Studies about the State of Perceived Stress and Determining Risk Factors; case of Yemeni Students community Residing in Morocco

Abstract

Stress qualifies both a constraining situation but also the physiological process put in place by our body to adapt it. However, the students’ period is characterized by difficulties which make this behavior very widespread. The aim is to study the state of psychological health, and determining factors. the study is carried out on 197 (80.2% of men), studying in Moroccan higher education establishments. The stress test applied is Sheldon Cohen’s, (1983) based on 10 items with 5 point ratings from “never” to “very often”. The average age of the respondents is 32.84 ± 0.586 years,. The average length of residence is 4.74 ± 0.178 years (66% of these students are married). In addition, the distribution of the respondents’ scores shows a prevalence of 57.7% (n = 113) in this category see life as a perpetual threat. The chi2 independence shows that only age has a significant influence on perceived stress (chi2 = 7.665; p <0.05). Indeed, 61.66% of respondents aged less than 35 years showed a perpetual threat against 51.31% were over 35 years old. Then, the Yemeni authorities must provide support sessions for new students about French language learning, orientation on Moroccan social and cultural life and.

Keywords

• behavior
• prevalence
• determining factors
• yemen