Title: Academic Stress in Students. Cues to ensure and assure a stress-free… | by Anoushka Thakkar | One Future Collective | Medium
Headings: Academic Stress in Students
Academic Stress in Students
Content: Anxiety as a disorder is seen in about 8% of adolescents and children worldwide. Anxiety and stress have a substantial negative effect on their social, emotional and academic success. Depression is becoming the most common mental health problem college students suffer these days. It is also a reflection of an individual’s academic frustration, academic conflict, academic anxiety and academic pressure. The four components of academic stress usually identifiable in a student are academic frustration, academic conflicts, academic anxieties and academic pressures. Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash
According to most high school students, their greatest academic stressors include tests, grades, homework, academic and achievement expectations and parental pressure. School related stresses include inadequate instructional methods, teacher-student relationships, heavy academic workload, poor physical classroom environments, inability to balance one’s leisure time with school, and disorganization surrounding academic assignments and schedules. Additional sources consist of a struggle to meet academic standards, worries about time management and concerns over grades and scores. Students are thus, seen to be affected by the negative causes of academic stress. The mental health of students, especially in terms of academic stress and its impact, has become a serious issue among school and policymakers because of the increasing incidence of suicides among students across the globe.