A Study on Mental Stress among Adolescent Students

The present study is aimed at assessing the mental stress among adolescent students in the context of certain demographic variables. A sample of 250 adolescent students aged 16 to 18 years from the city of Vijayawada was selected using a stratified random sampling method. The investigator used the normative survey method for conducting the study. The mental Stress Measurement Scale constructed and standardized by Trusha S. Koradiya (2018) was employed in this investigation. This scale consists of 30 items with five alternative options such as strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, and strongly disagree. It consists of 3 positive and 27 negative items. The reliability coefficient was found to be 0.91 according to the Spearman-Brown formula. The content validity of the scale was established through careful and critical scrutinization conducted by a team of experts in the field of psychology and education. The findings found that nearly 15% of the sample of adolescent students has low level of mental stress, 76% of the sample has moderate level of mental stress and the remaining 9% of the sample has high level of mental stress. Hence, this shows that adolescent students differ in their levels of mental stress. The gender and locality of living of adolescent students don’t make a significant difference in their mental stress, whereas type of management and academic stream of adolescent students make a significant difference in their mental stress.