The Effects of Stress on the Lives of Emerging Adult College Students: An Exploratory Analysis

Peer, Justin W.; Hillman, Stephen B.; Hoet, Emma Van

doi:10.1002/adsp.12007

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“…Students under stress report experiencing physical symptoms, including increased heart rate, tremors, appetite changes, gastrointestinal complaints, and sleeping problems. Psychological symptoms reported by students under stress include irritability/anger, depressed mood, anxiousness/nervousness, hopelessness, concentration difficulties, and social isolation (Peer, Hillman, and Van Hoet 2015).…”

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Understanding How Undergraduate Students Experience and Manage Stress: Implications for Teaching and Learning Anthropology

Morey¹,

Taylor²

2019

TLA

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Research has shown that negative effects of stress on undergraduate students can have a significant impact on their college experience. Most of what we know about this topic is quantitative, based on surveys that provide self-reported information for large numbers of college students. The present study provides an in-depth qualitative perspective on college students and stress that foregrounds the voices of these emerging adults. Specifically, in this article we (a) share findings from a study using qualitative methods to examine how college students experience and manage stress and (b) provide strategies to help anthropology instructors design and manage their classes to improve learning for students under chronic stress.

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Understanding How Undergraduate Students Experience and Manage Stress: Implications for Teaching and Learning Anthropology

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Taylor²

2019

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“…Due to the increasing number of stressors (Arnett, ; Peer, Hillman, & Van Hoet, ; LeViness et al, ; Mowbray et al, ) and the possibility of decreased healthy coping strategies (Burwell, ) present in college student populations, it is critical to examine potential areas where intervention can modify resilience. Consistent with previous research (Ciarrochi et al, ; Matheny et al, ; Sam, ), the current study supports the negative relationship between SLEs and indicators of resilience.…”

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The strength of pursuing your values: Valued living as a path to resilience among college students

2019

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Although stressful life events (SLEs) frequently relate to negative outcomes, many individuals demonstrate resilience by positively adapting to stressors without significant impairment. Valued living, a key process in the theory underpinning acceptance and commitment therapy is a response style characterized by daily purposeful actions that are linked to important values and may promote resilience in college students.This study examined the main and interactive effects of SLEs and valued living in the prediction of a multidimensional measure of resilience. Results supported a strong positive relationship between resilience and valued living. Further, valued living moderated the association between SLE negative impact scores and resilience (but not the association between cumulative prior year SLEs and resilience). Although SLE negative impact scores were negatively associated with resilience at lower levels of valued living, there was no demonstrated relationship at higher levels of valued living. Implications related to promoting valued living among college students in the service of increasing resilience are discussed.

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“…Further, ours was a more nuanced treatment of mental health, as we focused on specific feelings reported by students—nervousness, restlessness, worthlessness, depression, and hopelessness—rather than considering a global measure of mental health. Indeed, the current body of literature examining college student stress has been described as overly general and lacking depth of exploration (Peer, Hillman, and Van Hoet :91). Then, we examined a broad range of behavioral health outcomes.…”

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“…They also document the central role played by stress in shaping student health and well‐being (Hudd et al. ; Peer, Hillman, and Van Hoet ).…”

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“…Our article is unique in its focus on spillover, and also in the specificity and range of outcomes we examine. As noted by Peer, Hillman, and Van Hoet (), in the body of work examining college student stress, “findings related to the effects of stress are rather general and lack depth of exploration” (p. 91). Rather than using a global construct of mental health, we focus on specific feelings reported by students: nervousness, restlessness, worthlessness, depression, and hopelessness.…”

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School Spillover and College Student Health

Pedersen

Swenberger

Moes

2017

Sociological Inquiry

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This article uses a stress carryover perspective to examine the association between school spillover and mental and behavioral health outcomes among college undergraduates. School spillover occurs when the obligations and pressures of student life extend into other domains through shared behaviors or stress. The sample (N = 250) consisted of undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 29 enrolled at a midsized midwestern university. Findings showed that on average, students reported a moderate level of school spillover. Among mental health outcomes, school spillover was positively associated with feeling nervous, restless or fidgety, worthless, depressed, and hopeless. Among behavioral health outcomes, results showed that school spillover was negatively associated with sleep hours per night and positively associated with number of sex partners. Contrary to past empirical studies, school spillover was not significantly associated with drinking or binge drinking. Findings have implications for those who work in student support and campus mental health services.

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The Effects of Stress on the Lives of Emerging Adult College Students: An Exploratory Analysis

Cited by 35 publications

References 20 publications

Understanding How Undergraduate Students Experience and Manage Stress: Implications for Teaching and Learning Anthropology

Understanding How Undergraduate Students Experience and Manage Stress: Implications for Teaching and Learning Anthropology

The strength of pursuing your values: Valued living as a path to resilience among college students

School Spillover and College Student Health

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