Abstract

This study explores the influence of chronic stress in college students. It focuses on the broader chronic stressors that college students experience related to physical and mental health, financial health and wellbeing, and presence of social supports, then addresses the more specific chronic stressors related to intersecting identities of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. This phenomenon is analyzed under the theoretical frameworks of social determinants of health, intersectionality, and systems theory. An online survey with both open and closed-ended questions was conducted with undergraduate social work students from the Bachelors of Social Work program at the University of Central Florida. The results of the study found that there was links between intersecting identities of participants with higher levels of chronic stress based on their chronic stress scores and participant responses on the influence of their identities on barriers to their physical, mental, and financial health.

Thesis Completion

2021

Semester

Spring

Thesis Chair/Advisor

Yalim, Asli Cennet

Degree

Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.)

College

College of Health Professions and Sciences

Department

School of Social Work

Degree Program

Social Work

Language

English

Access Status

Open Access

Release Date

5-1-2021

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Social Work Commons

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