Sociological Study on Distress Among Undergraduate Women

"Stress is a pressure or demand on the system where available resources are not adequate to cope with." General Definition (1999).Undergraduate women in the present decade, have many issues to deal with, some of them have severe economic problems, personal problems, family problems& social problems too which may interfere in their academics.. The objective of the present study is to identify socio economic and cultural profile of undergraduate women students. To find association between socio economic and cultural factors and Perceived Stress and General Health among undergraduate women students. To find out whether Distress and General health are co related among the undergraduate women. This is a Quantitative study, using survey method. Participants in this study were undergraduate college going women, in the age group of 18 -21 years. The students selected were both from colleges of Hyderabad and Mahabubnagar District of Telangana state, India. The sample size selected was 600. The simple random technique was used in drawing the sample size.

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Dr Genevive Angela has a PhD in Sociology from Dr B R Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, India. She is a Post graduate in History, Sociology and Psychology. She is currently working as a Psychological Consultant at Sahayam Psychological Counseling and Wellness Centre, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.