A Pilot Study on Causes of Stress among School Students

The present study aims to investigate the causes of stress among school-going students. In today’s competitive world, every student wants to become an all-rounder and wants to achieve success in a limited period, while doing so they intentionally or unintentionally get trapped in a vicious circle of stress. Stress, in general, can be explained in terms of sadness, worries, tension, and frustration which leads to depression which is temporary or may last for a long time. Depending on the intensity and duration of the stress, the person's personality, how they think about the stress, and their social support, stress can be either negative or positive for them. To find out the causes of stress among students, a short survey was conducted on 50 eleventh standard students of private schools in Delhi, using the Student Stress Rating Scale (Dr. D. K. Kumaran and M. Balamurugan, 2008). The finding revealed that out of 50 students, 30 students (60%) feel stressed out due to physiological factors, 11 students (22 %) due to examination, 04 students (08%) due to social factors, 03 students (06%) due to emotional factors, and 02 students (04 %) due to behavioural factors.