Title

Neurodivergent Challenges in Higher Education: A Comparison to their Neurotypical Peers

Creator

Georgaki, Konstantina

Abstract

This research compared the stress levels, academic achievement, coping strategies and academic entitlement of neurodivergent and neurotypical students. Whether academic stress predicts academic achievement and whether coping strategies predict stress in the neurodivergent population were investigated. Neurodivergent (n=59, 49.6%) and neurotypical (n=60, 50.4%) students completed the CSS, Brief-Cope, APS and AEQ scales. Results revealed significant differences in academic performance and coping, but not in academic stress and entitlement. Academic stress did not predict achievement. Avoidance coping predicted stress for both groups and emotion-focused coping predicted stress in neurotypical students. Findings have major implications on how students combat stressors.

Keywords

neurodevelopmental background

academic experiences

stressors

Subject

Psychology

Date Available

May 22, 2025

Type

Poster

Course

PS 4935 Final Year Project II

Instructor

Orfanidou, Eleni

Lamprou, Efthymia

Session

Poster Session

Location

Deree Corridor

Event

Year 2025 | 9th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium