A Study to assess the Stress among Juvenile Delinquent Boys of Long Term Stay in a Selected Institutions at Bangalore

Stress is the most unpleasant event it is caused by experiencing severe psychic trauma. The stressors could be markedly distressing to anyone experiencing intense fear, terror, and helplessness. Excess stress manifest itself in a variety of emotional, behavioral and even physical symptoms, and the symptoms of stress vary enormously among different individuals.

1) To assess the level of stress among the juvenile delinquent boys of long term stay. 2) To find the association between the stress and the selected demographic

Variables among the juvenile delinquent boys of long term stay.

H1: There will be a significant level of stress among the juvenile delinquent boys of long term stay. H2: There will be an association between the stress and the selected demographic variables among the juvenile delinquent boys of long term stay.

The quantitative research approach was used to collect data.

The descriptive survey design was used.

The juvenile delinquent boys of long term stay in selected institutions at Bangalore.

The sample of the present study 60 Juvenile delinquent boys.

Purposive sampling technique was used.

It consist of two parts: part A- It consists of demographic variables age education, religion, duration of stay in institution, residence, family type, living status of father & mother, education of father and mother, occupation, size of the family, number of siblings, educational qualification, habit of smoking or alcohol drugs.

Part B-The structured interview schedule it consist of 6 stressors i.e change in life style, environmental factor, educational factor, social factor, homesickness, personal factor there are 50 items in this scale. A 5 point scale was applied to measure the stress from No stress 1, to extreme stress score 5.This range of scores from 1–250 higher score indicate high work stress.

Majority 95% of the juvenile delinquent boys had severe level of stress, and 5% samples had moderate level of stress. The data obtained was analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistics. A "p" value of < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant level.

It reveals that juvenile delinquent boys had significant level of stress. There was a significant association between the level of stress among juvenile delinquent boys with the age, duration of stay in the current institution, transfer from other institution, age of entry, living status of mother, number of siblings, level of current education.