The target of the research was to find out if academic stressors
perception could change according to the motivational orientation to the
student’s goals. With a sample population of 468 university students, 62.4%
female and 37.6% male, and an average age of 21.82 years old (DT=3.13).
Through a conglomerate analysis, the research obtained five groups of
approximation goals and avoidance to learning and performance. That, in some
cases, combined multiple goals. Opposite to the approximation groups, with a
much minor threat perception before the academic exigencies, the avoidance
groups expressed a greater vulnerability to stress. Except for the learning
avoidance group with a low quality perception of the stressors and a strong
indifference towards all related to the academic field. The obtained
results, in general, inform us that the origin of this sort of stress is not
related as much with the fulfilment of responsibilities, but with the breach
or absence of compromise with the work they demand. These are typical
manifestations of the students orientated towards avoidance.