Effect of Academic Streams, Gender and Locale on Academic Stress and Emotional Maturity among Adolescents

Abstract

Adolescence is a critical developmental period often characterized by heightened academic demands and emotional struggles. Adolescence, a transitory phase marked by fast emotional, social, and cognitive changes, during which academic demands often become a major source of stress. Academic stress and emotional maturity are key psychological factors that impact adolescents’ academic success and well-being. In view of this, an attempt is made to study the effects of type of streams (e.g., professional and non-professional), gender (boys and girls), and locale (rural and urban) on academic stress and emotional maturity among adolescents. For this purpose, a 2X2X2 factorial design was adopted for the present study. The sample consisted of 240 subjects with in the age range of 15-18 years from various senior secondary schools from Faridabad district, with equal numbers across professional and non-professional streams, genders, and locations. Scale for Assessing Academic Stress and Emotional Maturity scale were used. Further, the data was analyzed by using ANOVA. The results indicated that types of stream, gender and locale had a significant effect on academic stress and emotional maturity.