A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS LEVEL OF ACADEMIC STRESS AND IT'S ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING COACHING INSTITUTE, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

Dr. Ravi Kant, Dr. Srishti Jain, Dr. Anamika Tomar, Dr. Rajeev Yadav

Abstract


Background; In the Indian system of education, obtaining good marks are more important than acquiring
knowledge. This leads to overburdening the students with academic workload causing a lot of academic
stress among Indian adolescents. To assess level of academic stress and it's associated factors among Objective: school going
adolescents attending coaching institute. Material and Methods: Observational cross-sectional study was conducted using
ASS questionnaire among class 9th to 12th adolescents of randomly selected co-ed coaching institute, Jaipur from January 2023
to March 2023. Results: Out of 120 study participants 46% were females. 84% students had academic stress, 33% had mild,
37.5% had moderate and 13.5% had severe academic stress. Conclusion: Our study found that half of students have moderate
to severe academic stress which is alarming concern.


Keywords


School going adolescents attending coaching institute, Academic Stress, Academic Stress Scale (ASS)

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