Stress Amoung College Students
Abstract Thirty seven college students at DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus were surveyed in reason to find whether a college student that works during the academic year becomes stressed out compared to a college student who doesn’t hold a job. The surveys collected were entered in SPSS to determine my results. I found that students who experienced some form of anxiety had no effect to their grade point average. I could not find any significant difference between college students with jobs compared to those with out jobs in regards to their grade point average.
Introduction
This study that I’ve done investigates how working and going to college contribute to stress among college students and are the grades of college students who work at least 20 hours per week affecting their grade point average. In 2002, The Associated Press found that employment and academics generally harm grades and are stressful. These effects depend on being a part-time or full-time student, how many classes the student is taking, and how many hours per week they work. The United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, conducted a study examining the characteristics and educational experience of working adult undergraduates, focusing on those who considered employment their primary activity. The participants were divided into two groups depending on their answer to the question, "While you were enrolled and working would you say you were primarily: 1) a student working to meet expenses or 2) an employee who decided to enroll in school?" In 1999-2000, roughly two thirds of working undergraduates' age 24 or older reported that work was their primary activity. Emotional stress, such as anxiety, is also connected to academic stress. More and more college students are holding jobs now in order to pay for college or to survive financially while in school. Reisberg believes, “Academic studies have also become much more strenuous over the
Introduction
This study that I’ve done investigates how working and going to college contribute to stress among college students and are the grades of college students who work at least 20 hours per week affecting their grade point average. In 2002, The Associated Press found that employment and academics generally harm grades and are stressful. These effects depend on being a part-time or full-time student, how many classes the student is taking, and how many hours per week they work. The United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, conducted a study examining the characteristics and educational experience of working adult undergraduates, focusing on those who considered employment their primary activity. The participants were divided into two groups depending on their answer to the question, "While you were enrolled and working would you say you were primarily: 1) a student working to meet expenses or 2) an employee who decided to enroll in school?" In 1999-2000, roughly two thirds of working undergraduates' age 24 or older reported that work was their primary activity. Emotional stress, such as anxiety, is also connected to academic stress. More and more college students are holding jobs now in order to pay for college or to survive financially while in school. Reisberg believes, “Academic studies have also become much more strenuous over the