The research on university students' zones of stress potential

摘要

The objective of the article is to clarify the relation between the stress load and behaviour of young people in contemporary society on the basis of our own research. In the first place we monitor the area of lifestyle, social conditions and the influence of negative emotions on stress increase. The importance of mental hygiene is also emphasized. The personal research was carried out among the first year students of FIM UHK during one semester of the year 2012. We opted for the method of determining stress potential zones by means of a questionnaire survey. We defined the representation of students in each zone according to both sex and a branch of study - Financial Management, Information Management and Sport Management. In the conclusion we also mentioned the amount of students' ability to adapt to increased demands of university studies.