ASSESSMENT OF STRESS AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF SOUTH TAMIL NADU- A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 0
Abstract
Introduction: Stress is a negative emotional, cognitive, behavioral and physiological process that occurs as a person tries to adjust to or deal with stressors. The school children especially the adolescent age are under great stress due to their transient age, educational achievements, expectation over them of the family and society. This study was an attempt to assess the prevalence of stress and also its associated risk factors among higher secondary school children in South Tamil Nadu. Materials and methods: A total of 2321 students from class XI and XII of 27 schools under the Government, Government aided and private establishment in the 9 blocks of kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu were selected using Multistage stratified sampling. The information on socio demographic data were obtained with a pretested questionnaire and the response for the level of stress questions were obtained with the help of validated General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 12). The scoring was done using the Likert scale. The data was analysed using SPSS 16 trial version. The statistical test of Chi square and t test was applied. Results: The mean (SD) age of study participants was 16.47 (0.61) yrs. Males were 51.2% and females were 48.8%. About 60% of participants had no to mild stress, 30.8% had mild to moderate stress and 9.6% had moderate to severe stress. The mean total stress score obtained by the study participants was 12.19 (7.8). The mean stress score of subjects in English medium (12.60) was higher than Tamil medium (11.78) which was statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: The present study showed that prevalence of stress was high among the higher secondary school students, although the average total mean score was in the mild to moderate stress range. The stress level in the study participants had a significant association with age, type of school, medium of instruction, type of family, father’s occupation and number of siblings
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Suresh Balan Kumaraswamy Pillai Umayammal, Gopal Muthukrishnan, Ragavendaran Ragavendaran, Raghunarayanan Raghunarayanan, Amal Johnson
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