The study of stressors factors and responses towards these factors in girl and boy students

The current research is conducted to studying and comparing factors that cause stress and responses to these factors in boy and girl students. Statistical society of this study was all of undergraduates in 11th zone of Azad University which studying in 1390-91 educational year. From among them, 550 students were selected (280 male and 270 female) with cluster sampling method by several steps. The tool of this research was student life stress inventory (SLSI). For analyze of data we use multivariate analysis of covariance to control age variable, hierarchy regression analysis for delineating role of gender and five sources of educational stress to predict responses towards this factors. Five category of stressors factors including Frustration, Conflict, pressure, changes and self- imposed stress and four descriptors of responses towards stress namely “physiological , excitation, cognitive and behavioral” were investigate. Results of research show that girl students have high scores than boy in four responses to stressors and multiple factors, which cause stress including Frustration, pressure, changes and self-imposed stress, while boy students obtained higher scores only in self-, imposed stress factors. Result of multivariate analysis of covariance indicated that gender variable have significant effect after control of age. In addition, results of hierarchy regression analysis show that anticipating factors of gender and four resources for educational stress, have anticipate Physiological, Excitation, Cognitive and Behavioral responses, significantly. All of factors, which cause educational stress, play significant role to anticipate resources for educational stressors.