Abstract:
Academic stress can affect any person who engages in academic works, and the level of stress can vary
from person to person. According to Mashi and Gulrez (2006), stress is one of the crises of a lifestyle which
affects a person’s mentality. Students’ academic stress may be caused by different factors such as
difficulty to adapt to a new academic environment, huge work load, financial problems, loss of a family
member, lack of close friends, and exam failures (Furneaux, 1961; Sagar & Silgh, 2017). Most of the
undergraduates confront emotional pressure when entering the university system. Moreover, they have
to build interpersonal skills with different people who come from diverse backgrounds. Most of the
students who have already enrolled in degree programs are required to do well in academic programs
since their expectation is a good career at the end. Thus, academic stress can be formed automatically
among the undergraduates. Hence, managing stress is very important to undergraduates to reach their
expected academic performance. Similarly, graduates who can work in any work environment and are
able to handle stress are necessary for the sustainable development to the country.
