Perceived stress among college students in Bangladesh

Stress is a very common and unavoidable emotional strain among college students. It is considered to be a part of students’ life and can impact the students coping strategies in accordance with the demands of academic life. To describe perceived stress level among college students in Bangladesh. A descriptive study was conducted among 114 students conveniently selected at Sirajgonj Govt. College, Sirajgonj. Stress was measured by Perceived Stress Inventory (PSI) a 10 point scale consisted of 48 items in 5 dimensions. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics frequencies, percentage, mean, and SD to describe subject’s characteristics. Inferential statistics Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, t test, and ANOVA were used. The result showed the mean age of participants was 16.76 (SD=.56) with the range from 15-18 years old. More than half of them (51.8%) were male students. The majority were followers of Islam (96.5%) religion, came from nuclear families (86.8%). The mean score of perceived stress was 5.51 (SD=1.08). Majority of them have stated stress at moderate (76.32%) level and nearly one fifth at high (19.30%) level. Findings showed that the demographic characteristics age was significantly r=.23; p=.011 positively correlated with perceived stress. Monthly income was also significantly r = -.192; p=.039 negatively correlated with perceived stress. The mean age of the participants was 16.76 years old. In this study perceived stress of participants aged ranged from 15-18 years of old. So stress reduces strategy may applied for college students findings may source of future research.