Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

D. V. V. Sambasiva Rao ¹, B. S. Kumar Reddy ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Y. V. University, Kadapa, IN
2 Department of Psychology, S. V. University, Tirupati, IN

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the impact of gender, locality and nature of course among professional students. The sample consisted of 400 students (200 boys and 200 girls) belong to urban and rural localities. The subjects were in the age group of 20-22 yrs from the medicine and engineering colleges. The data were collected by administering the academic stress scale (ASS) developed by Sreenivas and Kumar (1999). Mean's, S.D's, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and 't'-test were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that gender and nature of course have significant impact on academic stress.

Keywords

Academic Stress, Nature of Course, Professional Students.

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D. V. V. Sambasiva Rao ¹, B. S. Kumar Reddy ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Y. V. University, Kadapa, IN
2 Department of Psychology, S. V. University, Tirupati, IN

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the impact of gender, locality and nature of course among professional students. The sample consisted of 400 students (200 boys and 200 girls) belong to urban and rural localities. The subjects were in the age group of 20-22 yrs from the medicine and engineering colleges. The data were collected by administering the academic stress scale (ASS) developed by Sreenivas and Kumar (1999). Mean's, S.D's, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and 't'-test were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that gender and nature of course have significant impact on academic stress.

Keywords

Academic Stress, Nature of Course, Professional Student.

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