The Effects Of Stress On Physical Health

With over 2600 students in grades 9-12, and a caseload of 400+, maintaining and developing socially, emotionally, and balanced students can be a challenge when student abilities do not always match the expectations of stakeholders. Though my school is diverse, socioeconomic status is a contributing factor when it comes to expectations, college admittance, and overall student success. Socioeconomic status increases stress because parents expect their child to get into a top university, and many are not open to a community college, even if that is what would be best for the student. For these reasons, I have identified stress and anxiety as the identified critical need. Of last year’s graduating class, 92% attended a college or university, with 63% of those attending a four-year institution. In addition, our school administered over 550 Advanced Placement (AP) exams to 10th–12th

Generally speaking, college requires a lot more effort from students than high school. Once you begin your college career, you will see that student’s are more motivated, professors are more demanding, and the workload is a lot more difficult. These academic standards are even more visible in graduate school. Now, although college is filled with adventurous opportunities, it can also be filled with stress. In other words, as a result of everything going on, it’s more common for college students to experience higher levels of stress related to school, work, finance, and in some cases, relationships.

Its common knowledge that emerging adult college students can be under heavy amounts of both positive and negative stress. Especially because higher education can pose opportunities and risks. The purpose of the study done by Justin W. Peter, Stephen B. Hillman and Emma Van Hoet was to analyze how stress influenced the lives of emerging adults as well as whether or not they managed it effectively.

Stress is unavoidable, no matter the situation, location, or time; stress is always present. Stress is found in higher levels during the duration in which students attend college. It is predictably higher among college students, freshmans in particular, because of the extreme expectations set upon them by their parents and, of course, society. The need to please their parents, longing for success in life, and being able to sustain a reasonable income in the future, all of which falls into the hands of college students who are making critical decisions which may decide the outcome for a large portion of their lives. If these students end up hating their future jobs, the stress of having to go back into college to study for a new career

The author, Lucy Dwyer, uses data from many professional sources, such as Dr. Sharon Sevier, chair of the board of The American School COunselor Association and counselor at Lafayette High School in St. Louis, and Jason Bradley, counselor at Roseville High School in Northern California, to test their hypothesis that stress and anxiety levels are rising in teenagers. Sevier highlights college’s rising selectivity as a cause of anxiety in teens, along with the rising level of competition that comes with that selectivity. This hypothesis is strongly supported by counselors and nurses across the nation, such as Amber Lutz, counselor at Kirkwood University in St. Louis, and Cindy Zellefrow, a nurse at South-Western City Schools in Grove City, Ohio.

Although stress and mental health may seem like a broad, indefinitely, undefinable issue on college campuses, I feel as if it is controversial and by far one of the most serious. Stress can cause untold damage to a person’s mental health if the stress is untreated and predominate in one’s life and can cause other serious effect on their mental health and life. I think everyone can agree that college students are under tremendous amounts of stress as they try to balance friends, social life, significant others, young adult life, college classes, studying, and homework. However, while most students agree that the stress they are under is too much and they could perform better without it me- I agree despite being in high school and taking college

This study compared academic stressors and reactions to stressors between American and international students using Gadzella’s Life Stress Inventory (B. M. Gadzella, 1991). Five categories of academic stressors (i.e., frustrations, conflicts, pressures, changes, and self-imposed) and four categories describing reactions to these stressors (i.e., physiological, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive) were examined. The sample consisted of 392 international and American students from 2 Midwestern universities. American students reported higher self-imposed stressors and greater behavioral

Stoliker and Lafreniere (2015), did a study that measured the degree of stress students have through their college experience using the Perceived Stress Scale, which measures the amount of stress considered to be a stressful situation. The total number of participants were 141 undergraduate students and each participant was asked questions and the answer had a ranking of 0 meaning never and 4 very

With an increased demand for skilled labors, many students nowadays find themselves needing to complete some form of higher education at college to ensure their success in the workplace and their future career goals. Although freshmen students often enter college with high expectations and ambitions, many eventually drop out of college. Why does that happen? In an ever-changing and more competitive environment, the demanding expectations on college students now soar at unprecedented heights, creating stressful and unpleasant experiences for many of them as they try to keep up with all the burdens inflicted upon them. In their writings, Dr. Christine B. Whelan, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alan Schwartz, and Nisha Ramachandran explore and illustrate some of the stress-creating challenges that freshmen struggle with today. Even though many factors contribute to the huge list of problems for first-year students, many of the problems that create stress for college freshmen fall under the categories of academic factors, (what adverb to add) teachers, and personal-life conflicts.

The study titled "Stress Tolerance: New Challenges for Millennial College Students" was conducted by Helen W. Bland, Bridget F. Melton, Paul Welle, and Lauren Bigham. The article was published in the June 1, 2012, issue of College Student Journal. Bland and her colleagues carried out this research to determine the relationship between coping mechanisms and millennial college student stress levels.

In this scholarly journal Chu-Lien Chao examined the stress levels of students. In the article, she states, “Life often throws students off track with unexpected break-ups, difficult tasks beyond their capabilities and other situations that suddenly force them to make decisions about their future” (p.5). This is a very valid point. This problem is most common for students who are trying to go to school to better their future but don’t really have an idea of where they may end up. Chu-Lien Chao also states how students may cope with stress. Chu-Lien Chao writes, “In the face of stress students naturally seek support from family and friends and execute their coping to maintain well-being”. This is a way a student can cope with stress: finding

If stress is defined as “the physiological and psychological response to a condition [stressor] that threatens or challenges a person and requires some form of adaptation or adjustment” (Woods et al., 2014, p.336), then it can be argued that college is a perfect example of a stressor.

We have all experienced stress at some point in our lives. It could be the deadline that is running closer and the boss that will not get off your case. It could be the double booked appointments or the loved one you just lost. It could also be that terrible car accident that happened ten years ago or being in the car while your daughter is driving for the first time. Stress is experienced when we feel there is no positive way out of our situation. We feel trapped or hopeless. Stress is also defined as a point where we feel threatened. Although stress is a common effect of something negative that happened or potentially happening, many people do not know the effects of stress. We know there is a large variation of causes of stress, but stress can also have an impact on your physical health. When the symptoms of stress are constantly presenting themselves, they will cause severe damage on the body’s systems.

Emerging into adulthood comes with many new opportunities and new seasons of life. Early adult years can be very exciting, however, for many individuals it comes with obstacles such as stress (). There is an issue of the effects stress has on students and an even larger issue on the way some students are coping with it. Issues such as

Some of the stress experienced by college students is similar to others in the same age group who live outside of the academic environment but, some stressors are unique to those who are pursuing higher education. Stressors affecting students can be categorized as academic, financial, time or