Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain.
Grupo de Investigación en Cultura, Educación y Sociedad, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 21;19(3):1207. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031207.
The aim of this research was to analyze the effect of studying a single or double degree in the psychophysiological stress response and academic performance of university students in their bachelor's thesis defense. We analyzed the autonomic stress response, cortical arousal, subjective distress perception, and the sense of objective and subjective academic fulfilment of 84 single-degree physiotherapy students and 26 double-degree sport sciences and physiotherapy students during their bachelor's thesis defense. The results showed that the bachelor's thesis defense was a stressful event for double-degree students, showing an activation of the sympathetic nervous system and presenting a higher autonomic habituation response for the double degree students compared to the single degree students. We found higher mean grades during the whole degree and higher grades in the written and oral bachelor's thesis academic achievements for single-degree students compared to double-degree students. No significant differences were found between single-degree and double-degree students in subjective distress perception and cortical arousal. No correlation was found between academic performance variables and subjective distress perception, cortical arousal, and autonomic modulation variables. We conclude that the bachelor's thesis defense produces a large anticipatory anxiety response in single-degree physiotherapy students and in double-degree sport sciences and physiotherapy students. Double-degree students showed higher levels of habituation and adaptability to the stressful event, with a better autonomic response. Academic achievements were significantly higher among single-degree students compared to the double-degree group.
本研究旨在分析学生在撰写本科毕业论文答辩时，攻读单一或双学位对其心理生理应激反应和学业表现的影响。我们分析了 84 名单一理疗学位学生和 26 名双运动科学和理疗学位学生在本科毕业论文答辩期间的自主应激反应、皮质唤醒、主观不适感知以及客观和主观学业成就感。结果表明，本科毕业论文答辩对双学位学生来说是一个压力事件，与单一学位学生相比，双学位学生的交感神经系统被激活，自主适应反应更高。我们发现，与双学位学生相比，单一学位学生在整个学位期间的平均成绩更高，书面和口头本科毕业论文成绩更高。在主观不适感知、皮质唤醒和自主调节变量方面，单一学位和双学位学生之间没有发现显著差异。我们得出结论，本科毕业论文答辩会引起单一理疗学位学生和双运动科学和理疗学位学生产生较大的预期焦虑反应。双学位学生对压力事件表现出更高的习惯化和适应性，自主反应更好。与双学位组相比，单一学位学生的学业成绩明显更高。
