Comparative Study of Academic Stress and Anxiety Among Working and Non- working College Students

Vol.4, No.1

Abstract

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (2022), the employment rate of the youth for
August 2022 has already reached its highest point at 89.2%, which means that out of the 7.64
million youth with ages ranging from 15-24, 6.81 million are already employed. With these high
numbers, along with the return of face-to-face classes, the probability of having more working
students is troubling. The study entitled “Comparative Study of the Academic Stress and
Anxiety Among Working and Non-working College Students” aimed to compare the lived
experiences of the students in terms of their academic stress and anxiety.

The data obtained from the interviews were then interpreted through Thematic Analysis, which
required the data to produce themes that are relevant to the main variables of the study –
Academic Stress and Anxiety. The findings obtained are specific only to the selected two
groups of respondents – Working/Part-time Students & Nonworking/Full-time Students, in
which seven themes were constructed to compare the two groups.

Based on the themes formulated from the data obtained from the Working and the Non-
working College Students, it was concluded that both groups tend to have different levels
since more factors contribute to the stress and anxiety of the working students than the non-
working students.