College, Stress and StudentsStress is not a new phenomenon. It has existed for as long as man and has fascinated scholars and doctors alike. With the growing demand for degrees in the professional world comes the growth in the number of university students. The relationship between stress and college students has become the subject of ongoing research. Several studies show that stress in college students increases over time, and the authors of those studies attribute this to an increasing number of students. Other research seems to indicate that it is not necessarily stress that increases but awareness of it. Greater awareness of stress, and its unique impact on individuals, allows universities and students to recognize areas of concern and work together to address, manage and control them. College is a stressful time in anyone's life, but research has shown that it is more stressful to experience. women compared to men. In a study of male and female graduate students, “females reported more stress than males in all areas” (Murphy and Archer 20). In addition to being students, research has shown that mothers with young children experience significantly more stress than their fellow students. Malcom D. Hill, Ph.D. associate professor of sociology at Pennsylvania State University, studied older female students and found that most appreciated the distraction that school brought from their daily lives. “The only returnees who experienced severe stress, however, were those with very young children, which was not surprising” (qtd. in Gutfeld and Munson). These women often have to deal with child care, miss classes due to sick children, and juggle caring for their children while completing homework on time. They often stand... middle of paper... in a counseling center. University of Florida, n.d. Web. March 17, 2011."College Students Cite Stress as Key Factor in Academic Performance." Clinical Psychiatry News 37.12 December (2009): 30. Gale Group. Network. March 17, 2011. Goldman, Cristin S. and Eugene H. Wong. "Stress and the college student." Education 117.4 (1997): 604-10. Gale Group. Network. March 17, 2011.Gutfeld, Greg and Marty Munson. “Achieving Grades: Going Back to School Can Relieve Stress.” Prevention November 1993: 20. Gale Group. Network. March 17, 2011.Murphy, Michael C. and James Archer, Jr. “Stressors on the College Campus: A Comparison of 1985 and 1993.” Journal of College Student Development 37.1 (1996): 20-28. Press. Ross, Shannon E., Bradley C. Niebling, and Teresa M. Heckert. “Sources of Stress Among College Students.” College Student Journal June 33.2 (1999): 312-15. Academic OneFile. Network. March 17. 2011.