The relationship between student stress and socio-psychological factors
- VernacularTitle:Оюутны стресс ба нийгэм-сэтгэлзүйн хүчин зүйлсийн хамаарал
- Author:
Lkhagva-Emgen Batchuluun
1
;
Tserenchunt Ganbold
1
;
Amarjargal Altantsetseg
1
;
Buyankhishig Batsukh
1
;
Davaajav Rina
2
Author Information
1. School of Nursing, International of Ulaanbaatar University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2. Department of Biomedicine, Department of Nursing, Mongolian University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
student stress;
social support;
anxiety;
nursing students;
cross-sectional study
- From:
Mongolian Pharmacy and Pharmacology
2026;29(2):41-47
- CountryMongolia
- Language:Mongolian
-
Abstract:
Introduction:University students encounter multiple academic, psychosocial, and environmental
stressors during their transition to higher education. Nursing students may be particularly vulnerable
because of concurrent academic and clinical demands.
Objective:To identify the relationships among perceived stress, social support, and psychological anxiety among nursing students.
Methods:A cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted among first- to fourth-year nursing
students at the International University of Ulaanbaatar. After excluding 16 incomplete questionnaires,
119 valid responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, reliability testing, and correlation
analysis in SPSS version 26.
Participants had a mean age of 22.39±5.60 years, and 86.6% were female. The mean item scores
were 3.15±0.40 for perceived stress, 4.11±0.78 for social support, and 2.35±0.39 for total anxiety.
Perceived stress was positively correlated with total anxiety (r=.310, p=.001), personal anxiety
(r=.307, p=.001), and situational anxiety (r=.261, p=.004), and negatively correlated with age (r=-.213,
p=.020). Social support was not significantly correlated with perceived stress (r=.015, p=.872) but was
negatively correlated with total anxiety (r=-.253, p=.005) and personal anxiety (r=-.334, p<.001).
Conclusion:Students’ perceived stress was associated with anxiety. Higher social support was
related to lower anxiety, although a direct relationship between social support and perceived stress
was not observed in this sample.
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