A Study of the Factors Affecting the Sixth Graders' Academic Stress

• Main Authors: Yang, Ming-chu, 楊明珠
• Other Authors: Lan, Shou-jen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13750533342857599911

碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康管理研究所 === 97 === Abstract The purpose of the study was to understand the factors affecting the sixth graders’ academic stress. The study adopted the questionnaire investigation method. The 246 valid subjects were chosen from the sixth graders in Dali, Tai-Chung County and were randomly sampled. The study used the “The Questionnaire of the sixth graders academic stress”, edited by the researcher, and “ the parents’ expectation questionnaire”, edited by Guo, Sheng-yu. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS 12 program, using t test, ANOVA, Spearman correlation, and multiply regression. The major findings of the study were as following: 1. The academic stress status of the elementary school students: On the five scale stress of different aspects questionnaire, most stress came from “stress of individual person”, “stress from the parents” is the next, “stress from the peers” is the third, and the least stress is “stress from the teacher”. 2. Among the different background variables of the elementary school students: （1）For the “stress from the peers” , the sixth graders female and male was found significantly different. The sixth graders female perceived higher peer stress than the sixth graders male students. （2）Among the different parents’ expectation students, the academic wasn’t found significantly different. The total hours of extra curriculums per week wasn’t, either. However, the higher the parents’ expectation to the children, the more hours of extra curriculums per week. The student with the higher parents’ expectation, the better academic achievement he is. （3）Except school PE class, the students with regular exercise time more than 1.5 hour per week is significant with more stress than those who without. （4）The life satisfaction and academic stress were found significantly different. The students indicate themselves with lower life satisfaction,the higher academic stress, and vice versa. （5）The academic achievement is found significant different from the academic stress. The students indicate themselves with lower academic achievement, the high their academic stress, and vice versa. （6） Among sex, the per week extra curriculums hours, whether regular exercise more than 1.5 hours per week, the academic achievement, and the life satisfaction six items, only the academic achievement and the life satisfaction items have the predict ability to academic stress. According to the research findings above, the suggestions were as following: Parents should exactly know the importance of appropriate expectation to their children, they should adjust their attitude about balanced learning in every fields, accompany their children more often, establish regular exercise habit, and help their children to release their stress. Key words: academic stress, the elementary school student Key words: academic stress, the elementary school student