Vats, AditiSingh, Sangya2019-08-272019-08-272019-07http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810124210The impact of stress was analysed among students who were pursuing Masters and Ph.D. College time is the best and most creative time for many of us. Students are highly guided by their mentors to set the stage for future action but at the same time e it is a very crucial stage. Today every individual suffers from stress, and it one way or the other influences their life. These critical years can also be crippled by depression, anxiety, moodiness and stress. Students are likely to experience a lot of stressors which include high expectations from parents, competition among peers, balancing a heavy workload, sense of being independent etc. a quantitative method was used in collection and analysis of the data. For this purpose, questionnaires were distributed to 120 respondents. Physiological and psychological problems due to stress were noted and it was seen that more than half of the population suffers from headaches, stomach problems, and sleep disturbances. Four stress scales were used for finding the impact of stress. Most prominent ill effect of stress was found as headaches, jaw clenching, or pain. Perceived level scale was used to know the perception level of the students. Academic stress scale was used to assess the academics related problems which led to stress in them and the major factor which caused stress was academic workload. Seven point students stress rating scale was used to analyze the different stress aspects namely physiological, emotional, social, examination and behavioral stress. Stress can however be managed by the implementation of stress management courses or techniques, and also by engaging in some extracurricular activities. It was revealed from the study that female students are more prone to stress as compared to their male counterparts. Correlation indicates that academic performance has positive impact stress among the respondents taken under consideration.enThesis