Undergraduate anxiety review highlights academic pressure and barriers to support
A thematic review describes recurring pressures and coping approaches among undergraduates, while leaving the strength of causal claims and intervention benefits uncertain.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The review identifies academic pressure, fear of failure and social judgment as recurring sources of anxiety in undergraduate studies. It also highlights greater vulnerability among female and first-year students and barriers to using support. These are patterns reported by the review; the abstract does not establish that any particular stressor caused anxiety.
The included study designs, participant totals and risk-of-bias assessments are not described. This limits assessment of how dependable the reported patterns and coping claims are.
Theme shares are not prevalence
The reported percentages accompany the review's thematic categories; they are not presented as the proportion of students with anxiety. They should not be read as prevalence estimates or as evidence that a particular stressor causes anxiety.
Coping claims need comparative evidence
Mindfulness, yoga, peer support and biofeedback were described as useful coping approaches. The abstract supplies no comparative effect sizes or intervention follow-up, so it cannot establish which approach works best or how durable benefits are.
The original publication
A Systematic Literature Review on Anxiety Among Undergraduate Students: Causes and Coping Strategies.
Rastogi S, Gupta S, Deepak D et al.
Ann Neurosci · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 40936739
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