A Study on Stress Among Youth Regarding Social, Education & Financial Problems

Youth are projected as the most vociferous and vocal section of the society and are active, energetic and vivacious. When their energy is channelized constructively it yields to a delightful future not only for the youth but also for the whole nation. Youth represents energy, enthusiasm and vigour which is a vulnerable but un topped human resource. However, when the energy is exploited negatively it culminates a deviant situation causing discomfort to all sections of the society. The state of stress, frustration, unruliness and aggressiveness is explicitly seen in youth's behaviour; their reasons for agitation are often superfluous academic and unwarranted. Today the youth fail to generate an environment which could succeed in sustaining the fabric of the prevailing order. Youth in every country are the supreme symbol of strength and it is essential for any country to pay attention to the specific needs and problems of its youth. The problem of youth are however compounded and complicated by environmental factors and other socio-cultural process like economic insecurity, unsafe, - future, self-undependency which produces stress among youth today and might produce may emotional, mental and personality problems. Youth adult becomes worried about jobs, future plans, marriage and settlements. Youth face bassisrn and tolerate repression, when they break the bonds of tolerance; they have moments of anxiety and anger. They feel disguised, detected and become withdrawn. They suffer from the feelings of inadequacy, guilt, aggressive behaviour, mental depression, sulkiness attempts of suicide etc.

The process of blocking or thwarting of needs causes stress in human beings or the delaying of some ongoing course of action or goal gratification. This situation psychologically effects, as when someone is in stress tends to react with anger, with drawl, depression. Stress has important implications for personality development. A certain amount of stress is perfectly normal. Yet when people are asked to describe stress—they most often choose the words like anxiety, overwhelmed, danger and illness; conditions that causes tissue damage for beyond daily tear and wear of living in stress. Stress is a type of stimulus that occurs in sufficient amount to cause psychological disturbance.

Stress can have undesirable effects on behaviour, thought and bodily functioning; stress can arise either from specific situation or from development transitions. Stress events vary in several ways: duration, severity, predictability and self-confidence of the person living with the family, which is seen as protection by some individuals and as restraint by others. Some individuals enter more directly into the adult role of marriage and full time work; whereas others enter a more or less extended adolescence through university or job training experience. So this life traditional task like development of personal identity, renegotiations of the relationship to the family, development of stable and enduring ties to others may be stressful situations. We may tackle the concept of stress as the unpleasant feelings of that result when motive satisfaction is blocked or delayed, The concept of stress is said as psychological assault on tissues and the effect of this assault disturbance or facilitation of adaptive functioning produced by conditions of deprivations, thwarting or the prospects of this are anger, depression, despair, helplessness and guilt, Stress is not one of these things, nor it is the stimulus-response or intervening stress but rather a

A great variety of different social circumstarices and environmental conditions are capable of producing state of stress. The community involvement, disturbed interpersonal relationships, unwanted marital life, death of family member or intimates, breakage of engagement, break off with the girl' boyfriend etc. are some of the bereavement conditions which produces a great deal of stress on the individuals. In addition, the loss of valuable possession in the society due to unemployment, failure of occupation started : effects the mental health of individuals and produces stress in them.

In this era of competition in each and eve*, field business, services, job etc.; every person is competing to achieve his aim according to his aspirations_ There are condition when the achievement is delayed or remains unfulfilled which causes frustration and stress in the individual High stress interferes with vocational and certainly regretting one's tentatively choosen field of study. Dissatisfaction with teacher’s attitudes, politics in education increases the level of depression and stress in youth's. Undecided career and inadequacy/incapability of coping with the subject selected to acquire the airn leads to stress in youth. High unemployment rates of graduates a growing factor in developing and developed nations is pointed as a major stress during a university education.-

Stress occurs whenever the organism meets a more or lc-s-6 insurable obstacle or obstruction in its route of satisfaction of their vital needs. Financial dependency is one of reason for the stress in young people, When youths are dependent on their family for money for their studies including form fee, examination fees, academic fees etc. and ask tin and again for money produces inferiority co mile in them which in turn causes stress; unemployment adds strain to the problem. The methodological details of report entitled "Stress among youth regarding social, educational, and financial problems" are organized as follows: When the requirement of youth's increase and parents deny finance for the purpose, this causes much of frustration and tension in youngsters, behavioral problems occur in them.

An Excessive environmental force The harm caused The individual’s reaction in such a situation Mental health and development of young's are much affected by the state of stress and ultimately cau.se can probably be traced to the environment; poor diet, sleep disturbances„ ageing, smoking, excessive alcohol drinking; all tax the body. There is art increased susceptibility to stressor induced abnormal effects-diabetes skin disorders, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, asthma., susceptibility to cancer and a host of other diseases (Allen, 1983; Newberry and Bam.m.er, 1,983). Most headaches, according to Barbara Brown (1977) result from muscle tension and chronic stress he noted that regardless of the original source of the headache is stress, injury or chemical agents, which can unwillingly propel us into vision -cycles. Headache acts as a stressor that can. Lead to muscle tension, thereby increasing headache.

selye (1978) described the characteristic way that bodies react the continuing presence of stress as the general adaptation syndrome (GAS). He indicated that our bodies show three stages of responses to stress: alarm, resistance and exhaustion.

The first stage of the general adaptation syndromes mobilization of p4ysiological resources to deal with the stressor. Components of the alarm reaction include rankl pulse, sweaty palms, pounding heart, tensing of leg and alarm muscles, clenched jaw and, so on:

The second star of the general adaptation syndrome physiological resources cope with prolonged stress but at a cost of taking away resources from other bodily function and leading to various symptoms such inability to concentrate, irritability, frequent anger, disrupted digestion and elimination, anxiety, brick of interest in love making_

The third stage of general adaptation syndrome,, the individuals defenses give out and he or she becomes especially vulnerable to diseases and tissue damage, There is an increased susceptibility to stressor induced hormonal effects} diabetes, skin disorders, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, asthma, susceptibility to cancer. etc.

among youth regarding social education and financial problems are organized as follows:

The present report aims at the findings of stress among youth produced due to social, educational and financial problem.

Name of the tool A life stress scale for University student. Author-Agrawal and R. Naidu. The scale was designed to fine out the amount and king of life stresses encountered by University students. The scale consists of 58 items describing the undesirable experiences and event likely to occur in the lives of University. Out of these 18 items which lies under social education and financial stress had been selected

The study was conducted in different professionally qualified as the persons who had qualified NET Exam., LL.B., M C.A., Finernann'S (1979} views—Stress is characterised by a persistent and high level of experienced anxiety and tension, Method of sampling purposive convenience sampling.

The sample for the present study was the students residing in Laxmibai, Malviya and Kasturba girls hostel of University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

Procedure of data collection was through questionnaire method, consisting of seven point scale assigning. 'One to seven' scores respectively. The higher scores on scale reveal the reciter degree of stress whereas the lower score shows the lesser degree of stress.

Following results are obtained from the analysis of data.

Today the youth face much of stress due to problem in their social system. Problems like the major decrease in outing & social activities produces much than average stress in 65 % of the sample and average stress in 26% of the sample. 1.1 Stress Due to Major Decrease in Outing &Social Activities lies under less than average stress found it not all distressing & they enjoy & appreciate living at friends & relatives house. The entire student fount it distressful condition if they break a law 60% was averagely stressful. The Problem like serious differences arose with a friend or neigh borer cause more than average stress in 45% of the sample, 26%of the sample which is also a substantial number was very less distressed in such conditions. The Situation, if the neighborhood environment interferes in personal matters cause more than average stress in 69% of sample 13 of sample was averagely stressed in such a conditions.

The matters like family environment got tensed produced more than average stress in 88% of sample4% of sample produces less than average stress under such stressor conditions.

If the sample face the financial problem like the theft or wealth & property produces more than average stress in 73% of the sample & 13% of the sample is averagely stressed. If the young people do not get facilities or inconvenience finding means of conveyance to the substantial number found is least distressful condition.

The Problems like the heavy deterioration in family income cause more than average stress in 87% of the sample and average stress in 10% of the sample i.e. almost all the young student found it the severe stressor situation if the severe stressor situation if there is a decrease in family income.

When the youth face the education problem like incomprehensible lectures than 57% of the sample are more than averagely distressed 20% of the sample is averagely stressed & 23% i.e. approximately ¼ of the sample is least stressed in such a situation? The situation like if one had to choose the subject he/she is not interested in than severe stressor condition is faced by 72% of the sample, 15% of the sample was averagely stressed 13% of the student were least distressed under such situation. Most of the sample thinks that such study will be a burden and one can’t achieve success if he or she has to choose the subject he is not interested in.

The Problem like adequate facilities were not available in laboratory & do not get adequate time for studies produces severe stressor condition in 73% & 67% of the sample respectively & average stress in 27% & 33% of the sample respectively.

The Problem like Examination held late & course not completed in class produces average stress in 63% of the student in each case of 21% & 19% of the sample respectively found it least stressor situation.

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Name: Age: Sex: Department: Faculty: Qualification:

1. You reply will be kept strictly confidential. 2. This is a simple scale containing d. 8 items describing undesirable experience and events likely to occur in the lives of University students. 3. Seven alternate responses given against each statement. Only tick one of the responses.