Psychological Counseling: Ways of Alleviating Stress and Anxiety among Senior Secondary School Students

Highly competitive school environment and unexpected parental pressure led the students’ life more distress and full of depression. Such pressure and environmental constraints must be dealt with effective counseling process. Hence, they need psychological counseling in all walks of life. The present study aimed to explore the level of Stress and Anxiety among senior secondary school student approaching board exam. It is also an attempt investigate the effect of counseling on alleviation of stress and Anxiety. A sample of 100 students (50girls and 50 boys) from senior secondary school was selected from Jamshedpur .Student stress scale standardized by Akhtar (2011) and Sinha’s anxiety inventory developed by D. Sinha’s (1961, 1968). The data were analyzed by using T-test and correlation. Result revealed that the pre counseling level of stress and Anxiety differed significantly. Correlation coefficient revealed that there is positive correlation between stress and Anxiety.