Stress levels of student population in Costa Rica. Differences according to socioeconomic, academic achievement, educational level, and geographic location variables

: In this paper are described the stress levels of the student population about the variables: socioeconomic status, academic performance, academic level, geographical area and gender. For this purpose, a survey was administered to a randomized sample of 112 students of different careers from the ma...

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Published inPsychology, society & education Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 13 - 22
Main Authors Sebastien Belhumeur, Alexander Barrientos Segura, Axel P. Retana-Salazar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published UCOPress 01.03.2016
Subjects
Costa Rica
Stress
University students
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Summary:: In this paper are described the stress levels of the student population about the variables: socioeconomic status, academic performance, academic level, geographical area and gender. For this purpose, a survey was administered to a randomized sample of 112 students of different careers from the main campus of the University of Costa Rica. Results showed that the major sources of stress in students are academic and financial pressures. Also, results showed that students whose place of origin is far from the main campus of the university have higher levels of stress and finally, women tend to handle higher levels of stress than men.
ISSN:2171-2085
1989-709X