Authors :

P. Santhi, and S. AKILA

Author Address :

Government College of Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641 001, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract :

This study gave emphasis to find out the level of stress among D.T.Ed students in Coimbatore. The sample of 200 student teachers is randomly selected for the study. A questionnaire coupled with the Student’s Stress Rating Scale (SSRS) developed and standardized by M. Balamurugan and D. Kumaran is applied to identify the level of stress among student teachers. Statistical measures like mean, median, standard deviation, chi-square test, Students test and ANOVA test are used to generalize and drawing conclusions based on the problem undertaken. Results derived from the analyses are; 1. There is a significant difference in the stress level among D.T.Ed students. This shows that the D.T.Ed students are affected by the stress levels. 2. There is a significant association between stress levels and gender. This indicates that stress level have an impact on gender. 3. There is no significant association between stress levels and the course of the study. This denotes that the stress levels do not have any impact on the course of the study.

Keywords :

Stress, questionnaire, statistical measures and D.T.Ed students,