Educational Stress Among Adolescents in Kerala

Abstract

Background:Adolescence is a tremendous transition period between childhood and adulthood. It is one of the mile-stone in every individual’s life. The study focused on the educational stress among adolescents in Kerala.

Objectives:The objectives of the study were identifying the level of educational stress among adolescents in Kerala and the relations between socio demographic variables with educational stress.

Method:Using a stratified random sampling 60 adolescents of age ranging from 15 to 18 years from Thrissur district in Kerala were selected for the study.The tool used is Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents(ESSA) along with informed consent and sociodemographic details.

Results:Result suggest that educational stress and age are not related to each other. Educationalstress varies among gender (male or female), class of study, family type (joint or nuclear), day scholar living with parents or grandparents, hostellers, area of residence (rural or urban) and school curriculum (state syllabus or CBSE).

Conclusion:The study also provides scope for extended research in this field. The limitation and implications of the study also discussed.