STRESS AND BURNOUT AS PREDICTORS OF EXAMINATION AMONGST STUDENTS

: Stress is the state resulting from pressure applied to an organism. Which can be caused in humans by external and internal demands called stressors .Stressors can be external and can originates from work and they can be internal initiated by self obligation and psychological strain. In the present study biochemical parameters such as serum cholesterol, triglycerides, total lipids and serum cortisol were estimated in twenty five (n=45) Engineering students of various branches their aged twenty to twenty two years in Wardha district of Maharashtra State (India) exposed to varying degree of examination stress were selected for experimentation purpose. Serum cholesterol, triglycerides, total lipids and serum cortisol exhibited a rise proportional to degree of examination stress .Values of all these parameters attained control level when the stress was over after examination. The rise in level of serum cholesterol, triglycerides and total lipids seems to be due the stress induced changes in cortisol levels at the time of examination in students, because cortisol was a major stress hormone.