ACADEMIC STRESS AND STUDY HABIT AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
Academic stress according to Bisht (2005) academic stress reflects subject’s perception as Well as the way of coping with academic events; it reflects subjective feelings of distress or Interpersonal perceptual responses. The term Study habits defined as Study Habits implies a sort of more or less permanent mode or method of Studying. In the present study, Study Habits refers to comprehension, concentration, task Orientation, study sets, interaction, drilling, supports, recording, language etc. as the factors of Study Habits as mentioned by Mukhopadhyaya and Sansanwal (2011) in their Study Habit Inventory. Aim: The study was conducted to find out the relationship between academic stress and Study habits among college students. The sample of the present Study was 40 college students out of which 8 were boys and 32 were girls. Bisht Battery of Stress Scales (revised in 2005) by BishtStudy Habit Inventory (2011) by M.Mukhopadhyay and D.N SansanwalWere used as tools for data collection. Result: The results of the Study shows that there is no significant relationship between academic stress and study habits among college students. KEYWORDS: Study Habits, Academic Stress