A study of physical and psychological health in relation to stress

Pages: 1080-1085
Seema Tripathi and Shashi Karuna (Department of Psychology, Buddha P.G. College, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh)

The present study was conducted on 200 subjects from different areas of Gorakhpur and Lucknow city. Main aim of the study was to explore the relationship between stress and health. Towards this end a set of 6 questionnaires was used. This study was conducted on 200 male and female subjects (100 males & 100 females). To know the relationship different statistical analysis were used namely descriptive analysis, Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regression. Results showed that there is a negative relationship between stress and health. Also, it was found that for different health variables different stress dimensions are responsible.