A STUDY OF STRESS LEVEL AMONG JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

In today’s world the concept of stress has gained too much attention because there are many factors prevailing in
today's world which act as a catalyst in increasing it. Stress is not confined to age these days; the fact is that it is
increasingly affecting children of all age groups including those who are going to colleges as well. Proper stress
management is required in order to deal with it effectively. As far as college going students are concerned, there
are plenty of reasons which cause stress, employment status could be one of those. Employed students tend to face
many challenges like maintaining balance between work and college, academic achievement and work deadlines,
etc. The objective of the current study was to understand the stress level among male and female students from
junior college and also, among those who are employed and unemployed. Results indicated that stress was not
affected by gender whereas, employed students had a higher level of stress compared to those who were
unemployed.