Perceived factors that affect the level of college students’ stress at a private university Nikki Tuerck-Tommasino

Introduction Problem – There is a lack of research done on the stress levels of college students at private universities.

Research Purpose The purpose of this study is to look at the level of stress in college students in association with; gender, number of units being taken, year in school, and number of hours being worked while also measuring stress levels of college students at a private university.

Literature [include major themes found in the literature and use APA format for your citations]

Method Research Design: It was a descriptive research design that measured the stress levels amongst college students in relationship to gender, units being taken, year in school, and hours worked. Subjects: A convenient sample of 102 college students from a private university in Southern California. Only 96 surveys were actually used. Procedures: During October 2014, students were recruited at various locations across campus to volunteer in taking a one page PSS survey developed by Cohen, that asked a variety of questions regarding their level of stress.

Results Gender and stress level showed no significance P=.217 Year in School and stress level was significant. P=.011 Units taken and stress level was not significant. P=.776 Number of hours working and stress level also showed no significance. P=.105 Significant relationship between units being taken and whether the student was working. P=.000

Results

Discussion & Conclusions no correlation between stress and gender, GPA, the number of units take or the number of hours worked. Significant relationship between units taken and if the student was working. majority of the students answered “sometimes” or “fairly often” to most of the questions on the PSS-10 Total stress increased as year in school increased

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