Review Of College Students Time Management: Correlations With Academic Stress

Everyone has one time in their life when things get hectic and stressful. Rather it is work, school, relationships, home chores, or getting tasks done, it can sometimes become a heavy burden. The definition of stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tensions resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. People handle stress and time management in many different ways. In some individuals this stress and time management can affect their happiness and productivity. Everyone has their own mechanism in how they handle these burdensome times. In “College Students’ Time Management: Correlations with Academic Performance and Stress,” the authors perform a study on undergraduate students. The study is to show how the students deal with academic stress and time management. They created a 76 questionnaire items from ideas that were in several how to books on time management. The authors described the questionnaire as, “The items were constructed to cover topic areas in time management that included the following: setting goals and priorities, learning to say “no,” making a things to do list,

Some people make lists and plan all their time, which allows them to have better productivity in their work. Also, some believe that they are in control of their time and how they spend it. Other people set goals and have priorities of the tasks that they should complete. Several individuals say that they prefer to work disorganized, and they believe that it allows them to get more work done. Our stress and time management is also linked with our happiness. If we reverse our way of thinking, we can train our brain to focus on positivity with our tasks and have happiness. As many college students struggle with finding a balance of stress, time management, and happiness these are just a few ways that can help direct students in the right