Screening Higher Secondary School Adolescents for Factors Contributing to Stress in Pune City

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescence is a very formative time. The individual goes through a phase of changing from a child to an adult.Mental health conditions account for almost 16% of the global burden of disease and injury in individuals belonging in the age group of 10-19 years and half of all these conditions start by 14 years of age. Various factors such as hormonal changes, academic performance, participation in extracurricular activities, family background, socio economic status, peer pressure, etc., can contribute to the level of stress perceived by the adolescent. Materials and Methodology: A total of 385 higher secondary school students (males and females) who signed the assent were included. The 3SQ was given to higher secondary school students (n=385) to assess the possible sources of stress. 3SQ represents 44 possible sources of stress in students identified from the literature divided in domains like academic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, group social, learning and teaching and teacher related stressors. Descriptive analysis of the data obtained was done. Result: Out of the 385 students, 29.13% reported for mild stress due to academic stressors and almost 7.21% reported for severe stress. 38.26% and 11.9% reported for mild and severe stress respectively due to interpersonal related stressors. Conclusion: Thus, the authors conclude that majority of the students reported to perceive mild to severe stress due to academic related stressors and interpersonal related stressors.They also perceived stress due to other factors but comparatively in a lesser amount. How to cite this article:Shah MJ, Mitra S, Dabadghav R. Screening Higher Secondary School Adolescents for Factors Contributing to Stress in Pune City. Ind J Youth Adol Health 2019; 6(3): 43-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2349.2880.201914