PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG STUDENTS: BURDENED BY STUDY WORKLOAD Authors: Noreen Qudoos , SEEMAB ABID, DR MUMTAZ ALI, AMBREEN MASOOD AND MAHGUL KHAJJAK
ABSTRACT
Academic workload influence on student and caused stress. This study aims to identify
the stress among the student’s due academic work load and its affects various Physical
and psychological factors. The study has conducted from the 160 students of three
universities among male and female under graduate & post-graduate students. Results
analysed by bivariate correlation and found that students worry about their grades have
best effort has been made for achieving higher grades (r=0.166*) &they depress about the
grades (r=0.264**). While academic workload exert strain during exam and have sleep
disturbance (r=0.353**). The study concentration associated with difficult to manage
other activities of life (r=0.300**). Moreover academic workload trigged the physical and
psychological symptoms like Pain (headache, stomach ache and body pain) (r= 0.207**)
but higher study concentration tends to less tension about their assessment and papers.
Keywords: Academic workload, Stress, Psychological distress Publication date: 01/09/2020 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2020/September/MS_IJBPAS_2020_5205.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.9.5205