Perceived Stress in First-year Students and the Role of Influential Factors

Flora Lamçja Zeqaj; Eliona Sula

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.43074

Perceived Stress in First-year Students and the Role of Influential Factors

Author(s)	Dr. Flora Lamçja Zeqaj, Dr. Eliona Sula
Country	Albania
Abstract	Introduction.Stress is the inability to cope with a perceived threat (real or imagined) to one's mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being that results in a series of physiological responses and adaptations. It is a situation in which individuals suffer from physical and psychological tension, as a result of factors that cannot be handled and exceed the human capacity to cope (Hussien & Hussien, 2006). Methodology. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the perceived stress of students during the academic process, taking into account the unexpected situations that arise, including social-emotional factors, the new conditions in which they find themselves, during academic studies. This study included 100 students of the Faculty of Nursing, who reported on the situations and factors that cause them stress. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) Cohen, S., & Williamson, G. (1988). was used to collect data, adding data about social situations, reported by the students. Results. Based on the data presented by the measurements carried out for the presence of perceived stress in students, it results that students have experienced stressful situations as follows: 40% of students sometimes, 30% often, 20% have experienced stressful situations very often. 44% of students experience emotional distress due to separation from their family. 20% manage the stress they experience on their own not at all, 30% a little, 50% sufficiently, 40% of them express that they have a sufficient need for psychological treatment. Conclusions. Students experience stress due to unexpected situations related to difficulties that arise in the academic process, or other difficulties related to social-emotional factors. Students express that social factors influence the experience of stress. They express that they have difficulty adapting to the new society in the university auditoriums. They often feel unable to perform assigned tasks, or to complete them in a timely manner. Students express that they do not have full skills to manage stress on their own, they think that they need the presence of a psychologist to manage stress.
Keywords	influential factors, perceived stress, students
Field	Sociology > Education
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On	2025-05-16
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.43074
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9kffg

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