Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2016

Impact of Gender and and SocioEconomic Status on Stress

Dr. Suhina Chatterjee, Arunima Sengupta Lahiri

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 The present study aims to examine the impact of gender and socio–economic status on stress of adolescents. For this purpose 30 school students (15 male & 15 female) aged 13–14years were selected as a sample. Abha Rani Bisht Battery scale for measuring different dimensions ( existential, achievement,academic,self–concept,self–actualization,physical,social,role,inst itutional,family,financial,vocational,superstition) of stress was used to see the level of stress in adolescents. This battery consists of 800 items. In the present study, type of gender and socio–economic status were independent variables and stress was dependent variable. The result was analyzed and it was found that there is a significant difference between male and female students only on three dimensions of stress scale (physical‘t’=3.21 P< .01 ), (role‘t’=3.18 P< .01 ) & (superstition ‘t’= 3.58 P< .01 ). Further result indicated that there is no significant difference between high and low socio–economic groups of adolescents on different dimensions of stress scale.

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Dr. Suhina Chatterjee, Arunima Sengupta Lahiri Impact of Gender and and SocioEconomic Status on Stress International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 5 MAY 2016

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