CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT:

Research Methods:
Research methods are those methods which are used to collect data for a particular project or
report making. The Research method contains two types of data: primary data and secondary
data.
a. Primary data:
The data about the topic in this project are collected by the help of a survey Conducted
amongst the 50 students of Valia College (Degree College).
Secondary data:
The data about the topic by us with the help of websites like: Google.com , Wikipedia.com

Data analysis
The data analysis is done by questionnaire method in which questions are asked to the
Students about the stress that they feel and their answers and comments are recorded and on
that basis a bar diagram is created to show the result of analysis.
The Survey was conducted in the Valia College(Degree) amongst 50 students.
The students were divided in 2 age groups:
Age Group 1 = 17-19 years
Age Group 2 = 20 & above years
15 questions were asked in the survey,
The Following are the Questions that were asked in the Questionnaire and a sample of it:

Stress amongst College Students

Name:
Age group: 14 16

17-19

20 & above

Contact No:
1. On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being not stressed at all & 10 being most stressed,
how much stress do you really feel on a ordinary day of your college life
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2. What are the causes of stress in your life?
College

Sports & Athletics

Work

Family & Friends

Clubs & Organisations

Studies

Health Issues

Girlfriend/Boyfriend

Financial Problems

3. What are the effects you feel from stress?

Lower/Falling Marks

Aggression

Depression

Anxiety

Overeating

Insomnia

4. How do you try to relieve your stress?

Eating

Drugs

Drinking

Exercise

Sleeping

Shopping

Talking with Someone

Computer Games

Others (Specify):

5. On a scale from 1 to 10, how well do you think you handle stress?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
6. On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being no help from the College Faculty & 10 being
most helpful, Which would you choose?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
7. Is Acquiring Good Marks/Grades the main source of stress for you
Yes

No

Maybe

8. When Feeling stressed, with whom do you feel the most comfortable around?
Family

Friends

Significant Other

Others (Specify):

9. Your Friends? Do they feel the same stress and pressure?

Yes

No

Maybe

I dont

know
10. Do you feel stressed from high expectations of family and friends and
teachers?
Yes

No

Maybe

11. Any bad habits that you were influenced, because of stress?
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 Smoking

Drinking

Drugs

Others (Specify):

12. Have you ever felt stressed by peer pressure or bad influence of friends?
Yes

No

Maybe

13. Would you take help from a Counsellor when feeling stressed?
Yes

No

Maybe

14. What do you do to tackle stress?

Ans.

15. What would you do, if your friend or someone other, was going through the
same problem(stress), to help them out?
Ans.

Q.1. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being not stressed at all and 10 being most stressed, how much
stress do you feel on an ordinary day of your college life?

6.2
6
5.8
5.6
5.4

age group 1

5.2

age group 2

5
4.8
4.6
4.4
stress level

The Above Bar diagram shows the average stress level that a college student feels on his
daily college life on a day.
Age group 1:
The Students of age group 1 i.e. students of age between 17 to 19 years feel stress level of 5
on an average day.
Age Group 2:
The Students of age group 2 i.e. students of age between 20 years & above feel stress level of
6 on an average day.

Q.2. What are the causes of stress in your life?

Causes of Stress
College

Boyfriend/Girlfriend

Work

Family Problem

Financial Problems

Health Issues

Studies

The Above Pie Diagram shows the causes of stress on students of Age group 1 i.e. students of
17 to 19 years.
The major cause stress for age group 1 students is Studies,
1. 58% of students feel stressed cause of their studies.
2. 13% of students feel stressed cause of their Significant other (i.e.
Boyfriend/Girlfriend).
3. 13% of students feel stressed cause of their Work (jobs).
4. 06% of students feel stressed cause of Financial Problems.
5. 03% of students feel stressed cause of Health issues.
6. 03% of students feel stressed cause of Family problems.
7. 03% of students feel stressed cause of College.

Causes of Stress
Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Work
Family Problem
Financial Problems
Health Issues
Studies

The Above Pie Diagram shows the causes of stress on students of Age group 1 i.e. students of
20 years and above.
The major cause stress for age group 2 students is Studies, the following are all the causes of
stress amongst college students:
1. 61% of students feel stressed cause of their studies.
2. 11% of students feel stressed cause of their Significant other (i.e.
Boyfriend/Girlfriend).
3. 11% of students feel stressed cause of their Work (jobs).
4. 06% of students feel stressed cause of Financial Problems.
5. 06% of students feel stressed cause of Health issues.
6. 06% of students feel stressed cause of Family problems.

Q.3. What are the effects you feel from stress?

Effects of Stress

Lower Marks/Grades
Aggression
Depression
Anxiety
Overeating
Insomnia

The above pie diagram shows the Effect of stress on students of Age Group 1.
The Major effect of stress on college students is Depression, the following are all the effects
of stress amongst college students:
1. 27% of students feel their Marks/Grades get affected due to stress.
2. 23% of students feel Aggression due to stress.
3. 30% of students feel Depression due to stress.
4. 10% of students feel Anxiety due to stress.
5. 3% of students experience Overeating due to stress.
6. 7% of students experience Insomnia due to stress.

Effects of Stress

Lower Marks/Grades
Aggression
Depression
Anxiety
Overeating
Insomnia

S
The above pie diagram shows the Effect of stress on students of Age Group 2.
The Major effect of stress on college students is Depression & Insomnia, the following are
all the effects of stress amongst college students:
1. 20% of students feel their Marks/Grades get affected due to stress.
2. 10% of students feel Aggression due to stress.
3. 25% of students feel Depression due to stress.
4. 10% of students feel Anxiety due to stress.
5. 10% of students experience Overeating due to stress.
6. 25% of students experience Insomnia due to stress.

Q.4 How do you resolve stress?

Resolve stress

Talking to some one

Sleeping

Computer games

Shopping

Eating

Drink

Exercise

The above pie diagram shows the way of relieving stress amongst students of AGE GROUP 1

The Majority of students Talk to someone (friends and family) to relieve their stress, the
following are the other ways by which students relieve their stress:

1. 48% of the students reduce their stress by talking with someone (friends, family).
2. 16% of students sleep to get rid of stress.
3. 14% of the students play computer games to make mind free from stress.
4. 10% of the students do eating food stuffs.
5. 09% of the students prefer shopping as to get free from stress.
6. 02% of the students prefer drinking (alcohol).
7. 01% of the students do exercise.

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Resovle stress

Talking to some one

sleeping

Eating

Drink

Exercise

The above pie diagram shows the way of relieving stress amongst students of AGE GROUP 2

The Majority of students Talk to someone (friends and family) and sleep to relieve their
stress, the following are the other ways by which students relieve their stress:
1) 35% of the students Talks with someone (friends, family) to handle stress.
2) 35% of the students Sleep.
3) 15% of the students Eat to relieve stress
4) 09% of the students Drink (alcohol) to relieve stress.
5) 06% of the students do Exercise.

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Q.5. On a scale from 1 to 10, how well do you think you handle stress?

8
7
6
5
age group 1

age group 2
3
2
1
0
stress level

The above Bar diagram shows the capacity of the students and how well they handle
stress.

Age group 1:
The Students of age group 1 i.e. students of age between 17 to 19 years feel that they can
handle stress on an average of level 5.
Age Group 2:
The Students of age group 2 i.e. students of age between 20 years & above feel that they can
handle stress on an average of level 7.

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Q.6. On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being no help from the College Faculty & 10 being

most helpful, which would you choose?

1.2
1
0.8
age group 1

0.6

age group 2
0.4
0.2
0
Help from CF

The above Bar diagram shows the how much college facultys help affects the college
students.
Age group 1:
The Students of age group 1 i.e. students of age between 17 to 19 years feel that there is no
help or minimal help from the college faculty in helping college students fight stress.
Age Group 2:
The Students of age group 2 i.e. students of age between 20 years & above feel that feel that
there is no help or minimal help from the college faculty in helping college students fight
stress.

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Q7. Is Acquiring Good Marks/Grades the main source of stress for you?

Source of stress

Maye be
Yes
No

The above pie diagram shows the reason of stress amongst students of AGE GROUP 1 being
Studies/Grades:
The majority of students are not sure about the question and have answered maybe which gives a
50% chance of both YES/NO

1. 53% of the students thinks Acquiring Good Marks/Grades acts as the main source
of stress
2. 32% replied yes due to pressure of family/teachers.
3. 15% of the students answered no as they think they can tackle studies pressure
without any stress.

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Source of stress

No
May be
Yes

The above pie diagram shows the reason of stress amongst students of AGE GROUP 1
being Studies/Grades:
The majority of students are not sure about the question and have answered NO, which proves that the
main source of their stress is not due to acquiring good grades/marks

1. 49% of the students think that acquiring Good Marks/Grades is not the main source
of stress.
2. 39% of the students thinks may be Acquiring Good Marks/Grades acts as the main
source of stress.
3. 17% of the students said that they there is no stress of acquiring Good Marks/Grades.

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Q.8. When Feeling stressed, with whom do you feel the most comfortable around?

Comfortability

Friend
Family
Significant other

The above pie diagram shows what with whom the students feel the most comfortable
around stress amongst students of AGE GROUP 1:
The majority of students feel that they are more comfortable around their Friends when feeling
stressed

1. 72% of the students when stressed feel comfortable being with friends.
2. 16% of the students get stress free while spending time with family.
3. 13% of the students feel relieved, when theyre around their Significant other
(Boyfriend/Girlfriend).

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Comfortability

Friends
Significant other

The above pie diagram shows what with whom the students feel the most comfortable
around stress amongst students of AGE GROUP 2:
The majority of students feel that they are more comfortable around their Friends when feeling
stressed

1. 83% of the students when stressed they feel comfortable having friends around them.
2. 17% of the students feel relieved, when theyre around their Significant other
(Boyfriend/Girlfriend).

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Q9. Youre Friends? Do they feel the same stress and pressure?

Dont know
May be
Yes
No

The above pie diagram shows that, the stress amongst students is common or not of AGE
GROUP 1:
The majority of students dont know if their friends feel the same pressure and stress

1. 50% of the students dont know whether their friends face the same stress and
pressure.
2. 34% of the students answered may be.
3. 12% says yes
4. 4% says no, saying depends on the strategy used to tackle the stress.

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May be
Dont know
Yes
No

The above pie diagram shows that, the stress amongst students is common or not of AGE
GROUP 2:
The majority of students dont know if their friends feel the same pressure and stress

1. 41% of the students says may be (assuming).

2. 35% of the students says dont know.
3. 17% of the students said Yes.
4. 7% of the students said no, that their friends dont feel the same pressure.

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10. Do you feel stressed from high expectations of family and friends and teachers?

Yes
May be
No

The above pie diagram shows that, the stress amongst students from pressure of family,
friends and teachers for AGE GROUP 1:
The majority of students feel stressed due to the pressure of family, friends and teachers

1. 44% answered yes as they feel stressed from high expectations of family and friends
and teachers.
2. 31% of students were not sure
3. 25% of the students answered no, that they dont feel stress from pressure due to high
expectation from family, friends and teachers.

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Yes
No
May be

The above pie diagram shows that, the stress amongst students from pressure of family,
friends and teachers for AGE GROUP 1:
The majority of students feel stressed due to the pressure of family, friends and teachers

1. 44% answered yes as they feel stressed from high expectations of family and friends
and teachers.
2. 31% of students were not sure
3. 25% of the students answered no, that they dont feel stress from pressure due to high
expectation from family, friends and teachers.

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Q.11. Any bad habits that you were influenced, because of stress?

Influency

Others

Drinking

Smoking

The above pie diagram shows the bad habits which the students were influenced due to
stress:
1. 66% of the students carries other bad habits henced influenced because of stress.
2. 25% of the students drinks(alcohol) as were influenced, because of stress.
3. 9% of the students does smoking as were influenced, because of stress.

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Q.11. Any bad habits that you were influenced, because of stress?
Smoking

Drinking

Drugs

Others (Specify):

AGE GROUP-2

Influency

Others
Drinking
Smoking
Drugs

Any bad habits that you were influenced, because of stress?,following is the observations
for age group-2

1.
2.
3.
4.

50% of the students carries other bad habits henced influenced because of stress.
33% of the students drinks(alcohol) as were influenced, because of stress.
13% of the students does smoking as were influenced, because of stress.
4% of the students have drugs as were influenced, because of stress.

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Q.11. Any bad habits that you were influenced, because of stress?
Smoking

Drinking

Drugs

Others (Specify):

AGE GROUP-2

Influency

Others
Drinking
Smoking
Drugs

Any bad habits that you were influenced, because of stress?,following is the observations
for age group-2

5.
6.
7.
8.

50% of the students carries other bad habits henced influenced because of stress.
33% of the students drinks(alcohol) as were influenced, because of stress.
13% of the students does smoking as were influenced, because of stress.
4% of the students have drugs as were influenced, because of stress.

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12. Have you ever felt stressed by peer pressure or bad influence of friends?
Yes

No

Maybe
AGE GROUP-2

No
May be
Yes

. Have you ever felt stressed by peer pressure or bad influence of friends?,following is the
observation tabulated for the age group-2

1. 56% of the students doesnt felt stressed by peer pressure or bad influence of friends.
2. 28% of the students may feel stressed by peer pressure or bad influence of friends.
3. 17% of the students felt stressed by peer pressure or bad influence of friends.

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Q.13. Would you take help from a Counsellor when feeling stressed?

25
20

20
15

10

10
5
0

2
yes

no
Age Group 1

maybe

Age Group 2

The above Bar diagram shows the reaction of the students, when they were asked for
visiting a Counsellor their answers are shown in the diagram above.

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Q.14. What do you do to tackle stress?

The majority of students would Hangout with their friends to relieve their Stress,
some would sleep, spend time with loved ones (family/Significant other), Extra
Circular activity (sports, games, movies, etc).

Q.15. What would you do, if your friend or someone other, was going through the
same problem (stress), to help them out?

The majority of students would

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