Student stress higher than general population

"Studies suggest that psychological distress among university students is significantly higher than among the general population, and even among students working peers." (p. 184)

"Negative associations have been found between degree of stress experienced from combined sources and academic performance." (p. 184)


Quoted in:
Vaez, Marjan, & Laflamme, Lucie. (2008). Experienced stress, psychological sumptoms, self-rated health and academic achievement: a longitudinal study of Swedish university students. Social Behaviour & Personality: An International Journal, 36(2), 183-195.


Studies referred to include:
Adlaf, E. M., Gliksman, L., Demers, A., & Newton-Taylor, B. (2001). The prevalence of elevated psychological distress among Canadian undergraduates: Findings from the 1998 Canadian campus survey. Journal of American College Health, 50, 67-72.

Stewart-Brown, S., Patterson, J., Petersen, S., Doll, H., Balding, J., & Regis, D. (2000). The health of students in institutes of higher education: An important and neglected public health problem? Journal of Public Health Medicine, 22(4), 492-499.

Cotton, S. J., Dollard, M. F., & Jonge, J. D. (2002). Stress and student job design: Satisfaction, wellbeing, and performance in university students. International Journal of Stress Management, 9(3), 147-162.

Vaez, M., Kristenson, M., & Laflamme, L. (2004). Perceived quality of life and self-rated health among first-year university students. A comparison with their same age working peers. Social Indicators Research, 68, 221-234.

Nonis, S. A., Hudson, G. I., Logan, L. B., & Ford, C. W. (1998). Influence of perceived control over time on college student’s stress and stress-related outcomes. Research in Higher Education, 39(5), 587-605.