A survey of educational associated stress in adolescent girls in Ardabil

Background and Objective: school or educational- associated stress is an important subject in students in various communities that is known as a chronic stress and is associated with negative health outcomes such as depression and physical illness. Learning situations require the students to adapt to stressors, and to achieve optimal performance. Because the importance of this issue, especially among adolescents in secondary school levels is also associated with physical and mental changes. This study aimed to evaluate the survey of educational associated stress in adolescent girls in Ardabil. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-correlation study, 150 students that were studying in one of the first, second or third grades in public schools of Ardabil city during 2014 were included using cluster random sampling method ( 50 from each grade). These student were examined in terms of academic stress using Academic Stress Gadzla Questionnaires. Finally, the information obtained using SPSS16 software and statistical tests were analyzed. Results: The average age of students was 16.05 ± 1.06. The rate of school-related stress in 52% of students was mild, 67.26% moderate and 33.21% was sever. There was a statistically significant relationship between school-related stress with student's grades, average and their parent's education level. So that the frequency of service school-related stress was significantly higher among third grade students (p < 0.001), students belonging to parent with low education (p < 0.05), and student with high average score compared to first and second grade students and respectively, students belonging to parent with high education, and students with low average score ( p < 0.001). Conclusion: According to a high prevalence of school-related stress among students and its influence on different aspects of their life and according to the important role of girls in building the future society and healthy and righteous generation, schools should teach and prepare students to manage their stress