Appraising the stress level of private and government school children and identifying its correlation with the parental stress level
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2012
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Stress level among Indian school children is high especially before getting into high school (i.e.) before their public
exams. The objectives were to Appraise the perceived stress level of school children and identify its institution -
specific differences, and to measure the stress level of the parents of the selected children and find out its association
with the stress level of their children. The 8th standard students (N= 128) and their parents (T=128) of a school under
private management (nl=76 and tl=76) and a school run by government (n2=53 and t2=52) in the district of
Coimbatore, formed the sample for the study. A checklist was framed to assess the stress level of the selected school
children. A parental stress scale with 5 point rating was also formulated. The study was conducted and the data
elicited were subjected to statistical analysis. The study indicates higher stress among government school children
when compared to private school children. The parental stress does not affect the stress level of parents. The
influence of other variables are also discussed.