A Study on Stress, Health and Coping Strategies among Intermediate Students at Guntur and Krishna Districts, AP
Keywords:
Student stress, Physical and Mental Stress, Coping StylesAbstract
The present study is concerned with the study of relationship between student stress and various demographic variables, to make a comparative study on stress experienced by intermediate students belonging to different groups that are M.P.C, Bi.P.C, M.E.C & C.E.C, the effect of stress on physical and mental health of the intermediate students, and coping styles adopted by students to reduce their stress levels. A sample of 1000 intermediate students were drawn randomly from Guntur and Krishna Districts of Andhra Pradesh. It was observed that there is a significant association between demographic variables such as gender, type of stay, parents occupation, parents annual income and Stress of Intermediate students and it was observed that among the mean differences, the difference in stress levels experienced between Bi.P.C group and C.E.C group was higher and majority of the students experienced major health problems in the course period. It was also observed that majority of the respondents balance their work, rest and play and prefer to pray god in stressful situation. And most of the respondents chat with friends and play games as stress coping mechanisms.
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