Internal and External Stress and The Effects on Undergraduate and Graduate Students
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Bianca Flores
College:
The College of Health Professions and Human Services
Major:
Forensic Psychology (M.A.)
Faculty Research Advisor(s):
Christine Doyle
Abstract:
Stress has been acknowledged to impact almost all undergraduate and graduate students during their academic career. The stress being experienced by students can be categorized into two subtypes known as internal stress and external stress. Each type of student may suffer from one or the other, or even both external and internal stress. Internal stress entails feelings of low self-worth, low self-esteem, and rigid thinking, while external stress focuses on outside issues such as family issues, financial problems, and job pressures. This research aims to investigate if internal stress impacts undergraduate students more while conversely aiming to research if graduate students suffer more from external forms of stress than their counterparts. An online Qualtrics survey will be posted and promoted through social media, given to classmates, and will be spread through word of mouth to acquire responses from undergraduate and graduate students regarding what types of stress has impacted them the most.