Relationship between Academic Stress and Students’ Progress at University Level
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This research aimed to determine the relationship between academic stress and students’ progress. A cross-sectional survey was conducted for this study. The population of the study was 5000 students. The researchers used simple random sampling technique for selecting sample. Three Hundred (300) students from the University of Kotli were selected as a sample. Self-managed questionnaire was used for data collection. The study used mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s correlation tests for analysis of data. The research results showed that the relationship between academic stress and student’s progress was weak. This means that deviation in academic stress did not results in meaningful way in students’ progress. Based on findings, it is recommended that the university authorities may provide academic support to students and arrange seminars and workshops on stress management. This may help students to improve academic performance.
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