Stress among Secondary School Students with Respect to their Locale and Emotional Intelligence

Dheeraj Sharma, Dr. Suman Kumari

Abstract 

The purpose of this study is to assess the status of stress among secondary school students with respect to their locale and emotional intelligence.  For this, descriptive research under survey technique was used. Total sample of 1100 secondary school students were selected through incidental sampling technique. The data were collected with the help of two standardized tools i.e. Students Stress Scale by Akhtar (2011) and Emotional Intelligence Scaleby Singh and Narain (2014). The collected data were analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of variance (Two-way). Results of the study revealed that there exists no significant area-wise difference in secondary school students. The result inferred that secondary school students possessing different level of emotional intelligence did not differed significantly from each other with regard to their stress.  Further, the study also revealed that area and emotional intelligence interacted significantly with respect to stress of secondary school students. The educational implications have been discussed at the end of the paper.

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Published: July 2025 [Vol. 08, No. 07]

Thriving or Surviving? A Study on Mental Health and Life Satisfaction in Young Adults

Amrutha M, Dr. A. Shahin Sultana

Abstract

Young adulthood is a crucial stage of development where changes happen in physically, emotionally and socially. Coping up with these changes is always a difficult task for the young adults. The uncertainties and confusion of this developmental stage has a toll on the Mental health which in turn affects their life satisfaction. The present study is trying to understand Mental health in terms of Depression, Anxiety and Stress of the Undergraduate students of Union Territory of Puducherry. The study also aims to analyze the association of Mental health with Life satisfaction. DASS-21 and Satisfaction with Life scale have been used for data collection. The sample size of the study is 205 Undergraduate students from 3 different Colleges in the Union Territory of Puducherry. The results shows that Life satisfaction is significantly and negatively correlated with Depression, Anxiety and Stress. Significant associations were found between Gender and Depression (p=.047), Gender and Anxiety (p=.020) and Domicile and Anxiety. The study indicates the need for early identification and specific intervention for the College going students who will be suffering from various Mental health issues.

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Published: June 2025 [Vol. 08, No. 06]