Article: PERCEIVED LEVELS OF ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG FIRST TIMERS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES.

Article: COLLEGE STUDENTS' ACADEMIC STRESS AND ITS RELATION ...
American Journal of Health Studies;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... investigated the interrelationship among academic stress, anxiety, time management, and ... had a greater buffering effect on academic stress than leisure satisfaction activities ... males, but also experienced higher academic stress and anxiety. Males benefited more ...

Article: ACADEMIC STRESS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS: COMPARISON OF ...
College Student Journal;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... This study examined perceptions of academic stress among male and female college students ... student perceptions of students' academic stress. The sample consisted of 249 students ... made to Ranjita Misra Introduction Academic stress among college students has been a ...

Article: The influence of dispositional optimism and gender on ...
Adolescence;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... limited research on the relationship between optimism and academic stress with regard to gender differences (Ben-Zur, 2003; Chang ... optimism together with gender, on adolescents' perception of academic stress, but with specific reference to the Singapore adolescent ...

Article: Academic Stress Apparently Burdens Few Youths
The Washington Post;  October 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Dear Extra Credit: At what point does the need to push our children to succeed academically, perhaps even surpass students at neighboring institutions and states, weigh against soaring depression and suicide thoughts? Is there no end in sight? These children have no "down time" because they are

Article: By stressing activities, students fight academic ...
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 11, 2005 ;     617 words ...THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION With finals and the first semester just over, of course students have been carrying the weight of stress. Fortunately, Merrillville High School's student government held a week of activities to help relieve that stress. From Jan. 31

Article: Teen students in U.S.: stressed for success. (US students show ...
Science News;  July 16, 1994 ;     700+ words ...A current school of thought holds that teenagers living in Asian countries pay a psychological price for their mathematical superiority to adolescents in the United States. Some U.S. parents and teachers suspect that high-achieving Asian students feel more nervous, depressed, and overburdened in

Article: Admission Policies and the Quality of University ...
Educational Research Quarterly;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... to cope with the high demand for University education has put much pressure on University ... observed fall in the standards of University education in Nigeria it is speculated that ... Admission Policies and Effect on University Education Quality (APEUEQ)' was used for ...