Academic Stress among Tertiary Level Students: A Categorical Analysis of Academic Stress Scale in the Context of Bangladesh

Abstract

The main objective of the research is to make a comparative study among the five categories of stress a student of a tertiary level faces or is supposed to face based on the questionnaire designed by and make a categorical study for analysis of Academic Stress Scale among the students’ state of stress prevailing in that level of study in Bangladesh. A random sample of 44 students had been selected from different tertiary level institutions throughout the tertiary level institutions of Bangladesh to conduct the research. Among the 44 respondents, 23 were male whereas 21 were female respondents. A quantitative method has been used in gathering the data by the use of Ordinal Scale (ASS) and mixed methods had been used in analyzing the data. For the purpose of this study, questionnaires had been distributed to students who had been and were receiving tertiary education (the tertiary level student has been dignified as the students in the ranges from Honors First year to Honors Third year in Bangladesh). The responses were classified and stratified in order to measure frequency and then the findings were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed to rate the level of stress the students feel in the tertiary level of Bangladesh.

Academic Stress Level Determination among College Students in Times of Covid-19 Pandemic

“…These theoretical foundations have helped the researcher refine the research problem and develop the conceptual framework of this study. The theory adopted was the Academic Stress Theory by Campbell-Phillips, Halder, & Hasib (2020), which states that personal inadequacy, fear of failure, interpersonal difficulties with teachers, teacher-student relationships, and inadequate study facilities were concerns of academic stress. COVID-19 outbreak in terms of psychological outcomes, without addressing and identifying specific sources of stress related to relational and daily life, changes students' focus on studies.…”

Stres Akademik dan Strategi Daya Tindak dalam kalangan Pelajar: Satu Kajian Sistematik

“…Jadual Berdasarkan kepada Jadual 5, pengkaji mendapati bahawa sebanyak tujuh kajian menunjukkan bahawa responden kajian mengalami stres akademik yang tinggi (Park & Kim, 2018;Fauziah et al, 2020;Phillips et al, 2020;Marlissa et al, 2020;Qorry & Wijayati, 2019;Kaur, 2019;Adasi et al, 2020). Selain itu, sebanyak tujuh kajian yang menunjukkan bahawa responden mengalami stres akademik pada tahap yang sederhana (Quynh et al, 2020;Veyis et al, 2019;Mohamad Faizel & Nor Shafrin, 2020;Usman Sani, 2019;Ganesan et al, 2018;Abdul Adib & Lailawati Madlan, 2020;Dixit, 2020) manakala terdapat satu kajian dimana respondennya mengalami tahap stres akademik yang rendah (Acosta-Gomez et al, 2018).…”

“…Apabila pelajar mengalami stres akademik yang tinggi dan teruk, pelajar tersebut cenderung untuk melakukan sesuatu di luar jangkaan seperti mengkritik diri sendiri (Park & Kim, 2018;Phillips et al, 2020). Selain itu, kajian daripada Fauziah et al ( 2020) menunjukkan bahawa pelajar yang mengalami stres yang tinggi sering kali merasa rendah diri dan untuk mengasingkan diri daripada masyarakat di sekeliling mereka.…”

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“…Academic stress has become a common problem experienced by students in various countries, cultures, and ethnic groups (Wong et al, 2007). Students experience academic stress due to poor study habits (Nakalema & Ssenyonga, 2013), excessive assignments and pressure to attain high achievement (Liu & Lu, 2011), competition between students in the class (Misra & Castillo, 2004), financial pressure (Assaf et al, 2017), fear of failure and indigent relationship with lecturers (Phillips et al, 2020).…”

“…It also looks for what problem-solving to students who are experiencing academic stress. They require assistance in dealing with academic pressure, which has a broad impact on student life (S. Kumar & Jadaun, 2018) and has become a severe university issue (Phillips et al, 2020). Academic stress impacts students' physical and mental health (MacGeorge et al, 2005).…”