Effect of Peer Pressure on Academic Stress among Adolescents

Bharawmani Gautam; Dr. Vandana Sharma

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| Published: September 16, 2024

Effect of Peer Pressure on Academic Stress among Adolescents

Bharawmani Gautam

Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, S.D.(P.G.) College, Ghaziabad, U.P., India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Vandana Sharma

Professor, Department of Psychology, S.D.(P.G.) College, Ghaziabad, U.P., India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.211.20241203

DOI: 10.25215/1203.211

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the effect of peer pressure on academic stress among adolescents. The present study was conducted on 200 adolescent (100 male and 100 female) students of K V schools from Delhi. Data were collected using standardized questionnaires of Peer Pressure (Dr Sandeep Sigh & Sunil Saini) and Academic Stress (Dr. Uday Kumar Sinha). Two-way analysis of variance was used to analyse the data. After analysis of the data, effect of peer pressure on academic stress was found significant at .01 level of confidence while gender difference was found significant at .05 level of confidence. The interaction effect was not found significant at any level of confidence. It can be concluded that peer pressure and gender difference were significantly affected the level of academic stress among adolescents.

Keywords

Peer pressure, Stress, Academic Stress, Adolescents

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How to cite this article: Gautam, B. & Sharma, V. (2024). Effect of Peer Pressure on Academic Stress among Adolescents. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 12(3), 2129-2134. DIP:18.01.211.20241203, DOI:10.25215/1203.211