Result showed that ARS has the highest score which is 2.27, indicating that it was perceived as
causing the highest stress by the students (Table 5.1.2). The other stressor groups were perceived as
causing moderate stress by the students. In descending rank order of other stressor groups, IRS mean
score was 1.88, followed by GARS (1.78), TLRS (1.77), SRS (1.76) and DRS (1.57). Based on the
results, it appeared that the major source of stress experienced by the students was related to academic
requirements that were represented by ARS domain.