ACADEMIC STRESS AND ITS IMPACT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

Normal stress is helpful for individuals to keep them active and productive. But experience of high levels of stress over a prolonged period may cause many mental and physical problems. Stress among college students being an important concept needs to be addressed properly, failing which consequences may be serious. This study is primary data based and it has been collected from college students using Google form. Chi square test has been used to test the significance of hypotheses. This study concludes that problem of money to meet academic expenses was moderate academic stressor and grade /marks in the final exam, study for competitive exams, problem of understanding lectures through online mode, expectations of parents about career goal and poor time management were nearly moderate academic stressors among college students. Academic stress irritates college students, distract them from study and affect their overall academic performance adversely.