Volume : 3, Issue : 5, May - 2014

Impact of Academic Stress on Mental Health : A Study of School Going Adolescents

Dr. Satvinderpal Kaur

Abstract :

Adolescents are generally more prone to stress and anxiety. Being in a transitional stage of betweenchildhood and adulthood, adolescents have to confront with varied types of stresses and strains. The high expectations of parents and teachers in terms of scores and academic performance sometimes put extra mental burden on children, which may generally if not dealt effectively cause many physical or mental ailments,.The present study has been conducted on a sample of 200 school going adolescent students of Bathinda district. Data were collected with the help of academic stress scale by AbhaBisht (1987) and Mental Health Inventory developed by Srivastaand JagdishRai (1986). The scores obtained were analyzed statistically and the findings of the study reveal that significant differences exist in mental health of adolescent with regard to level of academic stress they experience. Further significant difference is also found in the mental health of students with respect to their gender in terms of high and low level of academic stress. Hence it is suggested that parents should not overburdened the children and should not set over expectations in terms of excellence inacademic pursuits beyond the capability and capacity of the child.