Abstract
Statistics about the rise in anxiety in college Millennials frame this research project that aims to explore why contemporary college students at elite institutions experience more anxiety than in previous generations. The goal of the study is to explore issues that affect society today, such as the larger world—political climate, terrorism, violence/crime, the unemployment rate—as well as stress from parental and familial situations, and student stressors: transitioning to college, relationships with friends and faculty, academic stress, financial stress, worry about the future, and chronic burdens for students in minority groups. Research will be conducted through interviews with Hamilton College students and administrators in in-depth, semi-structured interviews to capture students’ stories about their experiences.
Type of Work
Thesis - Limited Access
Department or Program
Sociology
Institution
Hamilton College
Degree
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Graduation
5-2018
Faculty Advisor
Stephen Ellingson
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Citation Information
Zee, Charlotte '18, "“Coddled Millennials”: Exploring Anxiety in College Students at an Elite Institution" (2018). Hamilton Digital Commons.
https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/soc_theses/8
Notes
Access to this thesis is limited to Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.