Open AccessSUICIDAL TENDENCY AND STRESS
Author(s) -
Ashwin S. Amraniya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
towards excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0974-035X
DOI - 10.37867/te130134
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , perceived stress scale , stress (linguistics) , economics , macroeconomics , linguistics , philosophy
Suicide is the second most common cause of death in young adults worldwide. Suicide isoften committed out of despair, or attributed to some underlying mental disorder which includesdepression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug abuse. Financial difficulties,troubles with interpersonal relationships and other desirable situation play a significant role butthey are prone to commit suicide, this is very serious issue. Generally it assumes that studentswho don’t have to face above cited problems except stress. Therefore, the present study aimed tofind out the suicidal tendency and stress among college students. For this purpose a total of 100college students were selected from varies college in ahmedabad city i.e. Arts college (N=50)and commerce college (N=50). The sample included both boys and girls students in equalnumber. Two scales namely suicidal tendency scale and Stress Scale were administered to all thesubjects. Obtained scores were analyzed with help ‘t’ test. Results revealed that significantdifference in suicidal tendency and stress observed with respect Arts and Commerce Collegestudents. It also found that significant difference in suicidal tendency and stress between boysand girls students of Commerce College. While the significance positive correlation betweenSuicidal tendency and Stress reveals 0.24.