The document summarizes research on understanding stress among college students from different academic programs. It describes how stress was identified as a priority issue and assessed through qualitative focus groups. Key findings were that students experience stress from academics, finances, and relationships and cope through physical activity, social support, and time management. Next steps include evaluating social marketing of coping strategies and integrating stress reduction into health programs on campus.
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1. Understanding
Stress Among
Students in
Different Academic
Programs
Michael P. McNeil, MS, CHES, FACHA
Columbia University
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
These slides are available from
www.alice.columbia.edu
2. How College Students from Historically
Underrepresented Groups and Different Academic
Programs Experience and Cope with Stress
The attendee should be able to:
1. Describe key sources and consequences of stress, coping
strategies and resources among various groups of college
students (including students from historically underrepresented
groups and different academic programs).
2. Identify qualitative and quantitative methods used in defining
stress, and sources of, among college students.
3. Discuss implications of findings and models used in conducting
assessment and strategic planning to reduce the negative
impact of stress among students.
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
3. Overview
• Identification of stress as a priority
• Understanding of stress on campus
• Assessment of the issue
• Initial efforts
• Next steps
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
4. Identification of Stress as
an Issue
• Stress is a vague term –difficult to define and measure
• Prolonged stress depletes the body’s resources and
can have consequences for a person’s emotional and
physical health
• Stress is not a fixed state but a multi-phased process
with interacting cognitive, behavioral, and
physiological components
• Transactional perspectives of stress emphasize the
interactions between appraisal, coping, and
environment Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
5. Understanding Stress on
Campus
• Literature provides no universal definition of
stress
• Students could not fully agree on a definition
of stress
• Student wanted to focus on coping rather
than defining stress
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
6. Assessment of the Issue
• Students perceive stress as ingrained in the culture of
Columbia and as an expectation.
• Stress is a unifying experience and the only
commonality (norm) across all schools with which
students can identify.
• They would like to see the culture change but none
are willing to take this on because their time here is
transient. They also believe that students following
them should have to experience the same stress that
they did (“rite of passage” concept). Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
7. Received versus Desired
Health Information
Received Information from the Columbia University
Institution
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
Stress Reduction 50.5 41.1
Desired Information from the Columbia University
Institution
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
Stress Reduction 63.9 58.1
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
8. ACHA-NCHA Data
Columbia University
Undergraduate Graduate
Of those Of those
experiencing experiencing
Experienced Experienced
… had an … had an
… in last year … in last year
academic academic
impact* impact*
Stress 77 38 72 29
*A negative academic impact is defined as receiving a lower grade on an exam
or project, receiving a lower grade in a course, receiving an incomplete or
dropping a course, or significant disruption in thesis, dissertation, research or
practicum work.
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
10. ACHA-NCHA Data
Cluster #1
SAPP
Athletes
Greeks GSAS
CC/SEAS Arts
25+ UG
Athletes
GS
Business
CC/SEAS
Cont. Ed
GS
Greek
International
Cluster #2 Journalism
Law
All Remaining Groups SEAS grad
SIPA
SW
25+ UG
Michael P. McNeil
Experience and Academic Impact ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
11. ACHA-NCHA Data
The percentage of students reporting Columbia University
experiencing the following causes of stress in
the last 30 days UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
Noise in my living environment 34.2 26.0
Noise in my study environment 33.3 26.8
Cluttered living environment 39.1 33.3
Air quality in my living environment 23.9 18.4
Lighting in my living environment 26.7 20.1
Lighting in my study environment 23.8 18.8
Physical distance between my living
21.6 23.9
environment and classes
Availability of healthy food choices on
40.5 28.0
campus
Availability of study space on campus 28.7 24.0
Availability of space to relax and hang out on
26.3 22.2
campus
University administrative processes 45.6 39.3
Witnessed discrimination on campus 11.3 8.2Michael P. McNeil
Population density on campus 13.8 15.2 Annual Meeting
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12. Initial Efforts
The overall goals of the program are to (1) define and
measure student stress, and (2) reduce the negative
impacts of student stress at Columbia University.
• Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
• Asset-based (positive coping)
• Social marketing effort
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
13. Community-Based
Participatory Research (CBPR)
• The project was not introduced as one addressing
stress. Students were asked to describe whatever
health-related issues they thought most strongly
affected their student community; stress was predicted
to naturally emerge as a leading issue.
• Community group discussions & focus groups
• Four themes:
• Causes of stress
• Effects of stress
• Control over stress
• Culture of stress Michael P. McNeil
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June 3, 2011
14. Focus Group Themes
by School
Academic Columbia School of Graduate Teachers
Unit College/SEAS General School of College
Studies Business
Common Academic/School Academic/School Academic/School Academic/School
Themes
Finances Finances Finances Finances
Relationships Relationships Relationships
Time Management Time Management Time Management
Unique Social Circle Future Goals New Social Housing
Themes Dynamics
Location
Adjustment
Career
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15. Coping Strategy by
School
Academic Columbia School of Graduate Teachers
Unit College/SEAS General School of College
Studies Business
Top Coping Interpersonal Physical Activity Physical Activity Interpersonal
Strategy Support Support
Physical Activity
(tied score)
Number Two see above Interpersonal Interpersonal Physical Activity
Support Support
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ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
16. Social Marketing
Question:
How do you cope with stress?
Messages:
“I do physical activity”
“I prioritize and organize my schedule”
“I take a nap”
“I listen to music”
“I spend time with friends”
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
Messages selected by students using allourideas.org June 3, 2011
17. Next steps
• Evaluation of initial social marketing efforts
• Analysis of Spring 2011 ACHA-NCHA Data
• School-specific messages
• Integration of stress with other health
promotion efforts on campus
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011
18. Future-Orientation
Sample
Programmatic Area Concepts Integration Strategy Targeted Theoretical Justification
Messaging
Physical activity Engaging in regular physical activity Stage-based motivational emails; Selected messaging: “I do physical Self-efficacy/SCT
contributes to reducing stress Promotion of CU Move as exercise activity” TTM
Physical activity contributes to improved and stress relief program;
quality of focus and concentration, which Incentives related to stress relief;
can reduce academic-related stress Promoting non-traditional
Positive coping mechanism for stress concepts of physical activity (i.e.
walking)
Relationships Difficult interpersonal relationships as TBD Selected messaging: “I spend time Self-efficacy/SCT
contributors to stress with friends”
Seeking help from interpersonal
relationships as a positive coping
mechanism for stress
Sleep Lack of sleep as a contributor to stress Feedback on sleep assessment Selected messaging: “I take a nap” TTM
Positive sleep behavior associated with incorporates positive stress
reducing stress coping skills and suggestions
Go Ask Alice! Q&A related to coping with stress Promote relevant Q&A at events, Selected messaging: “I prioritize
on Facebook page, etc. and organize my schedule”, “I
Stress, anxiety, and learning to listen to music”
cope
Exercise motivation for stress
reduction
Drinking for stress relief - a
problem?
Fall asleep faster
Procrastination Michael P. McNeil
Stressed out and anxious about ACHA Annual Meeting
schoolwork and everything June 3, 2011
19. Contact Me
Michael P. McNeil, MS, CHES, FACHA
Director, Alice! Health Promotion
Columbia University
212-854-5453
mpmcneil@columbia.edu
A copy of these slides is available from
www.alice.columbia.edu
Click on the “For Health Promotion Professionals” link.
Michael P. McNeil
ACHA Annual Meeting
June 3, 2011