• J. Nagabhooshanam

In today’s highly competitive world, students face various academic problems including exam stress, disinterest in attending classes and the inability to understand a subject. Academic stress involves mental distress regarding anticipated academic challenges or failure or even the fear of the possibility of academic failure. So Stress has become part of students’ academic life due to the various internal and external expectations placed upon their shoulders. The present study was conducted on Academic stress among undergraduate boys and girls. The main objectives of this study is to determine the level of academic stress among undergraduate students and also to study whether there is any difference in academic stress among boys and girls. The present study, the sample consist of 60 undergraduates, among them 30 are boys and other 30 are girls and have been chosen from two colleges through by simple random sampling technique. The data were collected through survey method; the data were analyzed by using statistical techniques such as mean, standard deviation and t-ratio. The results were indicating that there is moderate level of academic stress among undergraduate students. The results were also indicate that there is no significant difference between graduate boys and girls in their level of academic stress i.e. the boys and girls are experiencing the same level of academic stress. The results show the academic sources of stress appeared to be the most stressful for all the students due to the pressure originated from the course overloads, and the academic evaluation procedures.

Stress, Academic stress, Undergraduate students

"A study on Academic Stress among Undergraduate students in Hyderabad District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.e794-e800, February-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202500.pdf

"A study on Academic Stress among Undergraduate students in Hyderabad District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no. ppe794-e800, February-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202500.pdf