Effect of Peer Pressure on Academic Stress among Adolescents

Authors

  • Bharawmani Gautam Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, S.D.(P.G.) College, Ghaziabad, U.P., India
  • Dr. Vandana Sharma Professor, Department of Psychology, S.D.(P.G.) College, Ghaziabad, U.P., India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25215/1203.211

Keywords:

Peer pressure, Stress, Academic Stress, Adolescents

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of peer pressure on academic stress among adolescents. The present study was conducted on 200 adolescent (100 male and 100 female) students of K V schools from Delhi. Data were collected using standardized questionnaires of Peer Pressure (Dr Sandeep Sigh & Sunil Saini) and Academic Stress (Dr. Uday Kumar Sinha). Two-way analysis of variance was used to analyse the data. After analysis of the data, effect of peer pressure on academic stress was found significant at .01 level of confidence while gender difference was found significant at .05 level of confidence. The   interaction effect was not found significant at any level of confidence. It can be concluded that peer pressure and gender difference were significantly affected the level of academic stress among adolescents.

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Published

2024-09-30

How to Cite

Bharawmani Gautam, & Dr. Vandana Sharma. (2024). Effect of Peer Pressure on Academic Stress among Adolescents. International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.25215/1203.211

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024): Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September, 2024

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