Stressors and reactions to stressors among university students

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-80

  Hamaideh, Shaher H ^a  

^a Faculty of Nursing   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; nursing; reactions to stressors; stress; stressors; university students

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 79251495479     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764009348442     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Amini, M. (2005) Identifying stressors and reactions to stressors in gifted and non-gifted students. International Education Journal, 6 (2). 136-140.
2. Borrego, E. & Konduri, N. (2004) The impact of student life stress on health-related quality of life among doctor of pharmacy students. College Student Journal, 23, 123-129.
3. Broman, C. (2002) Stress, race and substance abuse. College Student Journal, 28, 211-223.
4. Burns, N. & Groove, S. (1997) The Practice of Nursing Research: Conduct, Critique, and Utilization (Third Edition). Philadelphia: Saunders.
5. Callaghan, P., Tak-Ying, S. & Wyatt, P. (2000) Factors related to stress and coping among Chinese nurses in Hong Kong. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 31 (6). 1518-1527.
6. Cambell, R. & Svenson, L. (1992) Perceived level of stress among university undergraduate students in Edmonton, Canada. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 75, 552-554.
7. Carpenter, K. & Hasin, O. (1999) Social and coping reasons for drinking: Predicting alcohol misuse in adolescents. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60, 491-499.
8. Dahlin, M., Joneborg, N. & Runeson, B. (2005) Stress and depression among medical students: A cross-sectional study. Medical Education, 260, 2521-2528.
9. Dahlin, M. & Runeson, B. (2007) Burnout and psychiatric morbidity among medical students entering clinical training: A three-year prospective questionnaire and interview-based study. Medical Education, 7, 6.
10. Ellis, V. (1968) Students who seek psychiatric help. In No Time for Youth (ed. J. Katz). p. 318. San-Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
11. Folkman, S. & Lazarus, R. (1991) Coping and emotion. In Stress and Coping (Third Edition) (eds. A. Monta & R. Lazarus). New York: Colombia University Press.
12. Gadzella, B. (1994) Student-life Stress Inventory: Identification of and reaction to stressors. Psychological Reports, 74, 395-490.
13. Gadzella, B. (2004) College students assess their stressors and reaction to stressors. Paper presented at Texas A&M University Assessment Conference, TX.
14. Gadzella, B. & Baloglu, M. (2001) Confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency of the Student-life Stress Inventory. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 28, 85-94.
15. Gadzella, B. & Catharina, C. (2006) Stress differences among university female students. American Journal of Psychological Research, 2 (1). 21-27.
16. GAdzella, B., Fullwood, H. & Ginther, D. (1991) Student-life Stress Inventory. Paper presented at the Texas Psychological Convention, San Antonio, TX.
17. Gadzella, B. & Guthrie, D. (1993) Analysis of Stress Inventory: Proceedings of the Texas Academy of Science, 96th Annual Meeting. Denton, TX: University of North Texas.
18. Glanz, K., Rimer, B.K. & Lewis, F.M. (2002) Health Behaviour and Health Education: Theory, Research and Practice. San Francisco: Wiley & Sons.
19. Hirsch, J. & Ellis, J. (1996) Differences in life stress and reasons for living among college suicide ideators and non-ideators. College Student Journal, 30, 377-384.
20. Hudd, S., Dumlao, J. & Erdman, S. (2000) Stress college: Effects on health habits, health status and self-esteem. College Student Journal, 34 (2). 217-227.
21. Lazarus, R.S. (1966) Psychological Stress and the Coping Process. New York: McGraw-Hill.
22. Lazarus, R.S. & Cohen, J.B. (1977) Environmental stress. In Human Behaviour and Environment (Volume 2) (eds. I. Altman and J.F. Wohlwill). New York: Plenum.
23. Lazarus, R.S. & Folkman, S. (1984) Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. New York: Springer-Verlag.
24. Lewinsohn, P., Hops, H., Roberts, R., Seeley, J. & andrews, J. (1993) Adolescent psychopathology. I. Prevalence and incidence of depression and other DSM-III-R disorders in high school students. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 133-144.
25. Mattlin, J., Wethington, E. & Kessler, R. (1990) Situational determinants of coping and coping effectiveness. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 31, 103-122.
26. Misra, R., McKean, M., West, S. & Russo, T. (2000) Academic stress of college students: Comparison of student and faculty perception. College Student Journal, 34 (2). 236-245.
27. Moffat, K., McConnache, A., Ross, S. & Morrison, J. (2004) First-year medical student stress and coping in a problem-based learning medical curriculum. Medical Education, 38, 482-491.
28. Polit, D. & Beck, C. (2006) Nursing Research: Principles and Methods (Sixth Edition). Philadelphia: Lippincott.
29. Ragheb, K. & McKinney, T. (1993) Campus reaction and perceived academic stress. Journal of College Student Development, 34, 5-10.
30. Romano, J. (1992) Psychoeducational interventions for stress management and well-being. Journal of Counseling and Development, 71, 199-202.
31. Shields, N. (2001) Stress, active coping and academic performance among persisting and non-persisting college students. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 6 (2). 65-81.
32. Shipton, S. (2002) The process of seeking stress-care: Coping as experienced by senior baccalaureate nursing students in response to appraisal clinical stress. Journal of Nursing Education, 41 (6). 243-255.
33. Spss Base (2006) Version 12.0 for Windows User's Quide. Chicago: SPSS Inc.
34. SReeramareddy, C., Shankar, P., Binu, V.S., Mukhopadhyay, C., Ray, B. & Menezes, R. (2007) Psychological morbidity, sources of stress and coping strategies among undergraduate medical students of Nepal. Medical Education, 7, 26.
35. Towbes, L. & Cohen, L. (1996) Chronic stress in the lives of college students: Scale development and prospective prediction of distress. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 25, 199-217.
36. Tyssen, R. Vaglum, P., Gronvold, N., Ekeberg, O. (2001). Suicidal ideation among medical students and young physicians: a nationwide and prospective study of prevalence and predictors. Journal of Affective Disorder, 64, 69-79.
37. Walton, R. (2002). A comparison of perceived stress level and coping styles of junior and senior students in nursing and social work programs. In Doctor of Education Dissertation, College of Graduate Studies, Marshal University.
38. Whitman, N., Spendlove, D. & Clarck, C. (1984) Student Stress: Effects and Solutions. Washngton, DC: Clearinghouse on Higher Education University.
39. Zivin, K., Eisenberg, D., Gollust, S. & Golberstien, E. (2009) Persistence of mental health problems and needs in a college student population. Journal of Affective Disorder, doi:101016.