Stress among school going adolescents

Stress has become an inevitable word in this fast spinning technical world. Stress is been experienced by almost everyone around irrespective of the age they are in. The word stress which was threatening in earlier ages has now been accepted as normal part of life. Adolescence is a period when individuals become independent from their parents. The period of adolescence itself was well recognized as a period of ‘stress and storm’. Apart from the home environment adolescents spend most of their time in their school or college environment. School environment, curriculum design, examinations and social support definitely would influence the level of stress experienced by the adolescents. The objective of the study is to find the level of stress experienced by the school going adolescents and to find the associated variables that contribute towards their stress level. This study is descriptive in nature. The data was collected from 50 adolescent school students using random sampling technique in a private school located at Tiruchirappalli district, TamilNadu. Students Stress Rating Scale developed by Dr. M. Balamurugan and Dr. D. Kumaran , University of Madras, was utilized to elicit the level of stress among the respondents. The study reveals that most of the students are experiencing stress and the study also suggests some of the suitable measures to reduce the level of stress among the school going adolescents.