A Psychosocial Study of Stress and School Students

By : Preeti Nakhat, Neeta Sinha

Page No: 417-423

Abstract
One of the burning issues of the contemporary world is stress. It is seen in all stages of life. They are myriad reasons for students experiencing stress. To analyse different psychosocial factors and their relation to stress among school students, a study was conducted. The study aimed to analyse stress and its relationship with bereavement and separation. It also aimed to give suggestive strategies to reduce stress. “Students stress scale “ by Dr Manju Agarwal was used for the study. The sample size chosen for the study was 1000 students. Analyses was done using SPSS and the results showed a positive association between stress and bereavement and a positive association between stress and separation also.

Authors :
Preeti Nakhat : Phd research scholar, School of liberal studies, Pandit Deendayal petroleum university, Raisan, Gandhinagar.
Neeta Sinha : Professor, School of liberal studies, Pandit Deendayal petroleum university, Raisan, Gandhinagar