A study on academic stress among adolescents in twin cities of Andhra Pradesh

Pages: 551-555
Chava Nirmala (Department of Psychology, St. Anns College of Education, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh)
M.V.R. Raju (Department of Psychology, Andhra University Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh)

Stress is universal human experience. Stress and strain are experienced by adolescents, especially students. The study is an attempt to find out the academic stress and anxiety among the students in twin cities of Andhra Pradesh. The total sample for the present study was 743 (male=373 and female=370). The Student Academic Stress Scale (1991) developed by Rajendranand K.V. Kaliappan was used to gather the data. A demographic questionnaire developed by the researcher was also used. A quantitative survey method was employed using statistical procedures such as t-test and f-test. The findings of the study points out that there were significant influence and difference between the demographical variables like gender, type of school, medium, type of syllabus with Academic Stress. Based on the findings of the study a set of recommendations were formulated.