Volume : 4, Issue : 9, September - 2015

ADOLESCENTS STRESS AND ITS EFFECTS ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN

Prof. Dr. J. Jasmine

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;A study to assess the stress and its effects on their academic performance among adolescents in selected schools, Puducherry.A descriptive study was conducted and the objective of the study were to assess the level of stress and to identify common factors leading to stress among adolescents,to identify the association between demographic variables and stress,to find out the impact of stress on their academic performance,to prepare a module to reduce the stress level among adolescents. With assumption &amp;ldquo;Adolescent students will have stress&amp;rdquo; and the investigator proceeded on with the study. The study was conducted at various Government Higher Secondary Schools in and around Puducherry. Convenience sampling technique was used to obtain sample. The sample comprised of 500 adolescent students from eighth, ninth and tenth standard (boys and girls) of Government Higher Secondary Schools during the study period. The tool which was used for the study was Modified adolescent adjustment scale. The major findings of the study are many of the students were girls 69.6% (348). Majority of parents were unskilled workers 96.0% (480). 80.0% (400) student&amp;rsquo;s parent income was above 2000 per month. 50.6% (253) of the student belongs rural area and 49.4% (247) were belongs to urban area. The overall stress score among adolescent school children was 58.63%. 56.0% (280) had moderate level of stress. The adolescent students had more stress score in school and teacher related than other aspects of stress i.e., 72.88% and 62.50% respectively. The overall stress score among adolescent school children was 58.63%. 56.0% (280) had moderate level of stress. The adolescent students had more stress score in school and teacher related than other aspects of stress i.e., 72.88% and 62.50% respectively. Correlation between stress and academic performance showed significant, negative correlation. Correlation between stress and academic performance 1, 2, and 3 (three consecutive test marks) showed the r value of -0.22,-0.34 and 0.42 respectively (P=0.001).This study revealed that the student who was under stress had a low performance in academic activities and this lead to stress related problems. Since, the nurses holding pivotal role in the health-care delivery system, it is needless to say that they can actively take part in alleviating stress of school children that will facilitate them to ing academic performance and to avoid stress related problems.&lt;/p&gt;</p>