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    An Exploratory Study on the factors that cause stress and their impact on academic success: A cross-sectional qualitative study on postgraduate students using semi-structured interviews
    (The IIE, 2020) Mahlagaume, Sanikie
    The following study seeks to explore the factors that cause postgraduate students stress and hoe these affect their academic success. In so doing, the study seeks to discover the discrepancies that may exist between the way postgraduate students handle stress when compared to undergraduate students. This is due to the fact that literature found focused on the undergraduate student whereas those on postgraduate studies focused on the practical aspect (nursing) (Jithoo, 2017; Shete & Garkal, 2015). The study is qualitative in nature implying the use of qualitative methods. Thus, five postgraduate students were selected to partake in the study using non-probability, purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to give participants time to give a detailed overview of what stress means to them and its impact on their lives. Data acquired from the interviews was analysed using Zhang and Wildemuth’s eight step process of qualitative content analysis over a cross-sectional period of time (Maree, 2019). It was found that regardless of past experiences, new experiences made it just as difficult to handle stress. The results suggested that anxiety was a leading cause of stress which resulted in procrastination in terms of focusing on academics, experiencing helplessness (emotionally) and it affected decision-making.
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    The relationship between 1st & 2nd year tertiary students and their motivation to achieve academic success
    (The IIE, 2020) Munsami, Elysia Tiana
    The aim of this study is to show the reader why the selected topic is important and how it could influence or help future tertiary students as well as the relevant administrators, supervisors and lecturers. Social environments can either encourage and facilitate the tendencies for development and integration that the human psyche equips with. Or social environments can disrupt such developments, which leads an individual to display more unwanted behaviours (Deci & Ryan, 2004). The main argument of the research study is that current 2nd year tertiary students feel more pressure to achieve academic success compared to 1st year tertiary students. The specific problem that the researcher aimed to solve is how academic motivation differs from 1st year students and 2nd year students. It analyses how 2nd year students are more concerned about their futures whereas 1st year students are just aiming to achieve academic success. The data collection method used for this study was an online application known as Google Forms. The reason the researcher selected this method is that it is an easier form to collect responses and it provides graphs, statistics and pie charts to analyse the responses.