- Title
- Undergraduates' perception on causes, coping and outcomes of academic stress: Its foresight implications to university administration
- Creator
- Poon, Wai-Ching; Lee, Christina; Ong, Tee-Pei
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/169566
- Identifier
- vital:14035
- Identifier
-
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFIP.2012.049809
- Identifier
- ISBN:1740-2816
- Abstract
- This study aims to identify the causes, outcomes, and coping strategies of academic stress among undergraduates. Using a sample of 480 business students from eight universities in Klang Valley, results reveal that the major causes of academic stress are due to conflicts and pressures that ultimately cause a detrimental effect on health and performance. While undergraduates most often tend to use avoidant-focused coping strategies to reduce stress, problem-focused and emotion-focused strategies are the preferred choice to alleviate stress. Results provide university administrators with some proactive insights into student services and curriculum design to address excessive levels of academic stress among students. Copyright © 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
- Relation
- International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy Vol. 8, no. 4 (2012), p. 379-403
- Rights
- Copyright Inderscience
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Academic stress; Causes; Coping; Foresight; Outcomes; Sustainability; 1402 Applied Ergonomics
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