MEASURING STRESS LEVEL AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN LAHORE

Abstract

Transition from college to university, from annual system to semester system causes stress among students by taking this perspective the purpose of the current study was to assess the level of stress among undergraduate university students studying at public sector universities of Lahore. Study used descriptive design and data was collected through survey questionnaire. With the help of convenience sampling technique 300 public sector university undergraduates of 1^st,5^th and 7^th semester students were participated in the study from which 124 were male and 176 female students. Results indicated a moderate stress level among university undergraduates and a significant difference was noted in stress level of all the three semesters with respect to social and academic Factor. Further studies at secondary school level to determine the stress level were recommended.