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A STUDY OF MENTAL STRESS ON HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ALANGUDI TALUK AT PUDUKKOTTAI DISTRICT

Journal: SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (Vol.5, No. 44)

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Page : 10284-10291

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Abstract

The medical dictionary explains mental stress as a general term encompassing mental arousal or emotional stress. Mental stress can be evoked by a number of mental task-e.g., mental arithmetic, public speaking, mirror trace etc. The objective of the study is to find the level of Mental Stress of Higher Secondary Students in Alangudi Taluk at Pudukkottai District. Scope of the study is measuring the higher secondary school students' mental health in Alangudi Taluk through face to face data collection. All the formulated hypotheses are made in null form for statistical testing.The survey method and simple random sampling technic are adopted. Samples are taken 300 students from various government schools, government aided schools and private schools.Mental Stress Scale is used in the study. F-test and t-test are used for the interpretation. Findings of the study are (i) Higher Secondary Students in Alangudi Taluk at Pudukkottai District have more mental stress. (ii) There is no significant difference among Government, Government Aided and private schools with respect to Mental Stress of Higher Secondary Students in Alangudi Taluk at Pudukkottai District. (iii) Eleventh Standard students have more Mental Stress than the mental stress of Twelfth Standard students. (iv) Mental Stress of urban dwelling students is more than the Mental Stress of rural dwelling students. Conclusion of the study is mental stress can be cured by psychiatrist or academician with parents and school cooperation. So properly identified students' mental stress as possible as before treatments or remedies

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