Sources of perceived academic stress (PAS) of online examination in graduate and postgraduate Indian students post COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Background :Academic stress is the major cause of stress in graduate and post graduate students and is a concern for mental health problems in students .Perceived academic stress may occur in response to examination .Covid-19 caused a paradigm shift from offline to online teaching-learning and examination .The online mode of examination may lead to variation in perceived academic stress of examination in graduate and post graduate Indian students. The perceived academic stress response to online mode of examination post covid-19 and the factors leading to it have not been identified. Aim and objectives : To find the level of perception of academic stress of online examination in graduate and post graduate Indian students post covid19 and identify the major factors leading to perception of academic stress. The objective was to identify the variation in perceived academic stress in response to online examination in graduate and post graduate students and study the corelation between demographic variables and perceived academic stress in both graduate and postgraduate students . Study design : A cross sectional study. Methods and Material :Step 1 was to create a google form (basic demographic data and perception of academic stress scale ).