STUDENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS STRESS MANAGEMENT: EXPLORING AWARENESS, PRACTICE, AND PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS IN BELAGAVI CITY

The student life is a golden life, to make it golden student’s commitment, dedication, hard work and patience is very important. So in recent times undergraduates and post graduates students have been facing problem of stress management. Expectation, fear, workload, mental health and competitions demand them to do excessive work with mind and body that can show way to stress full pain. It can lead students to irritation, depression and anxiety; in order to recover from this students must to use stress management techniques like yoga, exercise, meditation, communicating with family and friends. Additionally, the college environment and culture also important to students. The main aim of the study is to find out the sources of stress among students and examine the coping strategies students adopt to manage stress. A total 100 UG and PG student’s response were gathered using stratified sampling method and also used Chi – square test to analyze the data. So university and colleges must take the initiation and conduct seminars, workshops and conferences pertaining to stress management for student’s well-being. Keywords: Students, Stress management, Strategies, Mental health, Study