The Terms of Gender, Stress Level and Family Type Among Engineering College Students

Stress is our response to events that disrupt, or threaten to disrupt, our physical or psychological functioning. This study aims to study the tetms of gender, stress level and family type among engineering college students. The study was based on a descriptive & comparative study method. The study was conducted over a population of 50 students of Government College of Engineering, Amravati. Out of which there were 27 boys and 23 girls. The stress scale developed by Dr. M. Singh is used for data collection. The data was analyzed by mean, SD, ‘t’ value. The result found that, there are slightly higher stress levels in girls than compared to boys in engineering colleges. Also found, there is a significant difference in stress levels and family type among engineering college students.