A STUDY OF ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG “UDENTS STUDYING IN GOVERNMENT AND | PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF SAMBA DISTRICT A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION Supervisor Investigator Dr. Rajinder Kour. Aruna Slathia Lecturer in Education. Roll No: 14-GCE-08 Govt. College of Education. M.Ed student Canal Road Jammu. Government College of Education Canal Road, Jammu -180006 2008-200976 SUMMARY SUPERVISOR INVESTIGATOR Dr.Rajinder Kour Aruna Slathia TOPIC: “A study of Academic Stress among Students Studying in Govt and Private Schools of Samba District.” A. INTRODUCTION: Modem age is said to be the age of tension, frustration, anxiety, depression, stress etc. stress has negative effect on the physical, mental, social and educational aspects of life of an individual. Stress is an anxiety or distress caused by any pressure or tension. Itis-an increasing of modern symptoms, associated with social pressures which impose a variety of duties an obligation'on the individual: Stress has different aspect like academic stress, financial stress, educational stress, emotional stress etc. like other aspects of academic stress greatly influence and affects the adjustment of an individual. No two individual are exactly alike. Some posses high academic stress while other have low academic stress. Some are well adjusted while some are maladjusted.77 It would be worth while to notthat stress is quniversal phenomenon affecting people across the globe. It affects people of all age groups, young children, adolescents, middle aged people, and elderly people. Life would be simple indeed if one is biological and psychological needs were automatically gratified. But as we know, there are many obstacles, both environmental and personal, that may interfere. Such obstacles place adjective demands or stress on the individual. B. CONCEPT OF STRESS Stress is the ‘Wear and tear our minds and bodies experience as we attempt to cope with our continually changing environment. It is the automatic ‘fight or flight’ response in the body activated by Adrenaline and other hormones which stimulates a variety of psychological changes. It is a kind of heavy mental pressure which constantly give rise to a sense of such a peculiar uneasiness that the individual wants to rid himself of this at the earliest, but he is not able to do so. In Psychology the term stress been used in two different ways. First it is defined as a state of Psychological upset or disequilibrium in an individual. In the 2" case, stress is regarded as a class of stimuli which threaten an individual in same way and thus causes disturbance in his behaviour stress may be of two types.78 (i) Positive (ii) Negative Positive stress is not harmful where as negative Stress is injurious to the mental health of the individual. There are four components of Stress. (i) Frustration, (i) ~— Conflicts (iii) Pressure (iv) Anxiety Academic Stress:- Academic Stress is a stress when the expectations for the academic performance increases. Many students make adjustment, experiences set backs when they have to perform more independently or the times for the academic stress. C. NEED OF THE PROBLEM No doubt, man has progressed tremendously and has been able to accomplish his desires but in this race of advancement, has fallen into the clutches of many ailments, some of which are of his own creation. The parents and teacher has always high expectation and high degree of level of aspiration. They always expect that all children should achieve and show high academic performance. By this type of attitudes children remain in stress and specifically they are in academic stress. Keeping this in view, investigator has under taken the research problem related to academic stress.79 D. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Keeping in view the above facts, the investigator has selected the following problem for the present research work. “A study of academic stress among students in government and private school of Samba district” E DEFINITION OF THE TERMS USED The following definition has been laid down: 4. Stress: the words “stress” is used in psychology in at least two different ways. First it is defined as a state of psychological upset of disequilibrium in human being caused by frustration, conflicts and other internal as well as external strain and pressure, What to do? How to do? Where to go? ‘Such a question depicts the state of stress under which one is expected to act or behave, in a more serious conditions of the stress, the individual reaches a point where physical process is confine and emotional state is chaotic. In the second case, stress is regarded as a class of stimuli which threaten an individual in some way and thus cause disturbance in his behaviour, stress is conceptualized, i.e. frustration, conflicts, pressure and anxiety. 2. Academic Stress:- In the present study, by academic stress, it is meant that ‘it is a stress when the expectation for the academic performance increase, many students make adjustment experience set back when they have to perform more independently or the time for the academic stress80 3. Sex: In the present study, sex includes 9" class boys and girls studying in different type of school. iii, 4. Different type of schools Government Schools:- The school or an educational institution which is run by the education department of the state government is know as Govt. school such types of school provide free education to the students. Private Schools: The school or an education institution which is run by an individual or by a body or a trust is known as Private School. In these schools, students have to pay fee for their education. Objective of the study 1) To find out the significant difference between Government school boys and private school boys when academic stress is taken as dependent variable. 2) To find out the significant differences between Government school girls and private school girls when academic stress is taken as dependents variable. 3) To find out significant differences between government school boys and Government school girls when academic stress is taken as a dependent variable. 4) To find out significant differences between private school boys and private school girls when academic stress is taken as a dependent variable.81 5) To find out significant differences between Government school boys and private school girls when academic stress is taken as a dependent variable. 6) To find out the significant differences between the Government school girls and private school boys when academic stress is taken as a dependent variable. Hypotheses of the study. 41) There will be no significant difference between the Government 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) school boys and private school boys on Academic stress There will be no significant difference between the government school girls and private school girls on Academic stress. There will be no significant difference between the boys and girls of Government school on the basis of Academic stress. There will be no significant difference between the boys and girls of private school on the basis of Academic stress. There will be no significant difference between the Government School boys and private school girls on the basis of academic stress. There will be no. significant difference between the government school girls and private school boys on the basis of Academic stress.