Association of Perceived Stress and Loneliness with Individual Academic Resilience: A Comparative Study among Hostelers and the Day Scholars of Professional College Students in Mysuru
Cross-sectional study examines stress and loneliness impact on academic resilience in hostelers and day scholars, indicating significant findings.
Key Points
This study aims to compare perceived stress and loneliness levels between hostelers and day scholars, while assessing their impact on academic resilience.
Conducted a cross-sectional study in professional colleges of Mysuru.
Collected data from 228 professional students using validated questionnaires.
Utilized Perceived Stress Scale-10, academic resilience scale (ARS-30), and loneliness scale (UCLA Version 3).
Analyzed data using SPSS version 22, including chi-square and correlation tests.
Hostellers had higher stress levels, with 74.5% experiencing stress (P = 0.017).
94.7% of hostellers reported feelings of loneliness, but this difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.141).
A negative correlation was found between perceived stress and academic resilience (P = -0.072 and P = -0.095).
Loneliness significantly impacted perceived stress in both groups (P = 0.008 for hostellers and P = 0.003 for day scholars).