The Relationship between Psychological Stress and Future Anxiety among University Students: A Field Study on a Sample of Students at the University Of El Oued

The study aimed to explore the nature of the relationship between psychological stress and future anxiety among university students.The general research question was formulated as follows: "Is there a significant relationship between psychological stress and future anxiety among university students?"The study sample included 7,403 male and female students, and the following scales were applied: the Psychological Stress Scale by Dr. Nabil Kamel and Professor Ibrahim Al-Hajjar (2005), and the Future Anxiety Scale by Ghaleb Al-Mashikhi (2009).The descriptive method was followed, and data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).The study reached the following conclusions :• There is a positive correlation between psychological stress and future anxiety among university students.• There are no statistically significant differences in psychological stress attributable to gender.• There are statistically significant differences in future anxiety attributable to gender, favoring males.

• psychological stress
• future anxiety
• university students
• gender differences
• student mental health

• 3 — Bonne santé et bien-être

• Student Stress and Coping
• Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
• Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
• psychological stress
• future anxiety
• university students
• gender differences
• student mental health
• Developmental and Educational Psychology
• Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
• Psychology