Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Ranju Lal ¹, Pramod Pathak ², K. R. Chaturvedi ³

Affiliations
1 IIT, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, IN
2 Department of Management, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, IN
3 Department of Management, Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Spirituality is to get knowledge about oneself and the consideration of some supreme power by which the whole world or universe is being run and governed. People also find spirituality through acts of compassion, selfishlessness, altruism and the experience of inner peace. Students nowadays, are subjected to different kinds of stressors, such as the pressure of academics with an obligation to succeed, an uncertain future and difficulties of integrating into the system. This empirical research paper attempts to identify the relation between spirituality and stress in the student life. Perceived Stress Scale 14 (PSS-14) was used to assess stress level and data related to the level of spirituality is collected through the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES). Obtained score was statistically analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 e.g. to test he hypothesis. Hypothesis said that there is a relationship in Spirituality, stress and academic life of a student. Spirituality is higher than stress will be low and spirituality is low than stress will be high. This paper will present a study on spirituality and other coping techniques are used to cope with perceived stress among college students.

Keywords

Stress, Spirituality, Coping Techniques, Stress Measurement, Mental Health.

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