This study investigated career commitment and stressors perceived by 86 undergraduate students (51 from regular courses and 35 from technologic ones) at a private university in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Participants were men (81.4%) and women between 18 and 52 years old (M=25.3; SD=8.16). Results showed higher level of perceived stressors in technologic students (t=3.02; df=73; p<0.01) and higher levels of career commitment in men (t=2.49; df=18; p<0.05). These results suggest that even though technologic students have more contact with the job market and higher knowledge of the occupational status in their field, which decreases the need of interventions focused on the school-work transition, they face more difficulties in daily university tasks and in conciliating academic and professional demands. Therefore, specific interventions for this public are necessary.
Students; Stress; Higher education; Professional development
