “ a large number of students, especially low achievers, become anxious about the test, cheat, try halfheartedly or use poor testing strategies” (Mulvenon). Another person named Susan Ohanian a long time school teacher and freelance writer spoke out and said “ Test- related jitters, especially among young students, are so common that the Stanford-9 exam comes with instructions on what to do with a test booklet in case a student vomits on it” (Ohanian).…
It prepares the body for quick and energetic reaction which is referred as ‘‘flight or fight’’ response. Stress is considered as a precursor to anxiety. The sustained stress results in severe pathological states which affects the brain function and behavior, such as anxiety disorders, namely phobias, and post-traumatic stress…
Stress is a hurdle that every student faces every single day. Frequently, It is the reason for their failure, although it can the reason they succeed. All students nowadays are competing. In this case, they compete against each other for the best grades, but they also compete together as teams like a choir. The overwhelming amount of stress caused by competition can be debilitating thus leading to their failures, but with the right level of stress, later classified as good stress, students can succeed.…
College Education Worth the Cost Whether college education is worth the cost being is a heated discussion topic. Some individuals think that college’s tuition fee is too expensive. Most graduates are not able to find a job with their degrees when they are graduated from university. People also think that college education is not worth the money because some students have to pay back in loans after they graduate.…
Participants The population of interest for this research study will include at least seven PSY 510 and/or PSY-520 students enrolled at Southern New Hampshire University. The researcher will then ask the random respondents for consent and approval to answer the psychological tests until the desired number is reached. In addition, the researcher will maintain confidentiality among the respondents and personal identifiable information such as name, social security number, date and place of birth should not be collected. Materials…
Although similar, they are not to same. Stress is a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism, so says dictionary.com. What does that mean though? Have you ever had a project that you need to…
Students often experience various forms of stress in their everyday lives, whether it be, pressures from other peers, various upsets within their family, self-esteem, or trying to maintain a social life while keeping up with…
Today anxiety in students is moving to a lower and lower age. Twenty-five percent of students between the ages of thirteen and fourteen have anxiety. As time goes on anxiety is increasing in students. Most adults brush it off and don’t think it is an issue, but in all reality it is because the age of students who are being affected by this gets younger and younger. Soon enough children will no longer have a childhood because they are too worried about impressing adults with knowledge and doing well in school.…
Stress: Stress is defined as ‘’the force across a boundary per unit area, for all orientations of that boundary.’’ It is derived from force, a physical quantity and area, a geometrical quantity. Therefore, stress is also characterized as a fundamental quantity, like velocity, energy, etc. that can be brought under quantification and can be analyzed without any obvious attention of the physical grounds of the material or of its nature.…