Literature Review

LITERATURE REVIEW
Reddy et al. (2018) in their study concludes that stream wise

difference in stress does exist in students. It is important to deal with
stress at personal, social and institutional level. Remedies such as
feedback, yoga, life skills training, mindfulness, meditation and
psychotherapy have been found useful to deal with stress. To identify
the main reason of stress is the key to deal with it. Professionals can
develop tailor made strategies to deal with stress. The integrated well
being of the students is important not only for the individual but for
the institute as well. Dimitrov (2017) in his study claimed that stress
can be addressed by ensuring that the students give utmost importance
to their welfare. Food, exercise, work, recreation are some of the areas
to focus on. He also concluded that the education system is more to
do with the academic qualifications and does not contribute enough to
the holistic development of students Students are usually conditioned
in a way that makes them fearful to take up upcoming challenges as
the focus is only the academics and not the development of a go getter
mentally. There are not many choices for the medium of education.
English being the only option available can pose as a hindrance for
the students from rural background. There are not many courses
available that are employment centric. Fresh graduates need more
communication skills development for better placements. Subramani
and Kadhiravan (2017) revealed the link between academic stress and
mental health among students. He endorsed that academic stress and
mental health are correlated and that students are cramped with the
academic structure. Parents and schools pressurize the students way
too much for the higher grades that disheartens the students, further to
add on there is not enough support from the parents and school in
terms of guidance. The students are mentally healthy when they
perform constructively in the academic forums. They also propounded
that students from private schools are more pressurized as compared
to students from government schools due to the excess of homework
and other academic related assignments. Significant difference in
mental health of students from private and government schools was
found. He asserted that students from private schools have a different
nurturing and vast exposure as compared to government school
students who belong to poor socio economic background and lack of
exposure. This is one of the reasons for the escalation of stress.
Sharma et al. (2016) in their study stated the use of various methods
to curb stress. Doing one physical exercise on daily basis can address
the concern of stress. One can also adopt to various time management
tools and get involved with leisure activities which can benefit
students. Also, it was suggested that colleges should have a conducive
ambience to curtail the stress. Change in the style of delivery from
teachers end and providing mentors can bring fresh air to the teaching
style. Prabu (2015) researched on the higher secondary students and
implied that male students are more stressed than the female students.
Urban student’s academic stress is greater than the rural students.
Government school student’s stress is lower than the private school
student’s stress. Students from Science stream are more stressed than
the students from Arts. Deb et al. (2014), studied on 400 male
students from five private secondary schools in Kolkata who were
studying in grades 10 and 12. 35 percent students were found to have
high academic stress and 37 percent were found to have high anxiety
levels. Students with marginal grades were said to have higher level
of stress as compared to students with better grades. Also, students
involved with extra-curricular activities were noted to be more
stressed as related to those students who were not involved with it.
Kaur (2014) acknowledged that mental health of teenagers get
affected due to the academic stress. Girls with academic stress were
found to have poor mental health as compared to the boys. This was
accounted on the study that parents at times put pressure and strain on
students that leads to deteriorated mental health. Bataineh (2013) in
his study measured the academic stressors experienced by students at
university. The result of the analyses showed that there is an
unreasonable academic overload, not enough time to study due to the
vast course content being covered, high family expectations and low
motivation levels are some of the reasons for the stress. Fear of failure
is also the prime reason for stress. There was no significant difference
found amongst the students from different of specializations. Khan
and Kausar (2013) concluded that stress definitely impacts the
academic performance in a negative way though no significant
difference was found as per the gender. The difference was evident
between junior and senior students. Stress, for sure, affects the ability
to study efficiently and managing the time. Studying regularly is
important, this helps reduce the academic pressure and helps them
fulfill their goals.
Busari (2012) found that stress was leading to depression among
secondary school students and is linked with affect on academic
achievement. Introduction to preventive measures, teaching life skills
and other therapeutic techniques should be taken in to serious
consideration. Nandamuri and Gowthami(2011) studied the stress
among students of professional studies and claimed that curriculum
and instructions parameters were most responsible for stress with 86
percent, followed by 63 percent for placement related issues,
assessment and team work issues accounted for 41 percent and 24
percent respectively. The study further identified various micro issues
responsible for stress, and listed twelve sub issues related to
curriculum and instruction. Once the sub issues of each parameter are
identified, it provided improved vision to the academic administrators
for initiating efforts to reduce the gravity of academic stress.
According to Agolla (2009) stress has become an important topic in
academic circles. Many philosophers have carried out considerable
research on stress and concluded that this topic needs way more
attention. Radcliff and Lester (2003) studied the anticipated stress
among final year undergraduate students and acknowledged that class
assignments, not enough guidance, pressure to mingle and to get
associated were the reasons for the stress to build up. McKean et al.
(2000) argue that undergraduate students experience higher stress at
expected times in each semester. Academic engagements, financial
pressures and lack of time management skills lead to building up of
stress. Excessive stress can affect well being, emotional attitude and
academic performance. There upon it becomes essential that
undergraduate students establish methods to deal with stressful
situations.

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