Relationship between parental anxiety and students’ academic stress at secondary level

Abstract

Academic stress and parental anxiety are two crucial factors for the academic achievements of students. Both of these factors play a key role in academic success. This research aims to find the relationship between parental anxiety and students’ academic stress at the secondary level. The population was selected from the students of grade 9th studying in various public schools of Tehsil Gujrat. A two-stage Stratified Random Sampling Technique was used for sampling.  Out of a total of  89 boys and 94 girls secondary schoolers working at Tehsil Gujrat, twenty (10 boys and 10 girls) were randomly selected. Simple percentage formula, Regression, neural network model, and Independent sample t-test were used to analyze the collected data. The analysis of students related to research questions indicated that academic stress affects academic achievements, parents’ anxiety, mental health, learning process, social behavior, cognitive skills, learning style, communication between the teachers and students, and extra-curricular activities of the students.   Keywords: Academic stress; parental Anxiety; students, secondary level.