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Desiree Wyles

Ms. Trotter

Brit Lit per 4

28 November, 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Cohen, Melissa. Surviving Stress and Anxiety in College and Beyond. Learn

Psychology, Learn Psychology, 2017, www.learnpsychology.org/. 28 Nov 2017.

https://www.learnpsychology.org/student-stress-anxiety-guide/

In this article, Cohen addresses the tolls stress and anxiety can take on a student

and offers tips to help ease the stress no matter the situation. By pulling from her own

experience of over two decades and a few government websites such as the National

Institute of Mental Health with the U.S. Department of Health and Human services and

the Anxiety and Depression Association of America dedicated to to easing stress and

symptoms of anxiety Cohen uses these resources to provide her audience with many

resources and suggestions on how to cope with stress and anxiety. I researched the

sources she used and found them to be credible along with her own credentials. The

solutions she was giving were not only personal but interactive which is a new aspect I

had not explored before, this is important to my research because instead of just

addressing the problem and leaving it at that she gives solutions.

Communications, NYU Web. NYU Study Examines Top High School Students' Stress

and Coping Mechanisms. NYU, 11 Aug. 2015, www.nyu.edu/about/news-

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publications/news/2015/august/nyu-study-examines-top-high-school-students-

stress-and-coping-mechanisms.html.

This research study was completed by Noelle R. Leonard1, 2, Marya Viorst

Gwadz1, Amanda Ritchie1, Jessica L. Linick1, 2, Charles M. Cleland1, Luther Elliott3,

Michelle Grethel4. They used mulitple sources including, College of Nursing NYU,

National Development and Research Institutes and Teachers College, Columbia

University to outline the leading causes of stress for high schoolers. Noelle Leonard

PhD a research scienist NYUCN lists some of the leading factors reported by students

to cause stress are school and homework. A part of the research included asking

students how often they are stressed and what seems to be the cause of it. The results

were 49% feeling stressed on a daily basis with most contributors being grades,

homework, and preparing for college. This four part research led to some very useful

findings and information I can use when justifying that school is a leading factor of

stress and anxiety for high school seniors.

Neighmond, Patti. School Stress Takes A Toll On Health, Teens And Parents Say.

NPR, NPR, 2 Dec. 2013, www.npr.org/sections/health-

shots/2013/12/02/246599742/school-stress-takes-a-toll-on-health-teens-and-

parents-say.

In this article, Neighmond of NPRs health policy correspondent since 1981,

uses Nora Huynh and her parents experience with academic stress to bring light to the

situation. Using polls from NPR, Harvard school of public health and the American

Psychological Association she provides facts from polls such as one outcome saying
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24% of parents are labeling homework as the issue. By lumping the parents into the

voice of the problem she gives the article a little more credibility by being able to

connect her problem to multiple parts of society. NPR also asked students on their

facebook page how stress from school has impacted them and similar to Noras response

they were full of mental breakdowns, upset stomachs, headaches, and multiple diagnosis

for panic and anxiety disorders. These are the factors I am addressing and with Noras

story and her parents involvement I can put faces to the problem.

Ossola, Alexandra. Stress High School. The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 9

Oct. 2015,

www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/high-stress-high-

school/409735/.

In this article Alexandra Ossola a science writer for The Atlantic enlightens

parents on the causes of stress and reassures them that it is not their fault, however there

are ways they can help their teen. Using sources such as Marly Alvord a psychiatrist

specializing in teens to educate parents on the health impacts anxiety can have on their

student. Ossola also uses the book written by Bo Paulle called Toxic Schools; Paulle is

a sociology professor at the University of Amsterdam who debunks the theory that one

social class of students has more academic stress than the other. She wraps her article

up with some of Alvords suggestions for parents on how to help their child cope. The

view point that no one party is guilty and the viewpoint of moving towards a solution

provides the unbiased view I need in my research as well as an unbiased view for the

parents.
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Small Group Responsive Services. SCALE - The School Counseling Analysis,

Leadership and Evaluation Research Center, SCALE, 2017, https://scale-

research.org/view?id=2101&type=sg

In this article, the School Counseling Analysis Leadership Evaluation for

Riverside Poly high school 2017 published its narrative on our school's guidance

counselors work towards helping students handle stress. The report includes a survey

sent to parents and students and the results showed that stress and anxiety are a huge

factor in school academic achievement. I found that as of this year support groups are

being offered at my school for students dealing with academic stress and anxiety,

however when the support group was hosted only ten students showed even though the

ten who did participate saw significant signs of improvement. The article believes this

is because of the negative stigma students have with group counseling. However if

going to a group is unfavorable for a student second semester last year the campus

gained a SAP counselor who has made referrals to therapy easily accessed and will

hopefully help with the anxiety/stress levels of my peers.