An In-Depth Analysis on Sino-Foreign University Students’ Perceived Stress

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210809.006How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Stress Management, Causes of Stress, Effects of Stress, Coping Strategies, Stress Level

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the levels and sources of academic stress among students of Sino-foreign cooperative higher education (taking Wenzhou Kean University as an example). The research describes the causes and effects of stress and compares Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) students’ attitudes toward stress level, as well as finding coping strategies for stress management during the academic year 2021. Research problems include the demographic profile of respondents, perceived causes of stress, perceived effects of stress, significant differences in the stress level of respondents by academic/year level and gender, and respondents’ preferred coping strategies. This research investigated 201 students at WKU, which consists of about 10% of the population through online questionnaires. Results from this research show that the stressors being surveyed ranking from the most to the least are academic competition from peers, interpersonal relationships, financial burden, and transition from high school to college. According to the survey, the major two aspects: life satisfaction and academic performance are almost equally affected by stress. Results also show that nearly half of the students prefer counseling as an intervention comparing to other coping methods.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tianai Yin
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/09
TI  - An In-Depth Analysis on Sino-Foreign University Students’ Perceived Stress
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Transformations and Innovations in Business and Education (ICTIBE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 44
EP  - 51
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210809.006
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210809.006
ID  - Yin2021
ER  -