Impact of scholastic stress among academic learners: a pragmatic study of ug & pg students in r.r. district
- Stress, Academic Stress, Professional Colleges, Professional Students
Abstract
For many young adults, college is the best time of life. These critical years can also be undetermined by depression, anxiety and stress. Students are very likely to experience some or many stressors which may test their ability to cope: adapting to a new environment, balancing a heavy work load, making new friends, becoming more independent. Looking from a closer perspective, the college students’ encounters a number of challenges in his day to day life. The present paper examines the sources and effects of stress on the professional college students. It is hoped that the findings of the present study will assist college students to deal with stress and help advance knowledge on coping strategies to face life stress. This paper is to investigate the sources of stress among college students pursuing B. Tech, B. Pharmacy, MBA, MCA etc., in select colleges from Moinabad mandal, R.R. District, Telangana State. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect research data. Research findings suggested that male students feel stronger stress from family factor than female ones; students in higher grades feel more stress from physical/mental and emotional factors