Influence of GPA and Time Management on Student Stress Robyn Davis and Jennifer Winslow

1. Influence of GPA and Time Management on Student Stress Robyn Davis and Jennifer Winslow Westminster College Missouri Undergraduate Psychology Conference November 11, 2005

2. Introduction • Definition and Consequences of Stress • Lahmers, 2000 • Hypothesis Justification • Britton & Tesser, 1991 • Macon & Shahani, 1990 • Hypotheses • High stress management skills produce less stress • Students with high GPA’s have lower stress levels

3. Method • Participants • Thirty-nine Westminster Students, 19 males and 20 females • Materials • Stress Inventory • Academic Resource Center of Sweet Briar College (ARC, 2004) • Stress Management Scale • Saint Elizabeth Medical Center (2004) • Procedure

4. Results • Scores • Stress Management Inventory – reverse scored • Mean = 49 ;range: 34-68 • Stress Inventory • Mean = 39 ;range: 18-66 • GPA • Mean = 3.1 ;range: 2.0-3.9

5. Results • Two-Way ANOVA • Significant correlation between stress management and stress score: f (1, 35) = 9.33, p = .004 • No significant correlation between GPA and stress levels: f (1, 35) = 1.372, p = .249

6. Results

7. Discussion • Conclusion • Hypothesis one supported • Hypothesis two not supported • Relationship to previous work • Macon & Shahani, 1990 • Future Research