A study of academic stress among adolescent children of working and Non-Working Mothers

The present education system in India is book-oriented and quantitative achievement based. The parents, teachers, and society have very high expectations from the students in the field of academic achievement. Students also face neck to neck competence in education, admissions and in jobs. There is a cut throat competition everywhere. Therefore, the students, especially, the adolescents are under heavy stress. Academic pressure plays the key role in inflating this stress which sometimes results fatal. Academic stress is mental distress with respect to some anticipated frustration associated with academic failure or even unawareness to the possibility of such failure. Academic stress, up to some level, is an important factor for enhancing academic achievement. But, beyond a limit, it leads to health hazards, physical and mental problems, frustration, anxiety, etc. Unfortunately, some of students find themselves unable to cope up with demands and desire arising from every side and take unwanted steps. Therefore, it is the demand of time to think seriously about academic stress. Moreover, the parents are working and they are almost unable to spend quality time with their children due to their busy schedule. The present paper is an attempt to find whether there is any significant difference in academic stress among adolescent children of working and non-working mothers.