Academic stress among polytechnic college students of Kashmir

The aim of the study was to assess the academic stress among the polytechnic college students. The total sample taken for the research was400 polytechnic college students out of which 200 were male and 200 female students. The sample was further distributed equally as per the rural and urban dichotomy. Academic Stress Scale developed by Dr. Poorva Jain and Neelam Dikshit (2016) was used to measure the academic stress among the polytechnic college students. The findings of the study shows that male and female polytechnic college students show insignificant difference on Academic Stress. The two group’s viz, rural polytechnic college students and urban polytechnic college students show insignificant difference on academic stress.