RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOAL ORIENTATION AND ACADEMIC STRESS OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This study focused on the relationship between goal orientation and academic stress of higher secondary school students. The Goal Orientation Scale (GOS) constructed and validated by the investigator in 2020 and Academic Stress Scale (ASS) developed by M. Anandan and Dr.S.Andal,2016 were used to collect the data from a sample of 600 higher secondary school students studying in Villupram District of Tamilnadu. The survey method had been followed and simple random sampling technique was used in administration of the research tools. The result of the analysis reveals that the high level of goal orientation and academic stress, there is significant difference between the male and female higher secondary school students in their goal orientation and academic stress, there is significant difference between the Tamil medium and English medium higher secondary school students in their goal orientation and academic stress, there is significant and negative relationship between goal orientation and academic stress of higher secondary school students.