Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Rupali Joshi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, UP, IN

Abstract

Stress represents any disruption or difficulty in the smooth course of hfe and occurs when demands on the individual exceed his or her coping abilities.Survey of available literature suggests that many undergraduate students undergo considerable stress, especially at the point of entry which require adapting to dramatic life changes, due to demands associated with change, leaving home, becoming independent, decision making, competing with new students, assuming greater responsibihty for one' life, making new friends, studying regularly and learning about as well as adjusting to a new environment. Inability to cope with stresses is likely to lead to negative consequences with anxiety being one of the most prominent one. Availability of counseling at this stage can be crucial for adjustment to the college life and eventually in carving a desirable career path. The present study primarily aims to explore the differences between college entrant boys and girls on stress experienced in various areas and anxiety, and also to study the relationship between stress and anxiety within the two groups along with attempting to identify the areas which need to be focused upon while providing counseling to college entrants. College Student Stress Scale (Srivastava & Kumar, 2000) consisting of five stress areas, viz., academic, environmental, family, financial and hostel stress and the free floating anxiefy subscale of the State, Trait and Free Floating Anxiety Scale developed by Tripathi and Rastogi (1986) were admmistered to 101 boys and 100 girls, all of whom were hostel residents and m first year of college. The obtained scores were subjected to statistical analysis by computing Mean, S.D., t-test and Pearson's 'r'. Obtained results indicated that boys and girls experienced similar levels of environmental, famify financial, hostel stresses and were also similar on free floating anxiefy, but girls reported higher level of academic stress. Stress in the areas of academic, environmental, family for boys and that in the areas of academic and hostel for girls was positively and correlated with free floating anxiety Results have been analyzed in context to the differences in socialization of girls and boys in the Indian society and their distinctive counseling needs.

Keywords

Stress, Anxiety, College, Students.

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Rupali Joshi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Uttrakhand Open University, Haldwani, IN

Abstract

The role of women in the society is constantly questioned and for centuries women have struggled to find their place in a world that is predominantly male oriented. Today number of women are successful in politics, technology and business etc. There is no profession today where women are not working. The sample consisted of 30 working and 30 non working women. Social Support scale by Arora and Kumar (1998), Modified Hindi version of Beck Depression by Arora and Prashant (1988) and Free Floating Anxiety Scale by Tripathi and Rastogi (1986) were used. There was no significant difference between working and non working women in anxiety and depression and social support. Anxiety was found to be correlated among working women in the areas of emotional support, informational support, companionship support and overall social support. Anxiety was not found to be correlated with any type of support among non working women. Depression was not found to be correlated with any type of social support among working women. Depression was found to be correlated among non working women on the areas of emotional support, companionship support and over all social support. Depression was not found to be correlated with informational support.

Keywords

Depression, Anxiety, Social Support, Women.

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Rupali Joshi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Stress represents any disruption or difficulty in the smooth course of life and occurs when demands on the individual exceed his or her coping abilities. Survey of available literature suggests that many undergraduate students undergo considerable stress, especially at the point of entry which require adapting to dramatic life changes, due to demands associated with change, leaving home, becoming independent, decision making, competing with new students, assuming greater responsibility for one' life, making new friends, studying regularly and learning about as well as adjusting to a new environment. Inability to cope with stresses is likely to lead to negative consequences with anxiety being one of the most prominent one. Availability of counseling at this stage can be crucial for adjustment to the college life and eventually in carving a desirable career path. The present study primarily aims to explore the differences between college entrant boys and girls on stress experienced in various areas and anxiety, and also to study the relationship between stress and anxiety within the two groups along with attempting to identify the areas which need to be focused upon while providing counseling to college entrants. College Student Stress Scale (Srivastava & Kumar, 2000) consisting of five stress areas, viz., academic, environmental, family, financial and hostel stress and the free floating anxiety subscale of the State, Trait and Free Floating Anxiety Scale developed by Tripathi and Rastogi (1986) were administered to 101 boys and 100 girls, all of whom were hostel residents and in first year of college. The obtained scores were subjected to statistical analysis by computing Mean, S.D., t-test and Pearson's 'r'. Obtained results indicated that boys and girls experienced similar levels of environmental, family, financial, hostel stresses and were also similar on free floating anxiety, but girls reported higher level of academic stress.

Keywords

Stress, Anxiety, College Students.

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