Factors Contributing to the Atress in School Environment among Adolescents in Colombo District Sri Lanka

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Adulterous are often subjected to stress associated with psychosocial adversities at home and at school. The adolescent stress questionnaire (ASQ; Byrne et al.,2007)has been used to assess the stress level in adolescence in many countries in the world. For the first time ,this tool was used in government school in Colombo district in this study to determine the stress among adolescence in school environmental descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on students aged 14 to 16 years (n=104;mean age 15.3 years ± 0.50 SD;53% female).ASQ was validated into Sinhala language using the Delphi technique. Baseline data was obtained and ASQ was self-administered. Stress related to school performance was assessed by assessing the perception of having to study things that adolescent does not understand, Expectations of teachers from adolescents, having to keep up with school work, difficulty of some subjects, having to concentrate for long during school hours, having to study of things that adolescents not interested in and the pressure of study.

Adulterous are often subjected to stress associated with psychosocial adversities at home and at school. The adolescent stress questionnaire (ASQ; Byrne et al.,2007)has been used to assess the stress level in adolescence in many countries in the world. For the first time ,this tool was used in government school in Colombo district in this study to determine the stress among adolescence in school environmental descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on students aged 14 to 16 years .ASQ was validated into Sinhala language using the Delphi technique. Baseline data was obtained and ASQ was self-administered. Stress related to school performance was assessed by assessing the perception of having to study things that adolescent does not understand, Expectations of teachers from adolescents, having to keep up with school work, difficulty of some subjects, having to concentrate for long during school hours, having to study of things that adolescents not interested in and the pressure of study.