Table 2 The scores of different sources of academic stress among high-school adolescents in Qazvin City, Iran (n = 1724)
From: Sources of academic stress among Iranian adolescents: a multilevel study from Qazvin City, Iran
Variables | Financial issues | Parents’ involvement | Peer pressure | School’s regulations | Academic competition | Interaction with teacher | Future uncertainty | Educational system | Home life | Total academic stress | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 46.3 (44.3, 48.3) | 43.4 (42.0, 44.7) | 31.3 (29.9, 32.6) | 36.3 (34.9, 37.8) | 59.4 (57.8, 61.0) | 58.4 (57.3, 59.7) | 72.1 (70.8, 73.5) | 43.2 (41.8, 44.5) | 27.5 (26.4, 28.5) | 36.3 (46.0, 47.0) |
Male | 48.4 (46.5, 50.3) | 51.5 (50.1, 52.8) | 34.4 (33.1, 35.7) | 36.2 (34.9, 37.6) | 57.6 (56.1, 59.2) | 53.8 (52.7, 55.0) | 67.4 (66.0, 68.9) | 45.7 (44.4, 47.1) | 31.02 (29.9, 32.2) | 45.18 (44.0, 46.0) | |
Educational period | First | 44.9 (43.1, 46.9) | 48.2 (46.8, 49.5) | 32.8 (31.4, 34.1) | 32.2 (31.1, 33.4) | 63.1 (61.7, 64.6) | 53.4 (52.2, 54.5) | 67.5 (66.1, 68.8) | 40.7 (39.5, 42.0) | 26.5 (25.4, 27.5) | 44.1 (43.4, 44.9) |
Second | 49.9 (48.1, 5.9) | 46.6 (45.2, 48.0) | 32.9 (31.6, 34.2) | 40.7 (30.2, 42.2) | 53.4 (51.7, 55.0) | 59.2 (58.0, 60.3) | 72.3 (71.0, 73.7) | 48.5 (47.1, 49.9) | 32.3 (31.1, 33.4) | 47.5 (46.7, 48.3) | |
School type | Governmental | 50.3 (48.5, 52.0) | 47.3 (46.0, 48.5) | 32.5 (31.2, 33.7) | 35.5 (34.2, 36.8) | 58.8 (57.3, 60.2) | 57.0 (55.9, 58.1) | 69.7 (68.5, 71.0) | 42.4 (41.2, 43.6) | 29.9 (28.9, 31.0) | 45.7 (45.0, 46.4) |
Special | 43.5 (40.8, 46.2) | 47.5 (45.6, 49.5) | 33.6 (31.7, 35.4) | 41.2 (39.2, 43.3) | 57.2 (54.9, 59.5) | 57.9 (56.2, 59.7) | 69.4 (67.4, 71.4) | 49.0 (47.1, 51.1) | 28.2 (26.6, 29.8) | 46.5 (45.4, 47.7) | |
Private | 42.8 (39.7, 46.1) | 47.7 (45.0, 41.5) | 32.9 (30.6, 35.0) | 31.7 (29.6, 33.7) | 59.5 (56.8, 62.2) | 50.7 (48.8, 52.5) | 70.4 (68.0, 72.8) | 44.7 (42.4, 47.0) | 28.4 (26.6, 30.1) | 44.7 (43.4, 46.0) | |
Family SES | High | 39.5 (37.9, 41.8) | 47.5 (45.8, 49.1) | 30.5 (28.9, 32.2) | 37.2 (35.5, 38.9) | 57.8 (55.9, 59.7) | 54.1 (52.6, 55.6) | 67.8 (67.1, 70.5) | 44.9 (42.4, 47.0) | 25.8 (24.5, 27.1) | 44.2 (43.2, 45.1) |
Moderate | 46.7 (44.5, 49.1) | 46.8 (45.2, 48.4) | 32.5 (31.0, 34.0) | 36.1 (34.4, 37.7) | 58.1 (56.9, 60.0) | 55.9 (54.4, 57.3) | 69.7 (68.0, 71.4) | 43.7 (42.1,45.4) | 28.2 (26.9, 29.5) | 45.2 (44.3,46.1) | |
Low | 55.7 (53.5, 58.0) | 48.0 (46.2, 49.7) | 35.4 (33.8, 37.0) | 35.5 (33.8, 37.2) | 59.5 (57.5, 61.5) | 58.4 (57.0, 59.9) | 70.8 (69.1, 72.5) | 44.9 (43.2, 47.0) | 33.7 (32.2, 35.2) | 47.8 (46.9,48.8) |