The Relationship Of Academic Stress With Aggression, Depression, And Academic Performance Of College Students In Iran

Ali Khaneh Keshi*, Basavarajappa**
* Faculty of Islamic Azad University, Behbahan Branch, Iran.
** Department of Studies in Psychology, Mysore
Periodicity:May - July'2011
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.5.1.1495

Abstract

This Paper Investigates The Relationship Of Academic Stress With Aggression, Depression And Academic Performance Of College Students. Using A Random Sampling Technique, 60 Students Consist Of Boys And Girls Were Selected As Students Having Academic Stress. The Scale For Assessing Academic Stress (Sinha, Sharma And Mahendra, 2001); The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992); And Beck Depression Inventory Were Used For Collecting The Data. The Pearson’s Coefficient Of Correlation Showed That Academic Stress Has A Simple Significant Correlation With Aggression (R=.54), Depression (R=.49) And Academic Performance (R=-44) (P<. /..1). Further, The Analysis Of The Study Shows That Academic Stress, Aggression And Depression Are Able To Explain 68% Of The Variance Of Academic Performance. Also, Results Show That Boys And Girls Are Different In Terms Of Aggression And Depression.

Keywords

Academic Stress, Aggression, Depression And Academic Performance.

How to Cite this Article?

Ali Khanehkeshi and Basavarajappa (2011). The Relationship Of Academic Stress With Aggression,Depression and Academic Performance of College Students in Iran. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 5(1), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.5.1.1495

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