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Academic Stress Among:: Elementary Students

Academic stress is common among students at all levels of education. Elementary school students experience stress when their developmental milestones like learning social skills are treated as problems rather than normal growth. This can lead to emotional and behavioral issues. High school is a transition point that brings added pressures. College students, especially freshmen, are particularly prone to stress from factors like a large course load, exams, competition with peers, and time management challenges. The interaction between environmental demands and a student's perception of their ability to cope can cause stress. Common stressors include heavy assignments, tests, failure, relationships, and balancing course material. Unmanaged stress has physical and psychological impacts on students.

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Academic Stress Among:: Elementary Students

Academic stress is common among students at all levels of education. Elementary school students experience stress when their developmental milestones like learning social skills are treated as problems rather than normal growth. This can lead to emotional and behavioral issues. High school is a transition point that brings added pressures. College students, especially freshmen, are particularly prone to stress from factors like a large course load, exams, competition with peers, and time management challenges. The interaction between environmental demands and a student's perception of their ability to cope can cause stress. Common stressors include heavy assignments, tests, failure, relationships, and balancing course material. Unmanaged stress has physical and psychological impacts on students.

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ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG :

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Elementary pupils have not fully learned to self-control.They are still honing their social skills.They
are learning how to make friends,how to handle aggression,how to control their urges and emotions.If
their teachers and parents do not treat these as normal development milestones,they can turn into
sources of stress(Tuan,2011).Stressed children shows signs of emotional disabilities,aggressive
behavior,shyness,social phobia and often lack of interest in otherwise enjoyable activities(Husain,Ashu
2008).

HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS

Higher secondary education is a very important turning point in the academic life of the individual
(Snehlata D. Ghatol)

COLLEGE STUDENTS

College students,especially freshmen,are a group particularlyprone to stress (D’Zurilla& Sheedy,1991)


Stress and its manifestations, such as anxiety, depression, and burnout, have always been seen as a
common problem among people in different professions and occupations. In the last few decades, alarm
has already been provoked by the proliferation of books, research reports, popular articles and the
growing number of organized workshops, aiming to teach people how to cope with this phenomenon (
Keinan & Perlberg 1986). Keinan and Perlberg (1986) argue that the feelings of frustration, anxiety, and
depression are among the potential consequences of high degree of stress.

Mckean et al. (2000) maintain that stressors alone do not produce anxiety, depression or tensions.
Instead, the interaction between stressors and the person‟s perception and the reaction to these
stressors cause stress. Environmental stress occurs as a result of environmental stimuli or demands
apprehended by a person that are exceeding his or her ability to deal with them (Shirom, 1986). Academic
stress among students have long been researched on, and researchers have identified stressors as too
many assignments, competitions with other students, failures and poor relationships with other students
or lecturers (Fairbrother & Warn, 2003).

Academic stressors include the student's perception of the extensive knowledge base required and the
perception of an inadequate time to develop it (Carveth et al, 1996). Students report experiencing
academic stress at predictable times each semester with the greatest sources of academic stress resulting
from taking and studying for exams, grade competition, and the large amount of content to master in a
small amount of time (Abouserie, 1994). When stress is perceived negatively or becomes excessive,
students experience physical and psychological impairment. Methods to reduce stress by students often
include effective time management, social support, positive reappraisal, and engagement in leisure
pursuits (Murphy & Archer, 1996). The pressure to perform well in the examination or test and time
allocated makes academic environment very stressful (Erkutlu & Chafra, 2006). This is likely to affect the
social relations both within the institution and outside which affects the individual person‟s life in terms
of commitment to achieving the goals (Fairbrother & Warn, 2003

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