This research was based on college students’ stresses and coping strategies. This paper focused on mental stress rather than physical stress. Researchers came up with four possible hypotheses for the reason college students were stressed. The four hypotheses were as followed: there is a positive correlation between study conditions and mental stresses of college students, there is a positive correlation between employment situations and mental stresses of college students, there is a positive correlation between economic conditions and mental stresses of college students, and there is a positive correlation between persona factors and mental stresses of college students.
Researchers used questionnaires, specifically SPSS to make mean test and variance analysis to validate the hypotheses. A survey was given among 800 college students in Chuangchun University of Science and Technology. 734 copies were valid. A T critical value analysis was done on the sample information and a K value of 1.93 was calculated. This meant the confidence level was 95% on the sample. Questionnaire consisted of 20 questions asking about study conditions, employment situations, economic conditions and personal factors.
There are four variables that cause mental stresses and personal factors included three aspects. Average and standard deviation was tested for each aspect. Average value represented the degree of correlation between each variable and stresses of college students. Hypotheses were verified based on the table given in the article. Mean value for the 734 college students was larger than 3.1 meaning mental stresses of college students have positive correlations with the four factors (study, employment, economic and personal). Employment mean value was 4.33 showing it is more significant. Mean value for study conditions changes with environment and competition. Economic stress may cause different stress for different people. There are different aspects for personal factors based on standard deviation. All four aspects have large standard deviation and are important.
Citation
Ji, Hong, and Lei Zhang. “Research on College Students’ Stresses and Coping Strategies.” Asian Social Science, www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/12451. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
