Academic stress, Mental well-being and Coping strategies among Higher Secondary Students in Mizoram

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the difference in Academic stress, Mental well- being and Coping Strategies among higher secondary school students in Mizoram. This study assessed the relationship between Academic stress, Mental well-being and Coping strategies and the difference between male and female in Academic stress, Mental well-being, and Coping strategies. a descriptive study was carried out and the data was collected from an online survey of 130 students. Academic Stress Scale adapted to Indian conditions by Rajendran and Kaliappan (1990), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being scale (Taggart, 2016) and Coping Orientation to problem experiential Inventory (brief-cope) were used to gather the data. Independent sample t-test and Pearson correlation was used to analyse the difference in gender and the relation in Academic stress, mental well-being, and Coping strategies. The result indicates that there is significant relationship between Mental well-being and Academic stress. There was no significant relationship between Coping strategies and Mental well-being and no significant relationship between Coping strategies and Academic stress among higher secondary school students. There was a significant difference in coping strategies in gender and no significant difference in Academic stress and mental well-being in gender.