A Study on Intelligence and Mental Stress among Students of UAS, Raichur

Abstract

The present study on intelligence and mental stress among students was conducted during 2015-16 at College of Agriculture and College of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. A total of 185 undergraduate and post graduate students were the respondents selected for the study. The expost facto research design was employed in the study. The data was collected from the students personally using a standardized interview schedule developed for the study. The collected data was analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. The results of the study revealed that, more than one third (38.92 %) of the respondents belonged to medium category with respect to socio economic status, equal per cent (35.14 %) of the respondents belonged to medium and low stress categories, forty per cent of the respondents belonged to medium intelligence category. Achievement motivation and education status exhibited positive and significant relation with the intelligence level at 1 per cent level of probability. Education and management orientation exhibited significant and negative relationship with the stress level among the students. Whereas, achievement motivation exhibited negative and significant relationship with stress.