Vol. 8, Issue 6, Part H (2022)

The purpose of this study is to explore the prevalence of stress among students. Besides, the researcher compares the male and female students on their stress level. It was hypothesis that there seems no significant difference between male and female students on their stress level. For exploring the stress level of the respondents the researcher employed the student stress scale developed by Z. Akhtar. A representative sample of 400 adolescents has been selected from delimited area of Chennai. The whole sample has been collected from the above mentioned sampling sites. In the existing research study the researcher found that there seems no significant difference between male and female students on their level of stress. Hence, it may be traced out that impact of gender is not significant on the level of stress of the students. The policy makers must provide a sustainable solution to reduce the overexploitation of forest resources.