A Study on Impact of Stress Factors on College Student’s Academic Performance

Abstract

Stress is the feeling when we are under pressure, while stressors are the things we respond in our environment. Most people are unaware that they are affected by stress until it causes health or others problems; Stress is a fact of everyday life. In today’s scenario stress create a greater impact on college student’s Academic performance. Students perceive a vast amount of stress during their semester examination. It varies from semester to semester and creates a negative scoring on GPA. The purpose of this paper is to identify the stress factors and its impact on college student’s Academic performance. The sample size used for the study is 250 college students. Keywords: Coping skills, College students, Social Support, Stress, Students Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) developed by cohen & mermeistein in 1983 & Students Stress Scale (SSS) were the instrument used to measure the amount of stress and its impact factor concerned. The study indicates students is under large amount of stress and the study found certain factors like health issues, career and social activities affect students Academic performance.