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Health Sciences for Health Education & Promotion (B.S.)

Research Presentation Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess perceived stress levels among college students at a university in rural southeast Georgia. The period of undergraduate education introduces a new social environment that may require young adults to appraise their resources of social support and coping strategies to manage stress (Chao, 2012). The researcher hypothesized that white, freshman, female students would have higher perceived stress level than any other group. To test this, a self-administered survey was used in this quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional study. The survey was administered to 203 participants, all over the age of 18. Sampling methodology conducted in this research was non-probability, sample of convenience. The Likert survey used contained 10 items, 4 pertaining to positive associations of stress and 6 being negative associations. Data analysis indicated approximately 94% of those surveyed felt nervous or “stressed” within the past month. Female participants reporting depression “fairly often” and “very often”(p

Keywords

Perceived stress, college students, depression and females

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Presentation (Open Access)

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Helen Bland

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hwbland@georgiasouthern.edu

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Community Health Behavior and Education (COPH)

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Stresspression? A Study on the Relationship between Perceived Stress, Depression and College Females

The purpose of this study was to assess perceived stress levels among college students at a university in rural southeast Georgia. The period of undergraduate education introduces a new social environment that may require young adults to appraise their resources of social support and coping strategies to manage stress (Chao, 2012). The researcher hypothesized that white, freshman, female students would have higher perceived stress level than any other group. To test this, a self-administered survey was used in this quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional study. The survey was administered to 203 participants, all over the age of 18. Sampling methodology conducted in this research was non-probability, sample of convenience. The Likert survey used contained 10 items, 4 pertaining to positive associations of stress and 6 being negative associations. Data analysis indicated approximately 94% of those surveyed felt nervous or “stressed” within the past month. Female participants reporting depression “fairly often” and “very often”(p