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Abstract

The study has been designed to investigate the academic stress and its determinants among senior secondary school students of Haryana.In this regard, 444 senior secondary school students were tested on Students Academic Stress Scale (SASS) and on the basis of their combined scores on three dimensions of academic stress i.e.Cognitive Reaction, Affective Reaction and Behavioral Reaction, all the Academic selected subjects were divided into two groups-Low Academic Stress Group and High Academic Stress Group.The subjects scoring below 27% (N=120) constituted the Low Academic Stress Group and the subjects scoring above 27% (N=120) constituted the High Academic Stress Group.The selected subjects were further tested with Academic Stress Determinant Scale (ASDS).The data thus obtained was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, most prominently t-ratios.The results obtained had clearly differentiated the two groups i.e.Low Academic Stress Group and High Academic Stress Group.High Academic Stress Group subject scored significantly high on all the five determinants of academic stress i.e. self-related, parent-related, peer-related, teacher-related and school-related stressors.These findings have wider implications for parents, teachers and academic administrators.