Comparative study of stress between male and female school going adolescents

Pages: 857-860
Swati Shrivastava and Priyamvada Shrivastava (School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh)

The purpose of this study was to compare stress level in male and female adolescents out of total sample of 100 adolescents (50 male & 50 female). Stress test comprising dimensions of stress of home life, Stress of school performance, stress of school attendance, stress of romantic relationship, Stress of peer pressure, Stress of teacher interaction, stress of future uncertainty, Stress of school / leisure conflict, Stress of financial pressure, Stress of emerging adult was used. All the participants considered in study were from several government and private schools of Durg district (C.G.) India. The data was analysed using Mann-Whitney U test. The main findings showed that female adolescents significantly showed more stress in school performance, teacher interaction, Stress of school / leisure conflict and peer pressure than male adolescents. Male adolescents showed significantly more stress in stress of romantic relationship than female adolescents.