The Relationship of Academic Stress with Aggression, Depression, and Academic Performance of College Students In Iran

Vol. 5 No. 1

Year: 2011

Issue: May-July

Title: The Relationship of Academic Stress with Aggression, Depression, and Academic Performance of College Students In Iran 

Author Name: Ali Khanehkeshi, Basavarajappa 

Synopsis: 

This Paper Investigates The Relationship Of Academic Stress With Aggression, Depression And Academic Performance Of College Students. Using A Random Sampling Technique, 60 Students Consist Of Boys And Girls Were Selected As Students Having Academic Stress. The Scale For Assessing Academic Stress (Sinha, Sharma And Mahendra, 2001); The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992); And Beck Depression Inventory Were Used For Collecting The Data. The Pearson’s Coefficient Of Correlation Showed That Academic Stress Has A Simple Significant Correlation with Aggression (R=.54), Depression (R=.49) And Academic Performance (R=-44) (P<. /..1). Further, The Analysis Of The Study Shows That Academic Stress, Aggression And Depression Are Able To Explain 68% Of The Variance Of Academic Performance. Also, Results Show That Boys And Girls Are Different In Terms Of Aggression And Depression.