Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Η Επιστήμη του Στρές και η Προαγωγή της ΥγείαςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Sakellariou Chrysoula
Supervisors info:
Ιωάννης Νικολάου, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Διοικητικής Επιστήμης και Τεχνολογίας, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Χριστίνα Δαρβίρη, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Φλώρα Μπακοπούλου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η διερεύνηση του στρες των φοιτητών/τριών: παράγοντες, αντιδράσεις, στρατηγικές διαχείρισης, επίδραση στην ευεξία (well – being)
Translated title:
Exploring the Greek university students’ stress: stressors, reactions to stressors, management strategies, impact on well-being
Summary:
Aim: The impact of stress on university students’ lives has been extensively investigated and the negative effects on their mental health and academic progress have been highlighted. The current study aims to investigate the Greek University students’ stress. Specifically, the levels of students' stress, their reactions to stressors, the stress management strategies they follow and the impact of stress on student well-being will be explored.
Material - Method: Participants included students from Greek Universities. They completed five questionnaires: 1. Questionnaire of demographic and other characteristics (gender, age, level/year of study, smoking habits, marital status, if they work, if they live alone), 2. Student Life Stress Inventory (SSI-R), 3. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 4. World Health Organization (WHO-5) Scale, and 5. Brief COPE (an abbreviated version of the COPE Inventory). Data collection took place in November 2020.
Results: 610 students participated in the survey (433 women 71.0%), aged 18-65 years (average 23.29 years and S.D. 6.77 years), 478 undergraduate students (78.4%), 101 master’s students (16.6%) and 31 Ph.D. students (5.1%), 94.1% single, 9.5% of the students work, 35.2% live alone and 18.4% of the participants are smokers. The survey of the overall feeling of students’ stress was assessed as mild for 149 of the students (24.4%), moderate for the 313 students (51.3%) and severe for the 148 students (24.3%). The investigation of the effect of stress on students’ well-being showed that it is negative. Statistically significant differences were found between the variables under investigation.
Conclusions: The feeling of pressure, the changes in their lives, and the self-imposed stressors emerged as stressors. Differences among students in gender/year/level of study/working/living conditions in terms of stress levels, perception, reaction to stress and management were highlighted. The negative impact of stress on student well-being was also found. These findings provide useful information for counseling and psychological support services of the Universities to help reduce the stressors and strengthen the students in terms of positive reactions to stress through learning appropriate stress management strategies.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Academic stress, Stress management, Well-being, Students and university life
