Presentation
Anxiety Levels in College Students: The Impact of Evidence-based Remedies
33rd annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education
(2021)
Abstract
Each semester, communication with students frequently involves discussions of stress and anxiety. While informal advising and mentoring from faculty may help decrease students' anxiety, it is helpful to know what evidence-based strategies for stress and anxiety reduction can decrease students' anxiety.A literature review was conducted in June 2020 to gain information regarding anxiety and stress in college students. Using the ERIC database, the following search criteria: date range of 2010 to present, full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles using the search terms "anxiety in college students." The search resulted in 151 articles. Upon review of the articles, 21 peer-reviewed publications were relevant to the search topic. The majority of articles eliminated focused on test anxiety, public speaking anxiety, and subject-specific anxiety (i.e., math, statistics, language). Current research demonstrates that biofeedback, meditation, mindfulness, and sleep education all assist with decreasing anxiety in college students (Burns et al., 2011; Crowley & Munk, 2017; Ratanasiripong et al., 2010; Ratanasiripong et al., 2012; Sadigh et al., 2014).
Keywords
- anxiety,
- mental wellness,
- anxiety in college students
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer June 7, 2021
Location
https://ncore2021.secure-platform.com/a
Citation Information
Kristen Maisano. "Anxiety Levels in College Students: The Impact of Evidence-based Remedies" 33rd annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kristen-maisano/13/