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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Year : 2019, Volume : 13, Issue : 4
First page : ( 973) Last page : ( 977)
Print ISSN : 0973-9122. Online ISSN : 0973-9130.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00425.0

Measures Academic Stress among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Al-Zeyadi Safi1, Mohammed Saja H.2

1Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Kerbala, Iraq

2Psychiatric Nursing, Prof., College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

The study also aims to determine levels of academic stress of undergraduate nursing students, and finding the difference between males and females in their response to academic stress. Two parts questionnaires was used to fulfil the study objectives. The first part includes student's sociodemographic information. The second part is the “the Academic stress inventory scale”. to assess an academic stress level. The finding indicates that the academic stress about (70%) of students experienced moderate level of academic stress whereas; about (30%) had sever academic stress. The findings showed statistically significant relationships were found between academic stress and some demographic variables. Based on the study results academic stress is critical issue that needs close attention to minimize the expected impact on student's academic performance, because of the fact that academic stress and some demographic variables significantly corelated in this study. Therefore, it is important to raise awareness of faculty members about the alarming level of stress among students to help them find new ways of supporting their students. Additionally, teaching and encouraging students to use more effective stress management strategies to minimize the risk of academic stress.

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Keywords

Academic stress, nursing students.

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