Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SJHSS)
Volume-4 | Issue-11 | 693-696
Original Research Article
Measuring Life Stress of Accounting Students
Chaiyaset Promsri
Published : Nov. 10, 2019
Abstract
This study was undertaken to investigate the level of life stress among college students, and to compare differences in life stress level between different groups of time online spent daily. Samples of 191 accounting students registered in strategic management course at a selected public university in Bangkok, Thailand agreed to complete the online questionnaire through Google platform. Results indicated that the overall level of life stress among accounting students was at a medium level (M = 2.91, S.D. = .704). Analysis of this study also demonstrated that the most frequently stress relief approach used by this group of students was “consulting with a reliable person” whereas “seeing a psychiatrist” was reported as the least frequently stress relief method used. Additionally, a Kruskal-Wallis H test showed that there was a statistically significant difference in level of life stress between the different groups of time online spent daily, χ2(2) = 11.410, p = .003, with a mean rank life stress score of 82.13 for less than 5 hours group, 86.03 for 5-8 hours group, and 113.29 for more than 8 hours group, respectively.