A Study of Stress Management among Secondary School Students in Relation to Gender

Stress free environment is an integral aspect of an individual as a human being. But today�s growing world is creating a lot of pressure on human beings. Adolescence stage can be considered as one such stage in our life, where stress is experienced as a stressor. It is that transitional phase that plays a crucial role in the life of an adolescent. Stressors in the form of academic stress, interpersonal relationships, career expectations, socio-economic status, fashion, etc. creates excessive stress among adolescents. If timely coping is not done, then it can lead to maladaptive behaviour among adolescents. Thus, stress management becomes the need of the hour. The main aim behind doing this research is to find out the Stress Management among Secondary School students. Descriptive Research method was taken for this study. The sample of the study included 126 students of seven Secondary Schools of Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh. Random Sampling technique was used. Modified version of Stress Management Scale by Kaushik and Charpe (2005) has been used.