International Journal of Nursing Education and Research
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 4

Comparison of Academic Stress among I year B. Sc Nursing and I Year B. Ed Students

  • Author:
  • M J Shaiji1,, Deepti Khetwal2, Diksha Kamboj2, Divya Sanga2, Jyoti Kamboj2, Mukesh Kumar2, Mujassim Jahan2, Neelam Goswami2, Neha Pandey2, Nisha Ghaloth2, Nisha Parveen2, Pradeep Kumar2, Rashmi Pawar2, Supriya Arya2, Varsha Mishra2, Nikita Chand2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 529 to 531

1Assistant Professor, Droan College of Nursing, Vill and Post, Khanpur Purab, Dineshpur Road, Rudrapur-26315, Uttarakhand, 263153

2B Sc Nursing, Droan College of Nursing, Vill and Post, Khanpur Purab, Dineshpur Road, Rudrapur-263153, Uttarakhand, 263153

*Corresponding Author E-mail: shaijibijoy@gmail.com

Online published on 7 April, 2020.

Abstract

The present study was conducted to compare academic stress among 1year B. Sc. nursing and I year B. Ed. students in Rudrapur district. The study compared the academic stress and examined the association between the academic stress with selected demographic variables.

Quantitative approach was used for study and non experimental descriptive comparative research design was selected. Fifty samples were selected by using non probability purposive sampling technique for the study. In that 25 samples from 1year B. Sc. nursing and 25 samples from 1year B. Ed. were selected. The data was collected by using structured questionnaire to assess socio demographic data and modified academic stress scale was used to assess the academic stress.

The result reveled that I year B. Sc nursing students having more academic stress than 1 year B. Ed. students (t (48)=2.09, p<0.05). There is a significant association between academic stress and age and there is no significant association between research variables and other selected demographic variables.

Keywords

Academic stress