INTRODUCTION:

Stress is a feeling of strain and pressure. Small amount of stress may be desired, beneficial and even healthy. Positive stress help to improve athletic performance. It also plays a factor in motivation, adaptation and reaction to the environment. Excessive amount of stress, however may lead to bodily harm.¹

Stress can increase the risk of stroke, heart attack, ulcer and mental illness such as depression. Stress can be external and related to the environment, but may also be cause an individual to experience anxiety or other negative emotions surrounding a situation, such as pressure, discomfort etc. which they deem stressful¹.

The environment explains part of gender differences in health, and this might be mediated by stress. Indeed, women and men differ in their exposure and reaction to stressors (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984; Kudielka et al., 2007): women experience more chronic stressor than men (McDonough and Walters, 2001; Matud, 2004) and consider stressors as more threatening. (Lazarus and Folkman,1984; Ptacek et al.,1992).²

NEED OF STUDY:

Our purpose for conducting this study is to assess the community people (male and female adults) perception of psychosocial stress. We want to know how the community people perceive psychosocial stress and how to cope with on daily basis, as they struggling to reduce the control the negative effect on their health, and their daily living. In our opinion, it is very important for nursing students to know psychosocial stress, if it cannot be eliminated.

Now a day’s stress and tension are among the most important factors affecting health. It is necessary to take action to reduce the prevalence of common severe stresses. In addition, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and social workers need to provide stress management interventions carefully to their patients.

Stress is one of the most common problems in human life that has been under vast in the last century as one of the risk factors to health.

Priya Dhatwani was conducted a study gender difference and coping among male and female adults. Men and women report different reactions to stress, both physically and mentally. When stress occur, the human prepare for quick action realising hormone that increase alertness. She took 2000 sample size i.e. [1000 males and 1000 females] among 40 to 60 year of age. Data is collected through interview method. It is most widely used psychological instrument. It measure the degree to which situation in one’s life are appraised as stressful. The result showed that female suffers more stress than male.³

OBJECTIVES:

1. To assess the level of psychological and social stress among male and female adults.

2. To compare the level of psychological and social stress among male and female adults.

3. To compare the association of level of psychological and social stress among male and female adults with selected socio demographic variables

ASSUMPTION:

1. Male and female adults have a psychological and social stress.

2. Male and female adults have their own attitude regarding psychological and social stress.

METHODOLOGY:

Research design:

A comparative design was used to assess the level of psychosocial stress among male and female adults.

Setting:

The study was conducted with the permission of selected village pradhan of Ratti, district Mandi, H.P.

Population:

The population consist of male and female adults of village Ratti, in district Mandi.

Sample:

The sample of present study was comprises of 100 adults from which 50 are males and 50 are females of village Ratti, in district Mandi.

Sampling technique:

The samples were selected for this study by adopting convenience sampling technique. Sample were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Data analysis:

According to the objectives, opinion of expert it was planned to organize, tabulate, analyze and interpret the data by using descriptive statistics. Data obtained in the study would be analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics that is mean, median, standard deviation and chi square test.

FINDINGS:

Major findings of the study includes:

A. Findings related to demographic variables of the study

1. Majority of (64%) male were in age group of 40-50 and (34%) female were in age group of 51-60.

2. Majority of adults were belongs to Hindu religion i.e. 96% (males) and 100% (females).

3. Majority of males were graduate or above (40%) and majority of females were lies in secondary (28%).

4. Majority of adults were married male (96%) and female (94%).

5. Majority of males (80%) were from urban area and majority of females were from rural area (76%).

6. Maximum of males were employed (80%) and maximum of females were unemployed (60%).

7. Majority of male (50%) have monthly income ≥20001 and majority of females (60%) have monthly income 5000-10000.

8. Maximum of male (54%) and female (40%) using exercise as stress relieving technique.

B. With regard to assessment and comparison of psychosocial stress among male and female adults:

1 In this study males 36% and 16% females were suffering from severe psychological stress.

2 Most of the males 62% have moderate psychological stress and 42% of females having mild and moderate psychological stress.

3 Majority of 88% males and 48% of females are suffering from moderate social stress.44% of females having mild social stress.

C. With regard to association of level of psychological and social stress among male and female adults with selected socio demographic variables:

Findings reveals that the age, gender, religion, educational status, marital status, habitat occupation monthly income, stress relieving techniques influences the level of psychological and social stress among male and female adults.

CONCLUSION:

The main conclusion from this was that most of the males 62% have moderate psychological stress and 42% of females having mild and moderate psychological stress and age, gender, religion, marital status, monthly income influences the level psychological and psychosocial stress among male and female adults.

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4. PriyaDhatwani. a study on gender difference in rates of exposure to stressful life events.2001. Avilable from www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/astudyongenderdifferenceinratesofexposureto stressfullifeevents/sars-cov-2/

Received on 30.04.2022 Modified on 15.05.2022

Int. J. Nur. Edu. and Research. 2022; 10(3):220-222.

DOI: 10.52711/2454-2660.2022.00051