Physical Appearance and Stress Among Adolescents: A Descriptive Study

By : Amandeep Singh, Gurjeet Kaur, Rupan Dhillon

Page No: 339-347

Abstract
Stress is an inescapable part of life generally touches a wide range of groups of population with no regard to their age, gender, educational status or socio-economic status. The purpose of the study is to assess the level of stress among adolescents in connection with their body image and physical appearance among B.Sc (N) students of SGRD College of Nursing, Vallah, Amritsar. The data was collected through a selfstructured questionnaire by Convenience Sampling Technique. After collecting the data, the data was analyzed by using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. Finding of this study revealed that the major stress is noticed in students who are in the age group of (17-19 years) with 36.7% and most of the stress is in females with 98.7%. The study concluded that 16% of students are suffering from mild stress, 77.3% of the students are suffering from moderate stress and 6.7% are suffering from severe stress. 

Authors:
Dr. Amandeep Singh : Associate Professor, Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India. 
Mrs. Gurjeet Kaur : Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, SGRD College of Nursing, S.G.R.D. University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Dr. Rupan Dhillon : Associate Professor and HOD, Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2024.19.02.14