A “DOR DO CRESCIMENTO”: UM ESTUDO SOBRE O NÍVEL DE ESTRESSE EM PÓS-GRADUANDOS DE CONTABILIDADE

The increase in the number of graduate programs in Accounting Scricto Sensu has driven students to join in the academic environment. In parallel to this insertion appears that the concept of programs, defined by CAPES, is mainly linked to the number of events and publication in journals, which in turn causes the graduate programs in search of good assessments, putting pressure on their students to work intensively on the development of research. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to identify the level of stress in students of master's and doctorate in Accounting in Brazil, in order to realize at what stage of stress are as provided by the Inventory of Stress Symptoms Lipp. This is a descriptive research with quantitative approach with 265 graduate students in Accounting in Brazil. For data collection we used a specific instrument with questions concerning personal characteristics and issues related to Inventory Lipp Stress Symptoms, which was made available to the target population during the month of January 2013, through the electronic application Google Docs . After the descriptive and statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel and SPSS, it was concluded that the stress symptoms were presented more: muscle tension, insomnia, constant fatigue, forgetfulness, anxiety or daily anxiety, and irritability without apparent cause. Among the graduate students who had stress, most are masters, and women are more stressed than men. Keywords: Stress. Postgraduates. Accounting. Symptoms of Stress. Stages of Stress.The increase in the number of graduate programs in Accounting Scricto Sensu has driven students to join in the academic environment. In parallel to this insertion appears that the concept of programs, defined by CAPES, is mainly linked to the number of events and publication in journals, which in turn causes the graduate programs in search of good assessments, putting pressure on their students to work intensively on the development of research. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to identify the level of stress in students of master's and doctorate in Accounting in Brazil, in order to realize at what stage of stress are as provided by the Inventory of Stress Symptoms Lipp. This is a descriptive research with quantitative approach with 265 graduate students in Accounting in Brazil. For data collection we used a specific instrument with questions concerning personal characteristics and issues related to Inventory Lipp Stress Symptoms, which was made available to the target population during the month of January 2013, through the electronic application Google Docs . After the descriptive and statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel and SPSS, it was concluded that the stress symptoms were presented more: muscle tension, insomnia, constant fatigue, forgetfulness, anxiety or daily anxiety, and irritability without apparent cause. Among the graduate students who had stress, most are masters, and women are more stressed than men