Volume : 3, Issue : 1, January - 2014

Stress among high school children in Morena District, Madhya Pradesh: A Cross–sectional study

Garima Verma, Shubhi Tomar, Cnv Sai Bharath

Abstract :

The transition from childhood to adulthood is webbed by adolescence. Students at this age face unavoidable stress. The speed and magnitude of these changes overload the capacity of many young people to cope. To assess the stress level among students in Morena district due to various factors influencing stress. The cross sectional survey was carried out among 9th and 10th grade students of both government and private school. A validated K10 scale was used to assess the stress as well as coping. Students out of 228 likely to have severe mental disorder are 15(6.6%). Student found likely to have severe mental disorder has complained of being depressed with lower marks (8.15%), parent and teachers compared with others were complained (11.11%), high expectations of parents (15.56%) and been betrayed by friends (17.86%).