Physical Activities and Stress College Students
Physical Activity and Stress in College Freshman.
Summer 2013 Psych 100_200 General Psychology
Benny Zheng
Introduction: This study was conducted with freshmen from a public university. It is a longitudinal study with two baselines of 3 month and 6 month outcomes that were evaluated with questionnaires. 167 freshmen were surveyed from the ages of 18 to 25. The goal of this study was to examine college freshmen to determine if their healthy lifestyle would promote to more/less stress in various situations with interpersonal relationships, stress managements, and alcohol consumption. As noted in class, stress is any challenge to the system, which is the physiological response to a physical, cognitive or emotional stimulus. College students, especially freshmen, has to cope with these stress in different ways, either by smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol. I believe that various factors such as gender, to being in a social greek organization, to the severity of on- campus drinking to living at home with your parents would play a huge factor in the outcome.
Hypothesis:
The purpose of this study, which is already a substudy of a previous experiment, was to help prevent drinking in college students. This study was also designed to see the outcomes of healthier life styles that are associated with levels of stress that were assessed in either interpersonal relationships, stress management, and alcohol consumption. The author has 3 different hypothesis, which was where college students who engages in regular physical activity will have lower levels of stress, better interpersonal relationships, and less alcohol consumption.
Participants:
The participants were 167 college freshmen that were capable of reading and speaking English. They were chosen through a questionnaire that included demographic information on age, gender, race/ ethnicity, education level and place of residence. They
Summer 2013 Psych 100_200 General Psychology
Benny Zheng
Introduction: This study was conducted with freshmen from a public university. It is a longitudinal study with two baselines of 3 month and 6 month outcomes that were evaluated with questionnaires. 167 freshmen were surveyed from the ages of 18 to 25. The goal of this study was to examine college freshmen to determine if their healthy lifestyle would promote to more/less stress in various situations with interpersonal relationships, stress managements, and alcohol consumption. As noted in class, stress is any challenge to the system, which is the physiological response to a physical, cognitive or emotional stimulus. College students, especially freshmen, has to cope with these stress in different ways, either by smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol. I believe that various factors such as gender, to being in a social greek organization, to the severity of on- campus drinking to living at home with your parents would play a huge factor in the outcome.
Hypothesis:
The purpose of this study, which is already a substudy of a previous experiment, was to help prevent drinking in college students. This study was also designed to see the outcomes of healthier life styles that are associated with levels of stress that were assessed in either interpersonal relationships, stress management, and alcohol consumption. The author has 3 different hypothesis, which was where college students who engages in regular physical activity will have lower levels of stress, better interpersonal relationships, and less alcohol consumption.
Participants:
The participants were 167 college freshmen that were capable of reading and speaking English. They were chosen through a questionnaire that included demographic information on age, gender, race/ ethnicity, education level and place of residence. They
Citations: References Wilson-Salandy1, S., & Nies, M. A. (2012). The Effect of Physical Activity on the Stress Management, Interpersonal Relationships, and Alcohol Consumption of College Freshmen. Retrieved from http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/2/4/2158244012464975.full