A Correlational Study to Assess the Academic Stress and Self Esteem among School Going Adolescents in Bagalkot

Introduction: Stress has posed serious problems for children, parents, teachers, society and nation. It has got a direct bearing on the academic development and achievement of adolescent. When the adolescent are mentally and physically healthy they perform better in their academic achievement. Aims: The study was conducted to assess the academic stress and self-esteem among school going adolescents in Bagalkot. Methodology: A Correlational study design was used for the study and it was conducted on 100 adolescents using convenient sampling technique. Tool used is Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale technique on selected school. Data was collected using demographic data structured questionnaire of Academic stress scale and self-esteem scale. Data analysis done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: A Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between academic stress and self-esteem among adolescents. The result indicated a weak negative correlation between academic stress and self-esteem (r =-0.211, p=0.0035) since the p value is less than 0.05 the correlation is statistically significant, suggesting that higher academic stress is associated with lower self-esteem in adolescents. Conclusion: The study concluded on the basis of the findings of this study following conclusion that there is a weak negative correlation between academic stress and self-esteem among adolescents. This indicated that as academic stress increases self-esteem tends to decrease. Although the correlation is not strong the significance of the relationship highlights the potential impact of academic stress on adolescents.