Authors: Dr.Rudra Pramodbhai Jani, Fungai Sandra Sekani
Abstract: Academic stress can be defined as the tension and psychological pressure caused by academic-related tasks, which include examinations, pressure from parents and teachers, and competition with peers. Academic stress has increasingly become a psychological concern among undergraduate students around the world, especially during the transitional period of university life. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between academic stress and depression, and also to examine the significant difference in academic stress and depression in the context of the sex variable among undergraduate students. A total of 100 participants were selected using convenience and snowball sampling methods. The research study used the Perceived Academic Stress Scale to measure academic stress, while the Beck Depression Inventory was used to measure depression. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics, and the relationship between variables was examined using Pearson’s correlation. The results suggested that there was a non-significant and weak negative relationship between academic stress and depression. Moreover, the results showed no significant difference in academic stress and depression in the context of the sex variable (male and female). These findings suggest that there is no significant relationship between academic stress and depression, and that sex does not play a significant role in influencing these two variables in the present sample.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20134403
