...Stress and Anxiety on College Students Name: Institution: Date: Table of Contents Introduction 4 Statement of the problem 4 Significance of the study 5 Methodology 5 Literature Review 6 Results and analysis 9 Recommendations 10 Limitations 11 Conclusion 11 References 13 Abstract Academic stress, depression, and anxiety and their coping strategies are critical challenges facing college students. Every government invests heavily in education. Nevertheless, a research survey carried out among college students indicates that at any given time, 10 to 20 percent of the students’ population suffer from the stress-related psychological problem. This paper describes the research regarding the causes, trends, the nature of psychiatric morbidity, psychological problems, emotional adjustments, as well as management of stress among college students. The paper emphasizes the importance of counselling in helping students with emotional problems as well as suggesting preventive measures that ought to be implemented by universities such as enhancing awareness of seeking counselling services, setting up centres for counselling in colleges. It is also suggested that all colleges should compulsorily establish mentorship programs. Finally, all colleges should form a student health committee with members from health profession, initiate regular workshops, seminars, for both students and teachers on different issues of stress-related psychological problems as well as efficient coping...
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...Task 4 – Dealing with stress Potentially stressful experience | Theory-informed solution | Times in which I have experienced where I feel most stressed out is; a couple of weeks until the beginning of my exams, my revision is not going great and I am beginning to feel "worried". At this moment, there is some time between when I begin to feel focused on and the end of the "threat" which was the completion of the end examinations. Throughout these times I feel my body is still mentally intense and physically strained. It is this point at which you are in this uncomfortable state that you are focused on or in a state of anxiety; “the flight or fight” reaction comes to effect, and in certain circumstances bringing about extra challenges. It is simply when you see that the “threat” has passed that you go back to feeling normal. This could be when you have taken the exam, however it could be at the day of the results or possibly later on. | Improving study skills: Practical revision helps me to cut down stress by making me feel more in control of my work and confident that I will do well. I will attend workshops or seek additional help from Learning Development Centre. I also feel it useful to talk to the course tutor to get subject specific guidance to assist my revision to be more specific and direct to the actual task. On the day of the exams and during the exam: * Consume a adequate breakfast to be ready to begin the day, within mind not to consume an excessive amount of...
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...STRESSORS AND STRESS LEVEL OF THIRD YEAR NURSING STUDENTS IN FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY IN THE YEAR 2008 In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirement for Nursing Research By: Agre, John Marco C. Angcao, Marice C. Angeles, Jessica Christy P. Arambulo, Allan Carlo L. Bandillo, Jemilyn V. Bañaga, Charlene May Y. Bañaga, Valerie Jane Y. Barbon, Lorraine Angelica Barquin, Jasmine C. Bartolome, Dexter C. Bautista, Erica Frances A. Burdeos, Adison C. Submitted to: Ms. Melanie Tapnio, Nursing Research Adviser BSN 905 2007-2008 Chapter I The Problem and its Background Introduction Stress has been experienced by people almost everyday. Stress can be associated with major life events, daily hassles and change in life. It has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feelings. Stress can make a person anxious and depressed. It is the enemy of clear thinking and if allowed to get out of control, it can compromise a person’s health as well. Sometimes stress can keep people awake at night and make them feel irritable and edgy. Yet, their reactions to stressful events differ widely. Some people faced with a stressful event develop psychological or physical problems, whereas other people faced with the same stressful event develop no problems and may even find the event challenging and interesting. Nursing school is very stressful. Students experience...
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...Income Drops: Fact Sheet 2 Control Stress You are experiencing tremendous changes in your life if you have lost your job, Adapted by Barbara R. Rowe and Denise Schroeder, Family Resource Management, Purdue University experienced a particularly bad year in your farm or business operation, or have gone through a divorce, a separation, or the death of a spouse. While such events differ in many respects, they may also have some important effects in common. First, crises like these are very stressful in their own right – they force us, against our wishes, to make rapid changes in our lives. Second, however irrationally, they can diminish our self-esteem. Finally, these personal crises often lead to a drop in income and security, and this introduces a host of secondary problems. Because of all these changes and the stress that can result, it is important to understand some causes, effects, and ways of handling stress to cope with difficult times. Severe and prolonged stress of the type associated with events causing loss of income can have a serious effect on a person’s physical and mental health. Stress-related exhaustion is believed to play a significant role in heart attacks, high blood pressure, cancer, and some kinds of arthritis, migraine headaches, peptic ulcers, asthma, allergies, and kidney and thyroid disease. Stress alone probably does not cause these disorders; rather, it is one factor in their onset and progression. In addition, stress contributes to many types of accidents...
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...Eastern Samar State University Master of Arts in Educational Management Borongan City LEVEL OF STRESS AMONG THE GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN EASTERN SAMAR STATE UNIVERSITY-BORONGAN Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Course Requirements in Methods of Research for the Subject Advanced Statistics CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger—whether it’s real or imagined—the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight-or-freeze” reaction, or the stress response. The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When working properly, it helps you stay focused, energetic, and alert. In emergency situations, stress can save your life—giving you extra strength to defend yourself, for example, or spurring you to slam on the brakes to avoid an accident. The stress response also helps you rise to meet challenges. Stress is what keeps you on your toes during a presentation at work, sharpens your concentration when you’re attempting the game-winning free throw, or drives you to study for an exam when you'd rather be watching TV. But beyond a certain point, stress stops being helpful and starts causing major damage to your health, your mood, your productivity, your relationships, and your quality of life. Statement of the Problem This study is intended...
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...Marino Strayer University November 2, 2013 Avoiding Stress and Factors in Human Resources Demands of today’s society along with demands on employees cause stress. A common fact in life, encounters of stress are common. The solution is how to manage stress when it arises. Many would agree it would be far better to avoid and eliminate the components of stressors. Time management, time allocation, setting goals, and being effective are ways to create a productive and pleasant work atmosphere for employers as well as employees. “You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, of what it takes to match them to the challenge.”(http.//thinkexist.com/quotes/arnorld_palmer/) Many challenges may be eliminated by using personal resources. When it comes to stress the importance is defining the factor. “a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension”(Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 2006, p. 1247.) Emotional stress has been related to job strain, tension and burnout. Physical stress may be a form of genetics. Some individuals are more likely to pressure from outside sources. Many job requirements place physical stress on the body. Including posture and standing for long periods of time. Reliance on informational systems for management, accounting, and human resources (HR) are a concern because they increase computer interaction time. Managing time allocation and posture are beneficial in reducing stress factors. It is imperative...
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... Sample Reports A FORMAL REPORT THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON BUSINESS EMPLOYEES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED BY EMPLOYERS TO MANAGE EMPLOYEE STRESS Prepared for Dr. Robert J. Olney Southwest Texas State University Prepared by Charles Dishinger Nancy Howard Bill Kiagler Sherry Seabrooke Donna Tucker November 29, 20-- S-29 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Sample Reports ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES……………………………………………………………………… ………. LIST OF FIGURES……………………………………………………………………… ……… ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………… ………………... SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY………………………………………………….. Introduction…………………………………………………… ……………... Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………….. Significance of the Study…………………………………………………….. Scope of the Study…………………………………………………………… Review of Related Literature………………………………………………… Methods of the Study………………………………………………………… Source of Data…………………………………………………… …. l iii iv v 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 S-30 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Sample Reports iii LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Programs Offered by Employers to Manage Stress ........…………………………………… Page 8 S-31 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Sample Reports iv LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Age Distribution of Respondents .......................……………………………………………. 2. Negative Effects of Stress on Work Performance ........……………………………………… Page 6 7 ...
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...essay will look at three different change management interventions, employee stress and wellness intervention, reward systems intervention and goal setting intervention, and will then assess the strengths and weaknesses of each intervention, taking into account which one will be the best option for addressing some of the problems identified. The goal setting intervention, as the chosen intervention, will then be analysed, addressing what resistance may be expected upon its implementation at Office Tigers, the best way to overcome this resistance, and how to know if it the intervention has been successfully institutionalized into the organisation and as a result, has improved its performance and effectiveness (Cummings & Worley, 2008, p. 161). Analysis of selected interventions Each of the interventions that will be critically analysed are human resources (HR) management interventions. A HR management intervention aims to solve the problems created by HR issues. These issues revolve around ‘attracting competent people to the organisation, setting goals for them, appraising and rewarding their performance, and ensuring that they develop their careers and manage stress’ (Cummings & Worley, 2008, p. 154 para. 6). Each of these interventions are appropriate and beneficial on an individual or group level. Employee Stress and Wellness (Human Resources Management Intervention) The amount of job stress an employee has, and the effect it has on their general...
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...Understanding Stress Logan Lashbrook QS211 Professor Anderson October 7, 2015 College students across the globe are put under high levels of stress. A study found that, “Up to 60% of college students drop out before attaining a degree, with the majority of these individuals leaving within the first two years” (Brausch 2011). Stress is known as a state of mental or emotional strain and/or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. When students first arrive at college, it is a big transition for them. Everything that they once knew has now changed drastically. There are increased demands for academic performance and an increased academic workload. This means studying for exams and doing homework takes up a lot more time. Anxiety and worry start to appear, as numerous exams have to be taken. One’s academic performance is directly affected in a negative way by academic stress. The social environment and living situations are completely different for the student as well. They must make new friends and adapt to the numerous things constantly going on around them. Many people are involved in extracurricular activities like sports or Greek life that takes a big chunk of time. Sometimes finances are also a factor in the stress, as a college education is not cheap. After all these major changes occur and with all these things going on, it is hard to manage one’s time. Stress is universal for college students so it is important to understand stress, how to cope...
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...the Department, Hospitality and Tourism Organization : Bharath University, Chennai, India Phone* : +91 98401 38210 Paper Title* : Occupational Stress at Work Author Profile – Sangeetha Rajagurusamy Educational Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil Experience: 12+ years – Teaching and Research in Hospitality and allied industries Current Responsibility: HOD, Hospitality and Tourism Dept, Bharath University ABSTRACT: This paper attempts to probe the contributors and management of stress among women in different levels of occupation. The seventeenth centaury has been called the age of enlightment, eighteenth, the age of reason, the nineteenth the age of progress and the twentieth, the age of stress and anxiety. According to a survey conducted it was found that, four out of ten employees state that their jobs are "very" or "extremely" stressful. Those in high-stress jobs are three times more likely than others to suffer from stress-related medical conditions and are twice as likely to quit. The study states that women, in particular, report more stress related to the conflict between work and family. INTRODUCTION: Occupational stress is stress involving work. Stress is defined in terms of its physical and physiological effects on a person, and can be a mental, physical or emotional strain. It can also be a tension or a situation or factor that can cause stress. Occupational stress can occur when there is a discrepancy between the demands of the environment/workplace...
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... PAGE INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………… 3 STRESS AND WELLBEING……………………………………………......... 4 - 9 MEASURING AND COPING WITH STRESS………………………………. 10- 11 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………… 12 RECOMMENDATIONS………………………………………………….......... 13 REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………….… 14-16 INTRODUCTION BGL Group has grown to be one of the UK’s leading financial services, specialising mainly in vehicle and home insurance, as well as a range of supplementary products such as breakdown cover, legal protection and personal accident cover. It employs more than 3,000 people in several different locations. Despite the organisations continued success through increased profits, they remain focused on employee engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In 2010, BGL have introduced the ‘My Wellbeing’ programme, which consisted of four main pillars; My Health, My Fitness, My Happiness and My Relaxation and Energy. BGL states that the programme is of ‘central importance to their CSR focused strategy’. CSR is rapidly gaining recognition all over the world, where the organisations are expected not only fulfil their legal obligations but to voluntarily take further steps to improve the quality of life for the employees and their families as well as for the local community and society at large. WELLBEING AND STRESS The economic and health costs of stressful work environments may be...
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... PAGE INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………… 3 STRESS AND WELLBEING……………………………………………......... 4 - 9 MEASURING AND COPING WITH STRESS………………………………. 10- 11 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………… 12 RECOMMENDATIONS………………………………………………….......... 13 REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………….… 14-16 INTRODUCTION BGL Group has grown to be one of the UK’s leading financial services, specialising mainly in vehicle and home insurance, as well as a range of supplementary products such as breakdown cover, legal protection and personal accident cover. It employs more than 3,000 people in several different locations. Despite the organisations continued success through increased profits, they remain focused on employee engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In 2010, BGL have introduced the ‘My Wellbeing’ programme, which consisted of four main pillars; My Health, My Fitness, My Happiness and My Relaxation and Energy. BGL states that the programme is of ‘central importance to their CSR focused strategy’. CSR is rapidly gaining recognition all over the world, where the organisations are expected not only fulfil their legal obligations but to voluntarily take further steps to improve the quality of life for the employees and their families as well as for the local community and society at large. WELLBEING AND STRESS The economic and health costs of stressful work environments may be...
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...of Stress in College Students Tracy Thomas Professor Evans ENG 115 March 20, 2014 "The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Survey estimates that mental disease, including stress-related disorders, will be the second leading cause of disabilities by the year 2020" (World Health Organization: 1990). In today's fast paced society it is common for people to experience stress in various aspects of their lives. Due to the ever evolving and increasing amounts of responsibilities the average college student has to manage on a daily basis, there is an urgent need for appropriate stress management skills in the following main causes of stress in a college student’s life: personal, academic, and financial. Let's further clarify these areas. Personal - balance of family and social life; academic - challenge of maintaining mandatory GPA; financial - stress of the cost of education and the need to garner and maintain gainful employment to cover these costs. Academic success is contingent upon the student's ability to properly manage these top causes of stress by implementing a regiment of academic time management, dietary and social health wellness routines, and by consistently harnessing available resource networks. Let’s consider how the effects of stress impact the economy. Although the term "stress" is used in a wide variety of contexts, it has consistently been proven that individuals with stress and...
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...way that psychologists conceptualize stress, emphasizing that stress is a biopsycho-social process. You will explore the sources of stress in your own life, review your body’s response to stress, and then learn how cognitive appraisal dramatically affects how much stress you actually experience. Checking the Level of Stress in Your Life • What was your “Stress Test” score? ____39________ • Do you think that such a test accurately captures your experience? What other stressors should be included? I think it give you a general idea of the amount of stress your under, also adding something about your children should be included. Stress, Stressors, and Coping • Psychologists differentiate stressors, strain, and stress. What does each of these terms mean? A stressor is an externalsituation or event that triggers coping adjustments in a person. Stress is the process in which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors that we believe to be threatening or challenging, and coping is the cognitive, behavioural, and emotional ways that people handle stressful situations. The General Adaptation Syndrome • Describe Selye’s general adaptation syndrome. Selye argued that every organism has a state of internal balance called homeostasis. External stressors disturb this balance, producing an immediate general physiological aarousal. The organism adjusts to the stress in stages, first mobilizing its resources...
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...triumph is all-dependent on accommodating responsibility. Personal responsibility also entails the ability of a person wisely responding to the numerous challenges and situations of life. How well we manage time, stress, and the commitment to the main goal will affect the outcome of any situation. As a first step in taking accountability for actions is to manage your time successfully. Time management is an important tool when completing goals that have time limits and constraints. Realistic goals should be set when managing the time it will take to complete each task. An example is; when you are a working and going to school full-time. You must take into consideration your work schedule, studying, assignments due, and making sure, you have time to rest so that you can remain focused. Victory in college is about superior time management. Good time management is a tricky skill to learn. Many students have not had the chance to apply time management in secondary education. During their high school years, many students have not needed to handle their time vigilantly – it has to be prepared for them. Coursework in high school was often prearranged on an everyday basis with only a few enduring assignments; regularly with class time dedicated to some of that work (University of Pittsburg, 2012). Accepting the consequences that come from individual actions can become stressful, especially when you are juggling work, school, and other situations that arise in life. Living to successfully...
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