College life is one of the most memorable experiences in one’s life. When one joins college, she/she begins to enjoy the various academic activities vibrant environment and the company of friends. Besides nurturing adolescents, all these activities combine to prepare one for adulthood. However, from a closer look, while in college, students experience various challenges in their everyday life. The challenges cover the whole idea of a vibrant and exciting college life, contributing to stress. Watson (2012) defines stress as the tension that an individual experiences over a certain duration, which affects all aspects of a person’s life. If not handled properly, stress can escalate and interfere with a student’s social well-being, emotional health, and academic performance.
Sources of Stress
High levels of stress can interfere with a student’s ability to memorize, learn and obtain good grades. Besides these academic impacts, stress can equally affect a student’s emotional, physical and mental health. By learning about the following common stressors, we can help students mitigate chronic stress in their college life.
Academic Pressure
Teachers tend to assign more homework to students in preparation for standardized tests. In most cases, federal and state academic standards placed on teachers and schools are the major cause of increased stress levels experienced by students throughout college. Moreover, schools and parents exert performance pressure on students, which later raises the amount of stress so high that some teachers look at student stress as a health epidemic (Watson, 2012). To deal with this pressure, some high achieving students end up cheating during exams. Constant poor academic grades can make a student to be expelled thereby contributing significantly to student stress levels.
Physical Factors
College students are known to practice unhealthy eating habits, take alcohol and sacrifice sleep for extensive studying. Overall, these activities can compromise their physical health. Some students end up being chronically tired which eventually hampers with their class attendance or performance. Moreover, the students have less energy compared to their peers in good health to commit to their social and academic concerns. As a result, they require more time...
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