-- The Photo: This is from the front page of the College Quarterly Journal of which published the article
- Alicia Kruiddrlbrink Flatt, the author of, A Suffering Generation: Six Factors Contributing to the Mental Health Crisis in North American Higher Education
- Alicia Flatt's article was posted to the college quarterly. It was academic peer reviewed and when I searched her name, I found many articles speaking on a similar topics to Flatt's and they all cited her. From going through the first two pages of her google search, I found over 10 different publications and citing of her article.
- One key term that the article spends a lot of time on is Academic Pressure. I know it is not a one worded term, but I think it is important to what I want to talk about. Academic Pressure comes from many things in this article, parent pressure, economic competitiveness, or high school grade inflation. The most important part of this is that the article states that academic pressure was NOT the most commonly reported worries 20 years ago. AIDS and nuclear war were among some of the most common. Technology is another key term in here. For me, this is very important because it is a topic that is extremely modern and mainly applied to millennials. The article suggests that student's extremely common use of technology makes them lack at social pressures, which causes mental issues. This is something that can certainly be a huge factor, because social pressures in college are very high.
- Some quotes I have I have taken straight from the highlighted notes in the piece because they encompass everything I say for them. The boxed quote for technology is a perfect quote for what my topic: "I think generally students that are arriving on campus are
different today than ten years ago. They’ve grown up with
cell phones, instant messenger, internet, the instant
gratification and resolving things very quickly has been a
growing issue for 20 or 30 years but there is a way in which
students are not accustomed to, not everybody, but many
students are not accustomed to have to tolerate and work
through stress. (Watkins et. al., 2001, p. 228)." When speaking of academic pressure, I found a great quote that encompasses the change in overall scores and how inflation has changed within recent years, "Despite students earning higher grades than ever before, in 2009
the U.S. Department of Education’s Program for International Student
Assessment found the average science scores of U.S. students were
comparatively lower than the students in 12 other industrial countries. U.S.
students were ranked seventh in the world for reading literacy, and scored
lower than 17 developed countries in the area of mathematics (Etter,
2010)." Finally, when speaking about lifestyle, another great topic for me, I found a quote saying, "Weight gain as a result of a poor diet and lack of healthy activity is
common among undergraduate students, and is often compounded by
increased stress from the academic workload (Jackson et al, 2009).
Though women have better eating habits than men, both exercise less
than the recommended amount of time per week (Driskell et al, 2006).
Studies have shown that there is an inverse association between physical
activity and depression and anxiety. Students who exercise more often are
less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, or panic disorders (Craft &
Landers, 1998)." Overall, these quotes are great, modern pieces of evidence for my proposal.
- This is a great article. It is Academic Peer reviewed and has a lot of information that I need. It is valuable because it taps in to what has changed on college campuses that makes stress and mental illness so different prevalent for millennial aged students. It is extremely recent and relevant. I am building an argument on to how the environment of college has changed. Privatization is one link to this issue I will be discussing, but it is not the only one. This article is gold for the fact that it gives me further evidence and a platform to find more research similar like this.
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