Open AccessCollege Academic Stress: Differences along Gender Lines
Author(s) -
Glenn M. Calaguas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of social and development sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2221-1152
DOI - 10.22610/jsds.v1i5.644
Subject(s) - stressor , psychology , perception , demography , stratified sampling , significant difference , indigenous , clinical psychology , schedule , social psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , sociology , biology , ecology , neuroscience , computer science , operating system , pathology
This study examined the perception of academic stress among college students in a state college in the Philippines highlighting gender differences. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, an indigenous survey instrument was developed. A total of 1,210 college students chosen through systematic random sampling responded to the survey instrument. To determine gender differences among the respondents, independent samples t-test was used via SPSS version 15.0. Statistical analyses showed that male and female respondents differed significantly in their perceptions of subject, teacher, schedule, classroom, and expectation-related stressors but did not significantly differ in their perceptions of enrolment and admission, classmate, and financial- related stressors. Generally, no significant difference was found between male and female respondents in their perception of academic stressors, however using the mean scores as basis, female respondents scored higher compared to male respondents.