ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Examining Gender As a Moderator between Academic Stress and Physical Health

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Biological Psychology

  • Ivette Sanchez
    The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
  • Jordan Kenemore
    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Grant Benham
    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Abstract

This research evaluated the probable relationship between gender, academic stress and health. Using the Perception of Academic Stress Scale (PASS) and the Cohen-Hoberman Inventory of Physical Symptoms (CHIPS), we established that there was a relationship between academic stress and health; but there was no relationship between gender and academic stress.

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