title: [Comparison of psychophysical stress in students in the first and second grades at secondary schools].
abstract: The study was carried out on 298 students (216 girls and 82 boys) beginning education in the first classes of secondary schools in Bydgoszcz, Cracow and Poznań. After one year the same students were examined again (282 second class students, 197 girls and 85 boys). The psychophysical stress was determined using an inquiry with 77 questions grouped in such a way that it was possible to pinpoint stress related to school education, work outside school, day timetable, situation of the student in class and family, and psychic wellbeing. The total score of all answers provided information on the total psychophysical stress. The answers to the questions pointed to the stressful factors and subjective feeling of the troublesomeness of these factors. It was found that with longer time spent in school the psychophysical stress was increasing. Although the stress resulting with objectively existing situations was at a similar level in both compared classes in the case of girls, and was slightly higher in the second class for boys, the subjective feeling of troublesomeness of these situations increased evidently in the second year both for boys and girls. The psychophysical stress of students in both compared classes differed for both sexes. In girls the psychophysical stress, subjective feeling of troublesomeness of work related to lessons, work timetable, student's situation in class and family and psychic wellbeing were greater in the first and second year of education. Only the magnitude of stress connected with work outside school was similar for boys and girls, and it was similar in both compared classes. The obtained results suggest the need for a differential approach during education to girls and boys, since girls are more susceptible to the effects of various stressful factors.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polus-Szeniawska
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D003479:Curriculum; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work / Q000502:physiology*; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Porównanie obciazeń psychofizycznych uczniów klas pierwszych i drugich liceum ogólnokształcacego.