| The purpose of this study was to assess how stress levels among college students are affected by two salient stressors. As such, this quantitative study explored stress level differences in student's living conditions (on campus, off campus) and job status (employed, unemployed). Approximately 700 volunteer students from a West Coast university between the ages of 18-29 received the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), a 10-item questionnaire pertaining to stress. Subsequently, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to identify stress level differences in these student volunteers. The expected outcome of this study was to show that students living on campus are less stressed compared to students living off campus. Furthermore, it was to show that employed students are more stressed than students who are not employed. The statistical results did not support either hypothesis. |
