Open AccessImpact of State-Trait Anxiety and Academic Stress on Social Adjustment among Flood Affected College Students
Author(s) -
Asma Nazir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of indian psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-3429
pISSN - 2348-5396
DOI - 10.25215/0501.091
Subject(s) - trait , psychology , anxiety , trait anxiety , correlation , clinical psychology , state trait anxiety inventory , flood myth , stress (linguistics) , positive correlation , significant difference , medicine , psychiatry , geography , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , computer science , programming language , geometry
The purpose of the study was to find out the significant relationship between state-trait anxiety, academic stress and social adjustment among the flood affected college students of Kashmir. The study was conducted on a sample of 400 flood affected college students of third year from district Srinagar and district Anantnag of Jammu & Kashmir. The tools used in the study were Sanjay Vohra State-trait Anxiety Test, Dr. Poorva Jain & Neelam Dikshit Academic Stress Scale and Dr. R. C. Deva Social Adjustment Inventory. The data was analyzed by applying co-efficient of correlation. The analysis of the data revealed that a significant positive correlation is found between state-trait anxiety and academic stress among the flood affected college students. It has also been found that there is a negative correlation between academic stress and social adjustment among the students affected by floods. Furthermore, a significant negative correlation is found between state-trait anxiety and social adjustment among the students of the above said areas.