STRESS AMONG MALE AND FEMALE ADOLESCENTS

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  • MOHINI MITTAL ISRAIL MIYA Post Doctoral Fellow, Department Of Psychology, Meerut College Meerut (UP)

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Abstract

The present study examined the perceived stress level among male and female adolescents. For this purpose a sample of 400 adolescents (200 male and 200 female) was randomly selected. In this connection, it was hypothesized that male and female respondents will differ significantly in terms of their scores on perceived stress scale constructed by Cohen et al.(1983). t-value was used for analysing the data. Findings indicated that female respondents perceive more stresses in comparison to the male respondents.

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2016-12-31

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