Stress Levels Amongst First Year and Final Year Female College Students

Abstract

Stress nowadays impacts people from each age group, gender, living conditions, etc., and can manifest into health complications later on. For the majority of students, college is a stressful time because they are in an entirely new phase. The current study was aimed at evaluating the stress levels endured by female college students from the Ludhiana district in their first and final year. It was hypothesized that there is no significant variation between the stress levels of female college students in their initial and final year. The sample consisted of 120 female college students studying in Ludhiana (60 final year and 60 first year), collected through snowball sampling technique. Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale, a self-report instrument, was used to assess the degree of perceived stress. It was discovered that female college students in their final year were more stressed than those in their first year.