A Comparative Study of Male and Female Students in Relation to Academic Stress

The present study was designed to assess and compare Academic Stress of male and female students of 10+2 of Science stream of Haryana state, preparing for entrance exams to get admission in professional colleges for medical and engineering courses. The sample of the study comprised of 410 adolescents with equal number of males and females (n=205). The range of the subjects was 16-18 years. The sample was chosen by random sampling procedure. Bisht Battery Scale of Academic Stress (BBSS) developed by Bisht (2005) was administered on the sample to assess Academic Stress. It was hypothesized that female students tend to be high on Academic Stress than male students. The obtained data was analyzed by employing mean, standard deviation and 't'-test. Significant difference was found in Academic Stress of male and female students of 10+2 of Science stream. Female students were found high on frustration and anxiety measure of academic stress compare to male students. Male students were found high on pressure measure of academic stress compare to female students. No difference was found between male and female students on conflict measure of academic stress. Female students were found high on academic stress compare to male students.