Effects Of Stress On A Young Student s Development

It is known that students face various stress-related issues, whether it is a major test, an oral presentation, strict parents or just the stress of maintaining a good GPA. However, people may not realize that certain stress-related issues can have a huge impact on a young student’s development and even carry these issues into adulthood. College students are typically between ages 18-25, which is an important life-stage called emerging adulthood, as Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (2007) has written about several times in his journals. Emerging adulthood is the transition from adolescence into adulthood. It is not a quick transition, but a gradual transition from adolescence to this period of development. During emerging adulthood, various domains†¦show more content†¦After being exposed to video game playing or watching, the participants took a survey. It was generally found that students play video over doing homework. Also, while lower GPA and video games were related, mostl y males showed correlation between violent video games and a lower GPA. Also, a study by Nelson found that the transition of emerging adulthood marks significant physical activity decline, along with high TV gaming. (Nelson 2005). During this study, seven clusters of adolescence with various physical activity levels and sedentary behaviors were studied and given a questionnaire. The study predicted that with the current questionnaire that was performed, that physical activity levels in all clusters declined during young adulthood. (Nelson 2005). Students who experience stress are not going to want to come home to study or do homework or even go out to exercise. Looking at these studies, it is concluded that stress in students can lead to more TV, video games and less physical activity, which is correlated with lower GPA and poor school performance. With these sedentary behaviors habits effecting cognitive development in young adults, it is likely that the same behaviors and stress -handling may also be brought into adulthood. Social Domain The next domain that can be negatively influenced by stress is social development. Social