Perceived stress among high school students : and how it's influenced by the relationship with the teachers

Syftet med studien var att undersöka gymnasieelevers upplevda stress, och om deras upplevda relationer till lärarna hade någon inverkan. En kvalitativ metod där ansatsen var inspirerad av fenomenologi har valts, och intervjuer med 18 respondenter från olika gymnasieskolor i Västra Götaland utgör grunden för studiens resultat. Resultaten visade att många gymnasieelever är stressade, och symptomen som de uppgav var då till exempel brist på kontroll, oro, uppgivenhet, spänning, sömnsvårigheter, koncentrationssvårigheter och kortsiktigt tänkande. De främsta orsakerna till deras upplevda stress var tidsbrist, mycket eget ansvar, höga krav, dåliga rutiner och dålig planering. Lärarna hade en stor inverkan på gymnasieelevernas upplevda stress, och deras sociala relationer var en viktig påverkansfaktor för elevernas hälsa och lärandeförmåga. Resultaten visade också att gymnasieelever tycker att stressförebyggande insatser behövs på skolorna, för att så många elever är stressade i dagens samhälle.The purpose of this study was to examine perceived stress among high school students, and if their experienced relations to the teachers had any effect. A qualitative method where the approach was inspired by phenomenology has been chosen, and interviews with 18 respondents from different high schools in Region Västra Götaland constitute the basis for the results of this study. The results showed that many high school students are stressed, and the symptoms that they reported were for example lack of control, anxiety, resignation, tension, sleeping problems, difficulties in concentration and short-term thinking. The main causes to their perceived stress were lack of time, lots of self-responsibility, high demands, bad routines and bad planning. The teachers had a large impact in the experienced stress among the high school students, and their social relations were an important influential factor for the student's health and learning capacity. The results also showed that high school students believes that efforts which aims to preventing stress in schools are needed, because so many students are stressed in today's society