Factors related to psychological stress in postgraduate students: integrative review
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2024.222660Keywords:
Psychological Stress, Students, Universities, Graduate EducationAbstract
Objective: to analyze scientific evidence on factors
related to psychological stress among postgraduate
students. Methodology: integrative review carried out
in the databases Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Nursing Database, bibliographic index Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and Bibliographic Index Español en Ciencias de la Salud. The controlled descriptors Estudantes/Students, Estresse Psicológico/Stress, Psychological and Educação de
Pós-Graduação/Education, Graduate were used. Results: the final sample consisted of 17 studies which showed that postgraduate students have high stress levels and that the related symptoms negatively affected the student’s relationship with the course. Difficulties in time management and the high demands of the programs were identified as main predictors of stress. Conclusion: the synthesis revealed that difficulties in reconciling time with leisure activities and the program’s demands, inattention to to personal life, curricular
requirements, insecurity in relation to the professional
future, financial problems linked to the costs of self-financing their research, imbalances in relationship with advisors and reduced time for family and friends are all factors related to psychological stress among postgraduate students.
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