Stress Management

AN INSIGHT ON STRESS MANAGEMENT AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

ABSTRACT

The exploratory study reports about the stress faced by the students during the academics. They are put through various aspects of challenges like financial problems, exams, projects, sports, seminar, presentation, assignment, social activities etc. The objective of the study is to bring out the cause for the stress among the college students. This study is to examine the cause for the stress and how the students manage to reduce their stress. For the data collection a survey was conducted comprising of 100 students of various departments. A structured questionnaire was distributed and valuable answers were obtained. The stress factors were interpreted based on the time spent

• Analysis the key factor for stress by comparison of various sources of stress.

• To discover the effect of stress.

• Find out whether educational system is the main factor for stress.

• Suggest various techniques to reduce and handle stress. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This Research is done on college going students using primary data which was collected by distributing a well-defined questionnaire and the valuable answers were obtained from 100 respondents. Simple Random sampling method was adopted. The study population includes Engineering, Science, Management and Commerce students. The questionnaire was developed to identify the various sources of stress and the effect of stress on college students. It identifies the time spend by the students with their faculty, friends and parents. Likert Scale is used to identify the major source of stress and its effect.

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Table: 1 Classification based on Gender

Gender No. Of Respondents Total in %

Male 53 53%

Female 47 47%

Total 100 100%

INTERPRETATION: The above table shows that, 53% of the respondents belong to male group and 47% belong to female group.

Classification based on fields

Fields No. Of Respondents Total in

Suggestions:

• Laugh out loud: They say that laughter is the best medicine, and it's really true. Laughing out loud increases oxygen and blood flow which automatically reduces stress.

• Be Proactive: It is said that precaution is better than cure, students can be proactive to reduce their stress. Prepare for the exams in advance.

• Meditate : Meditation helps to reduce stress levels. Breathing exercise can place one in a relaxed state because oxygen surging through bloodstream helps to one to clam and reduce stress.

• Exercise: Regular exercise helps body to produce endorphins, which will reduce the stress level. Even daily walks of 30 minutes can help reduce stress levels but it's even better to work out intensively.

• Sharing the problems that put you in stress with family members and friends who are not judgemental will reduce the stress. Students can also take the help of counsellors.