Anxiety and Stress in School

Anxiety and stress are impacted a lot by school.

• True

• False

How many students in middle school have feelings of stress or anxiety?

• 50%

• 68.3%

• 31%

• 15.2%

What aspects of school give adolescents stress and anxiety?

• Grades

• Friends

• Homework

• All of the above

What problem(s) do many adolescents have during their time at school?

• Stress/anxiety

• Alcohol/substance use

• Bullying

• All of the above

How many adolescents in middle or high school attempt suicide?

• 4%

• 16%

• 9%

• 22%

What is an effective coping mechanism or anxiety or stress?

• Sleeping too much or too little

• Breathing exercises

• Turning to drugs, alcohol, marijuana, etc.

• Harming something or someone

Avoiding your issues is a healthy coping mechanism.

• True

• False

What is the most common coping mechanism adolescents use?

• Irrational beliefs/bad self-talk

• Humor

• Dissociation (zoning out, etc.)

• Denial/avoidance

Anxiety tends to...

• Make it hard to do work or focus

• To participate in conversation

• Lock up the brain

• All of the above

Academic pressure is stress from school, and it...

• May cause failure in students

• Makes others feel bad for you

• Gets you candy

• Causes laziness