Relationship between psychological stress and social support among University students

Abstract

This article aims to identify the relationship between psychological stress levels and social support, focusing on students enrolled in various Faculties, Departments and academic levels, Ibb University, the academic year 2006-2007. The study employs the descriptive approach. It is divided into an introduction and two sections. Section 1 tackles the theoretical aspect, including the concept of psychological stress, its negative effects on individuals, its sources and causes, the nature of social support, the relationship between psychological stress and social support and previous studies. Section 2 addresses the study procedures, study population, sample, tools. In this section, the results were also presented and discussed. It concludes that students at Ibb University encounter less psychological stresses than expected; they are capable of facing them.