Perceived stress and personal growth initiatives of inter regional migrant students

Pages: 1333-1337
Jaswinder Kaur (Department of Education, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab)

The main objective of present paper to study the effect of perceived stress on personal growth initiatives of inter regional migrant students. Students (947) studying in north Indian universities belonging to Southern, Western, Eastern regions of India, were selected by purposive and chain sampling. Stepwise Regression was applied and found that the dimensions of perceived stress as well as overall perceived stress negatively affect personal growth initiative of inter regional migrant students. The findings, implications and suggestions for future research discussed.