Student stress and quality of education

Pena, Letícia; Reis, Dayr

doi:10.1590/S0034-75901997000400003

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Today, managers are increasingly interested in knowing how the work in organizations aftects employees' health. Less common is the interest in stress erupting in the academic community - among students, faculty and administrators. The authors present a reflection paper focused on student stress. In this paper, they first examine McLean 's model of context, vulnerability and stressors. This model provides the framework for the student surveys and for the entire paper. Based on the students surveys, an assessment is made of how asma" group of students are coping with stress. The paper fina"y suggests what can be done by students, faculty, and administrators to insta" and/or improve social support systems that might reduce the harmful eftects of stress on students and thus impact the quality of education.

student stress; mental fadigue; mental tension; quality of education

Os autores apresentam um artigo exploratório sobre o stress do estudante. Após examinar a relação entre trabalho e stress, o artigo passa a analisar o modelo de McLeansobre contexto, vulnerabilidade e fatores que causam o stress. Esse modelo serve de quadro de referência para a pesquisa elaborada, tendo em vista avaliar como um grupo de estudantes de administração enfrenta o stress cotidiano. O artigo também sugere medidas para reduzir os efeitos prejudiciais do stress no estudante e na qualidade de ensino.

stress do estudante; fadiga mental; tensão mental; qualidade do ensino

ORGANIZAÇÃO, RECURSOS HUMANOS E PLANEJAMENTO

Student stress and quality of education

Letícia Pena^I; Dayr Reis^II

^IAssociate Professor Department of Management University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. E-mail: pena@mail.uwlax.edu

^IIProfessor and Chair Department of Management University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. E-mail: reis@mail.uwlax.edu

ABSTRACT

Today, managers are increasingly interested in knowing how the work in organizations aftects employees' health. Less common is the interest in stress erupting in the academic community - among students, faculty and administrators. The authors present a reflection paper focused on student stress. In this paper, they first examine McLean 's model of context, vulnerability and stressors. This model provides the framework for the student surveys and for the entire paper. Based on the students surveys, an assessment is made of how asma" group of students are coping with stress. The paper fina"y suggests what can be done by students, faculty, and administrators to insta" and/or improve social support systems that might reduce the harmful eftects of stress on students and thus impact the quality of education.

Key words: student stress, mental fadigue, mental tension, quality of education.

RESUMO

Os autores apresentam um artigo exploratório sobre o stress do estudante. Após examinar a relação entre trabalho e stress, o artigo passa a analisar o modelo de McLeansobre contexto, vulnerabilidade e fatores que causam o stress. Esse modelo serve de quadro de referência para a pesquisa elaborada, tendo em vista avaliar como um grupo de estudantes de administração enfrenta o stress cotidiano. O artigo também sugere medidas para reduzir os efeitos prejudiciais do stress no estudante e na qualidade de ensino.

Palavras-chave: stress do estudante, fadiga mental, tensão mental, qualidade do ensino.

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1. INTERNATICIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (1LO). (1) Stress prevention in the ottsbore oil and gas exploration and production industry. (2) Occupational stress and stress prevention in air traftic control. (3) Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health. (4) Occupational stress and stress prevention for bus drivers. (5) Stress prevention for blue collar workers in assembly line production. Geneva: International Labor Oflice, 1996.

2. WEIMAN, Clinton. Journal of occupational medicine. February, 1977.

3. SELYE, Hans. Stress without distress. New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1974.

4. Idem, ibidem

5. MCLEAN, Alan. Work stress. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1979.

6. INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO). Op. cit.

7. BRENNER. H. M. Mental illness and the economy. Gambridge. MA: Harvard Universily Press, 1973.

8. MURNANE. Richard and LEVY. Frank. Teaching the New Basic Skills. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1996.

9. MGLEAN, Alan. Op. cit.

10. HOLMES, T. H. and RAHE, R. H. Social readjustment rating scate, Journal of psychosomatic research, 11: 213, 1967.

11. FRIEDMAN, M. and ROSENMAN, R. H. Type A: your behavior and your heart. New York: Knopl, 1974.

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14. KINDLER, Herbert S. Personal stress assessment inventory - Student Edition, in D. Mareie edition of Organizalional Behavlor: Experiences and Cases, SI. Paui: West Publishing Company, 1989.

15. HOUSE, J. S. Work Stress and Social Support, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981.

16. KIRRANE, D. EAPs: Dawning of a new age. HR Magazine, v. 35, n.1, pp. 30-34, 1990.

17. WISE, D. Employee assistance programs expand to fil companies needs. Business and Health, April, 1993, pp. 4045.

18. BUNCH; D. Coors Willness CenterHelping The bottom line. In: Employer benefits journal, v.14, march 1992.

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INTERNATICIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (1LO). (1) Stress prevention in the ottsbore oil and gas exploration and production industry. (2) Occupational stress and stress prevention in air traftic control. (3) Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health. (4) Occupational stress and stress prevention for bus drivers. (5) Stress prevention for blue collar workers in assembly line production. Geneva: International Labor Oflice, 1996.
2. WEIMAN, Clinton. Journal of occupational medicine. February, 1977.
3. SELYE, Hans. Stress without distress. New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1974.
5. MCLEAN, Alan. Work stress. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1979.
7. BRENNER. H. M. Mental illness and the economy. Gambridge. MA: Harvard Universily Press, 1973.
8. MURNANE. Richard and LEVY. Frank. Teaching the New Basic Skills. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1996.
10. HOLMES, T. H. and RAHE, R. H. Social readjustment rating scate, Journal of psychosomatic research, 11: 213, 1967.
11. FRIEDMAN, M. and ROSENMAN, R. H. Type A: your behavior and your heart. New York: Knopl, 1974.
13. COOPER, Cary L. and MARSHALL, Judy. Occupational sources at stress: A review of the literature relating to coronary heart disease and mental ill health. Occupational psychology, v. 49, pp. 1128,1976.
14. KINDLER, Herbert S. Personal stress assessment inventory - Student Edition, in D. Mareie edition of Organizalional Behavlor: Experiences and Cases, SI. Paui: West Publishing Company, 1989.
15. HOUSE, J. S. Work Stress and Social Support, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981.
16. KIRRANE, D. EAPs: Dawning of a new age. HR Magazine, v. 35, n.1, pp. 30-34, 1990.
17. WISE, D. Employee assistance programs expand to fil companies needs. Business and Health, April, 1993, pp. 4045.
18. BUNCH; D. Coors Willness CenterHelping The bottom line. In: Employer benefits journal, v.14, march 1992.

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[1] ¹
INTERNATICIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (1LO). (1) Stress prevention in the ottsbore oil and gas exploration and production industry. (2) Occupational stress and stress prevention in air traftic control. (3) Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health. (4) Occupational stress and stress prevention for bus drivers. (5) Stress prevention for blue collar workers in assembly line production. Geneva: International Labor Oflice, 1996.

[2] 2. WEIMAN, Clinton. Journal of occupational medicine. February, 1977.

[3] 3. SELYE, Hans. Stress without distress. New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1974.

[4] 5. MCLEAN, Alan. Work stress. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1979.

[5] 7. BRENNER. H. M. Mental illness and the economy. Gambridge. MA: Harvard Universily Press, 1973.

[6] 8. MURNANE. Richard and LEVY. Frank. Teaching the New Basic Skills. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1996.

[7] 10. HOLMES, T. H. and RAHE, R. H. Social readjustment rating scate, Journal of psychosomatic research, 11: 213, 1967.

[8] 11. FRIEDMAN, M. and ROSENMAN, R. H. Type A: your behavior and your heart. New York: Knopl, 1974.

[9] 13. COOPER, Cary L. and MARSHALL, Judy. Occupational sources at stress: A review of the literature relating to coronary heart disease and mental ill health. Occupational psychology, v. 49, pp. 1128,1976.

[10] 14. KINDLER, Herbert S. Personal stress assessment inventory - Student Edition, in D. Mareie edition of Organizalional Behavlor: Experiences and Cases, SI. Paui: West Publishing Company, 1989.

[11] 15. HOUSE, J. S. Work Stress and Social Support, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981.

[12] 16. KIRRANE, D. EAPs: Dawning of a new age. HR Magazine, v. 35, n.1, pp. 30-34, 1990.

[13] 17. WISE, D. Employee assistance programs expand to fil companies needs. Business and Health, April, 1993, pp. 4045.

[14] 18. BUNCH; D. Coors Willness CenterHelping The bottom line. In: Employer benefits journal, v.14, march 1992.

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