Essay - Time Management Literature Review There are Many Different Things that...

Time Management

Literature Review

There are many different things that can cause stress for the college student. Managing their time effectively and having satisfaction with the leisure ***** that they have ***** issues that must be addressed by many college students (McKean & Misra, 2000). Academic stress is also extremely important ***** this is possibly one of the largest *****sues that college students face, but this can be lessened by learning to manage time appropriately (***** & Misra, 2000). Nationwide there has been a strong incre*****se in the stress that college students are feeling and many believe that this trend is ra*****r disturbing.

***** are several different categories ***** this stress takes and these include financial, health-related, academic, and self-imposed (McKean & *****, 2000). Those that are ***** have ***** do with the knowledge base that the student has and whether the student has ***** perception ***** he or s***** i***** able to develop it in an adequate period of *****. Many students experience academic stressors at specific times dur*****g each semester be***** ***** ***** these come from taking exams, competing for grades, ***** memorizing or learning a l*****rge amount of inf*****mation *****in a very short period of time (McKean ***** Misra, 2000). The interest, however, is in whether students that manage their time better experience fewer symptoms ***** anxiety and stress (***** & *****, 2000).

Stress is generally a good th*****g *****s all individuals must have some to survive. However, when students have too much stress in their lives or the stress is perceived as be*****g a neg*****tive event then psychological and physical impairments can **********s be seen (McKean & M*****ra, 2000). There are ways that students can reduce stress in college but they have to work at what they are doing and learn how to get enough social support, enough time for leisure and enjoyment, and manage their time correctly (McKean & Misra, 2000). If students ***** not ***** to meet any type of personal need through different leisure activities or hobbies they may feel as though the stress that *****y ***** deal with in cl*****ses and during exams is actu*****y ***** stronger than what it really is (McKean ***** M*****ra, *****). In addition, female students appear ***** experience more anxiety symptoms and *****nefit less from leisure activities, so the female college student population would seem to be the most at risk ***** difficulties stemming ***** the stress of time management problems (McKean & Misra, 2000). In *****, *****, female students are seen to ***** better overall at managing ***** time effectively ***** male students (McKean & Misra, *****).

Time management ********** to be ***** important for m***** of these individuals as they work their way through ***** (McKean & Misra, 2000). Many of these students are just out of high school and when they were in high school they did ***** ***** the degree of ***** ***** they have in college. They also did not have the trouble with managing their time correctly in high school. Their