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| Published: September 30, 2024
Adaptation, Stress, Social Support and Adjustment among Rural Students in India
Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Buddha PG Collage, Kushinagar, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Buddha P. G. College Kushinagar, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.271.20241203
DOI: 10.25215/1203.271
ABSTRACT
This study uses a correlation, quantitative approach to understand the relationship between academic stress, adjustment, and social support. Rural students from various colleges and universities across India participated in the study. Analysis revealed significant relationships between academic stress, academic lifestyle, academic achievement, and social support. The adjustment was categorized into academic lifestyle, academic achievement, and academic motivation. Better adjustment and quality social support systems led to a decrease in academic stress. Multiple regression analysis showed academic lifestyle as a significant predictor of perceived academic stress. The academic motivation was directly proportional to an increase in academic stress (p<0.05). We found significant difference in students ‘academic motivation based on gender. The findings of this study call for adopting a holistic approach to reduce rural students’ academic stress and adjustment concerns. Also, steps to ensure social support can enrich students’ academic journey from rural.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2024, Kapoor, R. & Prakash, S.
Received: July 31, 2024; Revision Received: September 27, 2024; Accepted: September 30, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.271.20241203
10.25215/1203.271
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September, 2024