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April 11, 2019SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

The impact of stress on students in secondary school and higher education

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MPMichaela C. PascoeMonash HealthSHSarah HetrickStatistics New ZealandAPAlexandra ParkerThe University of Sydney

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Overview

Narrative review demonstrates widespread psychiatric distress and academic impairment in secondary and higher education students, highlighting substantial long-term economic and vocational costs.

Key Points

  • To review current literature on how academic-related stress affects students' learning, educational attainment, psychological well-being, and lifestyle factors in secondary and tertiary education.
  • Narrative review evaluating recent empirical research on academic-related stressors across secondary school and higher education cohorts.
  • Academic-related stress is linked to diminished learning capacity, reduced student motivation, lower educational achievement, and higher rates of school dropout.
  • High academic demands correlate with increased psychiatric morbidity, specifically depression, anxiety disorders, chronic sleep disturbances, and elevated substance use.
  • Long-term consequences include reduced rates of sustainable employment, generating substantial annual economic costs for governments.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d89b9e52654bb436d197edhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2019.1596823
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