فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Academic stress is one of the major affecting factors on adolescent health.This study investigates adolescents’ view about the sources of academic stress, with which theiridentification could be used for the reduction of adolescent academic stress.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted with Directional Content Analysismethodology. Semi‑structured interview methods were used for data collection. Participants werestudents aged 12–18 years old. Purposeful sampling with Opportunistic Maximum Variation Methodwas performed in terms of type of schools, socioeconomic classes, and gender of students. A totalof 43 interviews and were conducted by two interviewers.RESULTS: A total of 173 codes, 11 subcategories, and 5 categories were extracted as academicstressors. The categories included family factors (32 codes); peers (18 codes); teachers, schoolsupervisors, and educational system (72 codes); homework and test scores (32 codes); andeducational assistance classes (19 codes).CONCLUSION: This study showed that students have different sources of academic stress. Awarenessof their source of stress can help parents and teachers to revise their treat about students’ functionand policymaker to provide better planning and management for students.