Role of Academic Stress and Its Impact on Adolescents
Author : M Suvarchala and Dr. E Manjuvani
Abstract :
The present study is an attempt to understand the impact of academic stress on adolescents studying Intermediate in different streams. Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the concept of academic stress as the transitions occur at an individual and social level. It, therefore, becomes imperative to understand the sources and impact of academic stress to derive adequate and efficient intervention strategies. This review aims to understand academic stress at a bio psychosocial level highlighting the impact and sources of academic stress. Academic learning is the main source of stress among adolescents and is associated with mental health problems; finding its determinants helps to know the risk factors that influence stress. Adolescence is the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood and considered to be the period between the ages of 10 and 19 years. It accounts for approximately 17% of the world’s population. India is home to the largest adolescent population in the world. During this period, adolescents undergo many psychosocial and physiological changes making them more prone to various stresses. School environment, curriculum design, examinations and social support definitely would influence the level of stress experienced by the adolescents. The objective of the study is to find the level of stress experienced by the college adolescents and to find if there is significant difference in demographic variables and academic stress. The data was collected from two Intermediate colleges of both government and private in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. We are Using Random Sampling Technique.
Keywords :
Stress, college students, adolescents, academic stress
