An Investigation on Academic Stress among Students in Indian Universities

Academic stress, anxiety and depression among college students are a cause of concern. Every nation invests lot of money on education. However, research survey on college students reports at any given time there will be 10 to 20% of student population suffering from academic stress only. The purpose of the study is to know the sources of academic stress among college students in India. Stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demand exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize. Actually the academic stress is mainly connected with two elements; constraints and demand. The constraints prevent student from doing what they desire and the demand is that the loss of something which they desired. This research work focuses on identifying the sources of stress; a random sample of 120 students from the population of two districts from Indian universities is selected Primary data was collected through the questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was prepared after analyzing the various aspects of academic stress. It is also important that stress can create both positive and negative impact on students. As per psychologist’s extreme stress conditions are detrimental to human health but at the same time moderate stress is normal and in many cases proves it useful. As shown in the study, excessive stress causes physical and mental health problems. Available online at https://int-scientific-journals.co