Stress Among Freshmen Students At ChiangRai Rajabhat

Abstract

The Study of Stress Among First-Year Students at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University in the Academic Year 2024 has the following objectives: 1) To examine the stress levels of first-year students at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University: and 2) To compare the stress levels among first-year students at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University based on personal factors, including gender, faculty/college, family status, family monthly income, family relationships, and pre-existing health conditions. The sample group consisted of 400 first-year students at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University in the academic year 2024, selected through stratified random sampling based on the proportion of students in each faculty. Data were collected using a questionnaire developed by the researcher, adapted from the 20-item Suanprung Stress Test (SPST-20), which had a reliability coefficient () of .965. Data analysis included frequency distribution (f), percentage (%), mean (), and standard deviation (S.D.). Hypothesis testing was conducted using t-tests and F-tests. The findings indicated that;
     1. First-year students at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University in the academic year 2024 experienced a severe level of stress (43.50%). The average stress score was 58.38. When stress was categorized by specific aspects, students experienced a high level of physical stress (40.50%) with an average score of 25.32, and a high level of emotional and psychological stress (46.50%) with an average score of 32.81.
     2. Personal factors including gender, faculty/college, family status, family monthly income, and family relationships significantly influenced students' stress levels at the .05 level. However, students with different pre-existing health conditions did not show a significant difference in stress levels, which did not support the research hypothesis.