Bachelor Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisation, grade: 1,7, University of Applied Sciences Riedlingen, language: English, abstract: The main focus of this thesis is on psychological stress among students in face-to-face studies as well as in distance learning. The transactional stress model as a basic theory is included, as well as the consequences of mental stress: mental disorders. The students in Germany represent the object of the empirical investigation. The empirical investigation focuses on three aspects: the degree of mental stress of students, the stressors that condition these mental stresses, and the impairment of mental health that may show signs of a mental disorder. In order to explore these central aspects, the author surveyed 1,039 students from all over Germany who are currently enrolled in a face-to-face or distance learning program.