INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES ON THE ACADEMIC STRESS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT
Abstract
The present study aims at examine the level of academic stress of junior college students of chittoor district due to variation in their location of college, type of college, and group of subject. Data was collected though the Academic Stress Rating Scale from 651 second year intermediate junior college students of Chittoor district, selected by using simple random sampling technique. The study reveals that English medium students experience high level of academic stress than Telugu medium students. Significance difference was also observed in the academic stress of students studying different type of colleges. Location of college has also influenced the academic stress of junior college students.